Thom reviewed Eye of the needle by Ken Follett
Review of 'Eye of the needle' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
Read while waiting for a delayed flight. More thriller than espionage, with a large helping of lust in the second half. Based on a real situation leading up to D-day.
I then watched the film on the plane. It sped up much of the early part of the book and had a much greater focus on the fictitious Storm Island. I couldn't say it was better than the book, but it wasn't worse either. Donald Sutherland plays a convincingly creepy spy, and Kate Nelligan the strong female lead. The film also cuts the forgettable epilog.
This is my first or second Ken Follet novel read, and Fall of Giants has been on my to-read list for a few years.