** Not Even Close To A Cigar!

I tried to like David Yaron’s The Iranian Gift but, ultimately, I did not.I found the first quarter or so of the book to be very slow moving and made me feel like I was reading an instructional manual. The next two quarters began to sufficiently pick up steam to built a decent amount of interest and excitement, although it do with just mediocre character development. For me, however, the last quarter ran out of steam; leaving too many unanswered questions and confusion.

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The Iranian Gift stands out for being a book that does a completely opposite thing - an Middle East nation attacking a developed European one, and that too England. David Yaron weaves a story that grows in suspense page by page, keeping the reader hooked on the edge. Not a single moment goes without anticipating the real motives of Major General Safawi and Lt Colonel Kabadi. The tight-knit style of Kabadi preparing for the mission is what kept me glued to the book. The first half of the book goes on in preparing for the mission and the latter half is about executing it. I really liked the suspense the book had till the end, alongside some tense situation building and good dialogues. Somewhere, I wish the book had cut on more technicalities about planes and rather focus on increasing action in the story, that was somehow a bit low.

Nevertheless, the book was an amazing read for me and when I found what happened to London, I was just surprised. I will surely recommend this book for an amazing read of how Iran bought London to its knees.

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC.

The Iranian Air Force has a secret mission to send a nuke to London. They will disguise themselves as an Air India passenger 747 and take the place of a plane in the air going to London. The small group working on this mission only have a few days to get the plane ready and modified to release the bomb. All of the tests go well and there is only to blow the Air India out of the sky with 400 aboard and take it's place. What could go wrong? When the London population hears about it, there is a complete panic. Fast pace and interesting story.

A good premise but sadly disappointing. I really wanted to like this book but unfortunately I didn’t. The ending was very abrupt and I still can’t figure out the significance of what happened to Kabadi. Sorry!
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to read this book and to give my unbiased opinion.

I was sadly very disappointed by this novel. The first 100 or so pages seemed almost like an aircraft technical manual, the latter stages just seemed totally unrealistic no matter how ones perception of an imminent nuclear attack. I found the dialogue unnatural and forced and honestly and sadly cannot find any positives.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publish for the ARC.

Author David Yaron provides the information on how Iran could take an old 747 airplane and equip it with the capacity to drop a nuclear bomb. From there the plane is painted to look like an Indian passenger jet, and it takes off for London. To this point reading The Iranian Gift is much like reading an instruction manual. There is a short interlude where a British air official engages a lunch with his estranged son. It's pointless to the reader and simply interferes with the upcoming action. Because once that plane approaches London, the novel takes off with some real thrills. Iran has shown that it can nuke London, and the consequences are immense. There is a twist in all of this that surprises the reader (or not!) and the novel comes to a hasty conclusion. The Iranian Gift has its moments, but the presentation of the story is not what I would have advocated.
Thanks, NetGalley, for the ARC.