I'd have given this a 2.5 if half stars were possible.
It wasn't awful, but wasn't great. The story seemed strained, and it never really got exciting for me.
I wouldn't bother to read any more by this author. ( )

I wish I had liked this more. I found myself gradually despising the main character which made it difficult to finish. I admired how Johnson created a air of ambiguity but it felt wrong some how. Maybe I'm not in the mood to be cynical. ( )

Didn't finish. Didn't like. ( )

A fun book. But definitely light reading. Just missed really being good; the biggest problem for me was that so much hinged on the narrator, Lulu's, feelings for Ian, which were supposed to be those of love, and which I could never quite feel/believe. So I had to wade through several passages about how much she loved him without actually believe it, making it a little... tedious.

A very interesting book for its perspective on Muslim and Moroccan culture, something I know/have read very little about.

The ending certainly leaves space for a sequel - I would probably read a sequel to this book.

I did enjoy this as a spy book - I haven't read many books like this, and definitely like the intrigue of it, without the flat out mystery that you find in mystery novels. ( )

Fun. Plus you learn a lot about Morrocco and ex-pat community living there. As always Diane Johnson's writing is sect and sexually liberated . ( )