Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I have read each and every Daniel Silva book and wait impatiently for each July to come so I can get the next installment. This year was no different. I was not at all disappointed by my favorite spy and team. Silva writes them with such incredible realism that I can think of them as people that I would like to know and have as friends. This year's chapter left me heartbroken, upset and just plain angry. I am tired of celebrities of all stripes inserting their political views into their particular medium.......sports, entertainment and now my favorite author and subject. When I watch a sporting event, an actor/actress, or read a book, I do not want to be distracted by outside issues. I want to be immersed in the scene before me without the outside world impinging on my senses. It took all that I had in me to finish The Cellist. I understand that we, the people, have different views and ideas. I have no issue with that. The issue is that when I am spending my money to be entertained, I do not want the entertainer to offer me his/her political views. I am not coming to you for political commentary. I am not so sure that I will be waiting with anticipation for next year's chapter of Gabriel Allon's story. That saddens me immensely.