Reviews

We Want to Negotiate: The Secret World of Kidnapping, Hostages and Ransom by Joel Simon

crlntm's review against another edition

2.0

This was an interesting read. I didn't know anything about kidnapping and ransom prior to reading this book, so I found it quite informative, especially with how different countries react to kidnapping situations. At first, I thought that the book would address each nation's policy for kidnapping since he started with a focus on France and moved into Spain, but then he discussed a particular situation and the organization of the book no longer made sense. The writing was a bit dry and I found the flow to be choppy in some parts. The content was interesting, but I think the writing and editing could be better.

A copy of this book was provided by the publisher through NetGalley.

vanillafire's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0