Eye of the Needle

The story is absorbing

It is a good spy thriller based on World War 2. It has all the ingredients for a mass entertainer: Thrill, Romance, Violence, Patriotism. You will not surely get bang for your buck.

The book follows the stories of a German spy, two MI5 operatives trying to catch him and a newly-wed RAF pilot's family. The story is superbly paced and I was rooting for every single character when I was reading their parts.Simply amazing! If you like fast paced, well researched spy thrillers, get the book already!

I was shaking when the finished the last chapter. What a book! What a thriller!.This was the best thriller I have read till date. The ending really gave me goosebumps. The characters are so well connected. I was scared at a moment for a precious character and simultaneously felt bad for the other one. When war strikes, killers are patriots and patriots are killers ,whether killing makes one a hero or a murderer becomes a game of perspective. While in one moment I rooted for Faber, in the second I felt sorry for his unintended preys. The book was gripping till the end. The epilogue gave it an amazing conclusion. I highly recommend it.

The narration follows a logical pattern. Ken Follett lucidly tells the tale of a German spy in England. Don't expect anything sophisticated. Good entertainment nonetheless.

Racy read indeed.. But the plot is very much predictable.I started reading this after finishing Ken Follett's Century Trilogy and unfortunately couldn't adjust myself to reading one in a much smaller canvas. Considering that this is Ken's first one (or among the very early ones), the book is fine in terms of the plot and the narrative. But, as mentioned previously, it was very very predictable.

One of the best books about spies. I am fascinated by the characters in this novel - the spy, the cop, the academic turned spy catcher and the lady. One of the best novel I have ever read.

Throughly enjoyed value for money.Ok I will put more than 15 words so that you allow me to Post it.

It is an excellent book

Fast paced, unputdownable , a masterful piece of writing for for it's time and thereafter.So enjoyable, a must read.

Eh oui ! Un de plus ! Je l’ai trouvé un petit peu long à démarrer mais, une fois la vitesse de croisière atteinte, l’histoire devient passionnante et le suspens de plus en plus haletant.Un remarquable ouvrage !

Catching from the the beginning to the end.

Mantiene enganchado al lector.Tiene muchos dados históricos para entender ese momento del desembarco de Normandía.