The Paris Diversion, Chris Pavone, author’ Mozhan Marno, narrator
There are so many tangents and characters introduced into this narrative, like a suicide bomber, his driver, terrorism, clandestine spying, a CIA agent, corruption, economic investors, stock manipulation, CEO’s, big business, VIP’s, an engineered financial debacle, and more, that the book becomes more and more chaotic with the introduction of each new idea. The plot becomes more and more confusing, the reading more and more tedious.
After listening to more than a third of the book, I finally removed my ear buds and gave up. There seemed to be no cohesive message, no central theme, and no point that I could discern that made me want to look into it further. I listened to the book with my husband, and he came to the same conclusion. We simply could not summon the desire or interest to finish it. I am not sure where the excellent reviews are coming from, because this book is simply not Pavone’s best effort.