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Summary: Disappointing and overbaked.
Review: There was the makings of a great thriller here, but Meade chose to focus on the wrong characters. I was never interested in the fate of Alex, a cold, hard-bitten killer whose motivations are kept under wraps until a (rather contrived) 11th hour reveal. If the story had been built around Massey's doomed attempt to save Alex from trying to carry out a mission that was inevitably going to lead him to disaster, it would have had a stronger emotional hook. But Meade spends much too much time setting up the mechanics of Alex's mission and not enough on giving us a reason to care about Alex. Since this isn't really alternate history, we know he's not really going to succeed, so it needed to be more about the 'why' and less about 'how.'
Sometimes evocative, but structurally clumsy and with a choppy writing style (and some really contrived setpieces) that keep it from catching fire. A shame.
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Summary: One of the Best Books ever!!!
Review: This is one of the best books ever put down. Set in 1950's, a CIA assassin is sent to USSR to kill Joseph Stalin. This novel is so realistic, so action-packed, so absorbing, full of characters you can't let go off. It is a masterpiece of fiction. It should be read by everyone who appreciates great fiction. It is on the same level as "The Berkut", two incredible novels.
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Summary: Snow Wolf grabs your attention, and chills you to the spine
Review: Based on a true story, in the 1950s, Snow Wolf tells how the U.S. started the Cold WAr, by sending a husband, wife hit team into Russia to kill Joe Stolin.
The story moves at a very fast clip, and takes the reader from hair breath escapes, and chase scenes to shootouts, and in the end, betrayal.
Truly the best novel about attempted assassination since Fredrick Forsyth's Day of the Jackal.
Rating:
Summary: great read
Review: If you're into spy literature and culture, (especially cold war-era Russia) then this is the book for you. Not only is it rich with clever and exciting clandestine plots and twists but Snow Wolf also gives great attention to character development and an intellectual use of real-life (formally) political figures. Meade writes a good one with this book by keeping you turning the page as well as instilling an array of emotion into the reader as he takes you from a murder scene to a love story and much more. Pick this book up for a solid read.
Rating: 
Summary: Solid Historical Thriller
Review: Snow Wolf tells the story of 4 people who, in 1953, are part of a plan to assissinate Soviet Leader Joseph Stalin. The set up of the story is somewhat slow with Jake Massey's son investigating the truth of how his dad died in Moscow in 1953. He meets up with Anna Khorev who tells him the entire story in incredible detail.The first half of Snow Wolf describes Alex Slanski and Anna Khorev's training in Massachusets while Massey and Henry Libel make plans once the spies are in Russia. A lot of scenes in the novel seem out of place, but eventually all of the characters have a place. Still, the novel doesn't pick up steam until the characters are in Russia. Once their, KGB officer Yuri Lukin is put in charge of a massive manhunt for the US Spies. There are several twists and turns and several close calls, and Meade resolves everything a bit too neatly. This is still a great historical thriller and I recommend it to anyone.
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