Once again ", I agree Dem with your views! Hayes's characters are well-defined and dimensional; even the antagonist, the Saracen, was so finely crafted that I found myself sympathizing, empathizing and hoping that he would realize his revenge. All those innocent people. Terry Hayes, a former journalist and award-winning screenwriter whose credits include Payback, Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior and Dead Calm is adapting his debut novel for the screen. A notorious Syrian biotech expert found eyeless in a Damascus junkyard. Wow! The sequel at this time is a mystery. While I read it to get to the silliest of endings that I could have predicted many chapters ago the entire thing irritated me. SO MUCH DETAIL. I Am Pilgrim: A Thriller Assassinated in a way that the people would never suspect. Full content visible, double tap to read brief content. Great review. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. The first time i had no idea of how this book would grip me..but it did. If you enjoy a good thriller then read this. It is so much more than a thriller. a long and perfect pilgrimage. 16 likes. Who is Pilgrim? ― Terry Hayes, I Am Pilgrim. Scott has no option but to accept the assignment and try to survive a deadly secret known to only eleven people. I am Pilgrim. I Am Pilgrim is about my creative work as I journey through this life. However for me, this book was very much about the journey I found within its pages – hooked from the very first paragraph I barely looked out on the world again until I was done. As quoted in the book; ‘in war, the first casualty is truth”. If he has. "I am Pilgrim" by Terry Hayes involves an intelligent, complex plot that transports the reader from various locations, including the U.S., Middle East, Europe and Russia. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 7, 2018. To see what your friends thought of this book, I am almost a hundred pages in, and already the racism and the Orientalist perspective is nauseating. I Am Pilgrim is a 21st century thriller: a high concept plot, but with finely drawn protagonists. Production: What we know about I Am Pilgrim Key Facts. One path links them all, and only one man can make the journey. Great review! “I Am Pilgrim is simply one of the best suspense novels I’ve read in a long time.” —David Baldacci, #1 New York Times bestselling author “A big, breathless tale of nonstop suspense.” —Janet Maslin, The New York Times “The pages fly by ferociously fast. Terry Hayes is absolutely Brilliant! This book takes place all over the world ( including Greenwich, CT, where the main character was brought up after his mother died ). Only on recommendations from two trustworthy friends did I eventually read this novel. I don't need constant teasers to keep me reading a book and it's a bit desperate to include so many. A father publicly beheaded in the blistering heat of a Saudi Arabian public square. It is 700 pages of intelligent, engrossing and breathtaking writing, I was disappointed to finish this one, not because I was dissatisfied with the ending, but because I had been swept up in the entire story and didn't want it to end. But he has no character at all. But he has no relationships except with himself (a very vacant relationship), a cop in NY (a very spurious relationship formed through the most ridiculously implausible research by that cop)and with a kid with Downs Syndrome... Wow, your attention to timelines is amazing. But for right now it goes to the top of the list. I hope it lives up to it's predecessor. His description of the potential pandemic and the global response to it was spot on.