The Amber Room
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780345460035 (0345460030)
Publish date: August 26th 2003
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Pages no: 400
Edition language: English
Category:
Adventure,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Mystery,
Art,
Russia,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Action,
Suspense,
Germany
It was a good story that held my interest, but nothing really to write home about. I had some issues with the alleged "facts" but otherwise it was good for what I wanted -- a book to hold my interest on a long drive.
I enjoyed this book. It wasn’t a “stay up all night because you can’t stop reading it” book, but I did have fun reading it and it did go by pretty quickly. I didn’t know anything about the historical Amber Room until I started reading this, either. Maybe that’s why I only “liked” it instead of “real...
The Amber Room was a very well researched and written book. The character development showed that Steve Berry had taken a lot of time to analyze the history, drive and characteristics of each and every character. The Amber Room wasn't filled with unnecessary details that cloud the story - everything...
The best thing about this version of the book (Audio CD) was that the narrator, Steve Brick, did a pretty good job of reading it. The book was slow and not that gripping. The only reason I finished it was that I had to drive a long way to a hockey game and listened to it while driving.