I love reading thrillers and I was particularly interested to read The Whistleblower by Robert Peston, bearing in mind the author's financial and political background, and especially as I also have a financial economics and actuarial background.
The idea of the plot was good with several twists, interesting social commentary and amusing naming of characters and institutions which could possibly bear some resemblance to real life. But unfortunately I found the writing style a bit awkward and meandering, making it difficult at times to get engrossed in the story.
The main character seems to have had a similar career to the author and was also educated at Oxford. There's a tendency to include lots of Latin phraseology and a fascination with attention to irrelevant details such as designer labels, but at the same time spelling and grammatical errors pop up, most annoyingly the occurrence several times of discretely rather than discreetly.
Overall, I'm pleased I made it to the end and saw the conclusion but I'm left feeling a bit underwhelmed after the effort of getting there.
The idea of the plot was good with several twists, interesting social commentary and amusing naming of characters and institutions which could possibly bear some resemblance to real life. But unfortunately I found the writing style a bit awkward and meandering, making it difficult at times to get engrossed in the story.
The main character seems to have had a similar career to the author and was also educated at Oxford. There's a tendency to include lots of Latin phraseology and a fascination with attention to irrelevant details such as designer labels, but at the same time spelling and grammatical errors pop up, most annoyingly the occurrence several times of discretely rather than discreetly.
Overall, I'm pleased I made it to the end and saw the conclusion but I'm left feeling a bit underwhelmed after the effort of getting there.