I’m not the biggest fan of thrillers, but I picked this book up as it focuses on North Korea, a country I’m fascinated by. It wasn’t as gripping as promised, but I thoroughly enjoyed the story line and how D.B. John stayed true to all the historical facts about North Korea. The book intertwined three very different stories very well and remained fairly fast paced. For anyone who hasn’t read anything about North Korea, all of the details about the country will seem like a far fetched, dystopian fiction. The appendix is a nice addition which distinguishes between true and false facts.

I was enjoying the book at a leisurely pace but the culmination and the ending were so implausible (I know it’s fiction, but even still) that it really put me off from finishing the book. But as I had only 50 or so pages left I couldn’t just put it down. For me personally, the book was ruined by that particular turn of events.

Check out my full review on my blog: Boundless Pages