Challenge: Classics list
I picked this book because I thought I remembered a movie
named this that I had seen that involved some mist and a mysterious occurrence. It also was one of the classics on the list
that I had not read.
Richard Hannay is a transplanted South African in London pre-WWI
who has a strange man approach him, tell him some political intrigue, hide in
his house for a few days, and then get murdered. Fearing he’ll be accused of the crime and carrying
this political secret, Hannay goes on the run.
Frankly, I expected more from this novel. I mean it was on a list of
classics. But, I found it to be draggy
with not a lot of plot. There were way
too many coincidences as well. Like some
guy Hannay knows just happens to be driving down the road at that moment? What?
I also was waiting for a big reveal and felt it fell short. I finished and thought, “That was it?????”. Lame.
It wasn’t bad enough for me to not recommend but there are other much
better books that you can read, so read those instead of this.
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