The Luxembourg Run

I enjoyed it most of the way through, an urbane, sophisticated thriller that follows the course of a somewhat aimless young American who absconds from his Ivy Leage university to live amongst the counter culture of Europe, being drawn into criminality that ends with a murderous double-cross and a thirst for vengeance - a Count Of Monet Cristo updating, in short. I was hooked and entertained until the childhood friend whose crush on him has persisted and shaped her life - it's okay she doesn't mind - turns up and while adoringly chiding him for his ruthless actions, still adores him - and then the climax turns on another woman having an enduring crush on him, and it was all a bit much, frankly of Strong Female Characters utterly besotten show more with a charismatic paragon, and I was skipping paragraphs and pages by then anyway, where before I'd enjoyed every sentence and change of scene and each new twist and coil of the plot and the ramping up of pace and tension. show less