Chemist (Meyer) - Book Reviews

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This espionage action story will no doubt tighten Meyer's grip on her devoted readers. Its main character is much like Jason Bourne, to whom the novel is dedicated affectionately.... Meyer knows how to control dramatic tension as skillfully as any of the Bourne movies. The pages turn themselves.
Keith Donohue - Washington Post


Engrossing.... A terrific ride.... The Chemist is consistently fast-paced fun, especially the way that Alex's scientific genius gives her an array of potions-she's small, but you don't want to get within swiping distance of the rings on her fingers-that verge on the magical.
Charles Finch - USA Today"


Fans will likely tear through The Chemist, just as they did with the Twilight novels and with The Host.... Our heroine is very good at staying alive.... The book hit on an appealing theme. Chris is an expert in her field, one that happens to be male dominated. Her peers are out to get her. She has to watch her back constantly.... With so many popular novels out there featuring unreliable female narrators stuck in various suburbs, it was nice to read about a woman who gets out and has a lot to do.
Meredith Goldstein - Boston Globe"


[Meyer has] an unusual ability to turn genres inside out. The characters in the novel are motivated by love of family rather than by duty to country or abstractions like saving the world. Love gives the adventure meaning, rather than just being a subplot off to the side. Spy fans can be assured that in most respects, The Chemist functions in much the same way as a Bourne or Bond story, complete with mounting body count, cool explosions, stakeouts and betrayals. But changing the proportion of gender in the genre gives the concoction a renewed, and welcome, rush.
Noah Berlatsky - Los Angeles Times


[U]neven...a former operative for a secret U.S. government agency...must take extraordinary steps to stay alive.... [T]he plot plays out along predictable lines that don’t do justice to the intriguing setup. Underdrawn characterizations don’t help.
Publishers Weekly


[S]py versus spy and throbbing romance novel with good results.... A tale of skulduggery... complete with help from a luscious mistress of disguise who could have stepped right out of a James Bond novel. Rated B for badass.
Kirkus Reviews