I Am Pilgrim: A Thriller

Audiobook cuts stops before the story does. You can't finish the novel as an audiobook. Stops midway through Part 2, Chapter 43, which the audiobook's Table of Contents claims is Chapter 72.

Absolutely loved this. The narrator was so good at the different voices and accents! Also loved the speed he read. I usually have to speed them up but not this one. I was very impressed. The story itself starts slow but about 100 pages in it really takes off and you get sucked right in. Great book. Great narration. 5/5

Awesome story! So much going on that I sometimes got lost. But no matter it is a story that is timely, converting n worth the time.

Astonishing. And frightening. Could such a thing be possible? We’ll written with many twists and turns. An enthralling story, and great narration. Highly recommended.

Characters were true to life, plot was somewhat realistic. Great!

Probably the longest novel I've read. Wonderful story telling and I love how the book gives the reader the opportunity to know each of its characters in depth.

One of the most gripping books I have read in years. A great story written by a great storyteller.

Author ties up all loose ends amazingly. Great read. Great

Tons of ups and downs twists and turns. Loved it

If you think Dan Brown is a good writer, this book is for you. Personally I found the writing to be sophomoric and hyperbolic. Every action is slammed, raced, teeth clenched; and the most extreme of what ever that action can be. The world doesn’t function this way and I found it exhausting. Thanks.

One of the best thriller books I've ever read a real page-turner and a great story

This is a big read at 700 plus pages, and a pretty solid first up effort from Australia's Terry Hayes, after a handy career as a TV writer. While ostensibly focused, initially at least on the brutal murder of a young woman in a Manhattan hotel, the story takes a big shift to Saudi Arabia, and a public beheading of a man witnessed by his young son. From there the son morphs into a would-be terrorist, with big ambitions to wreak havoc on the USA. Trying to catch him before his evil plan comes to fruition is the task bestowed by the White House to the man of many aliases whose additional claim to fame is a textbook that has become renowned in the wider investigative community as the bible. This murky character unravels the mystery of the would-be mass murderer, but can he get to him in time. A well constructed thriller, paced well, and brought to a believable conclusion.

My favorite book of the year, maybe of the past five years. You MUST read this book. It’s smart, taut, entertaining, gripping and everything you want in a book. But I almost didn’t get through the first chapter due to the graphic crime details. I got through it and I’m SO glad I did. (if you’re a bit squeamish, fast forward through that part)
Prepare yourself to be entertained for 21 glorious hours! Lastly, the narrator embodies Pilgrim or Scott and he was so perfect that I will seek out other books he has narrated.

Great book I loved it could not put it down.

This book was great! Action packed from the beginning and kept me very interested. I hope more of his work gets added to Scribd.

This is a thick book but I enjoyed it. Could have been slightly shorter but the author says at the end that he wanted to write the sort of book he likes - fair enough. And I ended up looking up certain aspects of the plot to see if they were feasible - and the ones I looked up seemed to be.

I did not like this at all. So why the hell did I give it five stars? I'm an idiot. (Hey, you can change the star rating!) Well written, but weirdly alienating and not very interesting. A post 9-11 spy thriller that expects its audience to have faith in Intelligence is asking for a lot, and the awesomeness of the narrator was laid on a bit thick, and the first hundred pages is a lot of this happened and then this happened in my awesome history with a trip to a concentration camp and 9-11 itself there to reinforce his righteousness, followed by a hundred pages of villain history, the villain being an Islamic jihadist. Hard to argue with that as choice of villain in a modern thriller, but they're just, no matter how horrible and clever and dangerous they are, it's impossible to respect anyone who believes those horrible things as a human being so they become dehumanised even while filled with holy passion and reading them on the page is hard because they're so crushingly banal and apparently simple-minded in their evil no matter how devious their schemes. So, yeah didn't work for me at all.

Exactly what a thriller should be! Great plot, great dialogue, suspenseful till the last 15 pages.

What a supplice! 900 pages of a narcissistic tales sprinkled with xenophobia, islamophobia, and casual racism.

I don’t know how to explain this book. I think it was written for another Audience so not sure how I should rate it. It is in fact a fast paced thriller. However, I did not like the main character, he is very conceited, misogynist, and racist?! Everything was “in retrospect, I should have noticed this…that…etc”. He is super lucky and not really plans things even when the future of humanity is riding on his shoulders. Well that’s my bit. Bye.

In some ways this was as exciting of a thriller as I have ever read. There are sentences, even paragraphs, in this book that lay out why the protagonist became an intelligence officer and why the terrorist became a terrorist that are full of insights that are rarely found in the suspense genre. The explanations for their actions after they fell into their roles are also just amazing. Put simply, as great as the story is, the characterization is even better. The only area where the book falls down for me is there is some unbelievability in the abilities of each of the two main characters to do what they do. Even so, I would still give this book 5 stars, because of what it does so well.

I Am Pilgrim is a five star thriller book. It is a believable story about a super secret government agent who is able to solve several mysteries without a bit of evidence. In so doing he has met a lot of interesting people who some are good and some are bad. This book is an audiobook that was read by Christopher Ragland who also gets five stars. A thriller from Chapter 1 to the last word. This is highly recommended for mystery thriller lovers.

This particular download had audio blank spots every 5 or so minutes .. play continued with no audible but story picks up again a minute or two later

I wanted to read this book for a while, and finally did it!
This is a spy thriller and a terrifying story. It begins when a woman is found dead in a hotel room. "Pilgrim" is called to help investigate, and he reluctantly agrees. The scene and its clues point to Turkey, and Pilgrim dreads what that means.
In Saudi Arabia, a dad is beheaded, and his son takes his place as the patriarch of the family, who is staunchly religious. When he witnesses his mother without her veil, he is furious, and leaves to join a religious crusade against the west. He develops a deadly virus to wipe out humanity, esp. in the US.
This complex tale is full of intrigue, secrets, and deadly violence. It is a fast-paced thriller, although it is a long novel. Buckle in for the ride - will Pilgrim be able to save the human race?

An exemplary thriller—re-read it if you want to study how it’s done. Pilgrim left the covert life when his secret US spy agency was shut down. He wrote a famous text on criminal investigations and an old friend gets him to help investigate a perfect murder. Then he’s drawn back into counterterrorism when The Saracen synthesizes weaponized smallpox and his plot is uncovered. Most of the book is Pilgrim’s POV but much is Saracen’s in a deliciously complext plot. Coincidentally the murder ties into the smallpox plot. Through twists and turns Pilgrim tracks down the terrorist and foils his plot. I was riveted throughout—superb plotting and excellent characters.

I enjoy the action in this story; haven’t read an espionage story in a while. That’s where my complaint comes in. This guy is supposed to be like the best agent of his generation yet he makes some poor choices, assumptions and actions that show he is not. I alarm found the story and narration a little slow. I did appreciate that the story came to a satisfactory conclusion and closed out info on all the major players.
Ok if you like this kind of thing.

Big long book this.
Pilgrim real name is Scott Murdoch he is secret service special agent.
He has kind of retired after he wrote a best selling book about Criminal Psychology.
He is hunted down in Paris by a NYPD Detective called Bradley who needs him to help with unsolved Murder.
He reluctantly agrees to help.
Also there is an Islamic fundalmentalist in Afghanistan who wants to unleash a Smallpox virus in the States.
Pilgrim is sent over to Turkey as cover to solve a murder he figures it out and also discovers the Police Detective is the sister of Saracen who is creating the virus.
Lots of cunning plans and undercover work to lure out the Saracen and stop deadly virus.
Good book didnt have to be as long though.

It has been a long time since I read a thriller and this one does not disappoint. Action packed from the start, it never lets up. Hard to put down and the whole story seems believable. Well written. When does the movie come out?

I struggled with this book which taxed my limited reservoir of patience and credulity beyond comfortable limits.

I'm not a fan of spy stories, but I have to admit that this novel hooked me. I had read very good recommendations and that's why I dared to step out of my comfort zone. The novel has many intersecting plots that end up connecting, which keeps you attentive to the development of each character to outline their role in the story. Addictive and, at some point, chilling, it is a long novel but easy to read. There may be some somewhat implausible sections, but it wasn't enough to ruin the reading for me. Perhaps it is too extensive; it could have a few fewer pages...

The best: The characters and the stories that lead each one to the place they find themselves in at the end. The worst: The somewhat implausible resolution of some situations. The resolution of the mystery surrounding the killer that starts the book was the part I found least convincing.

My rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

"This is the story of a race against time and, above all, against a sophisticated and relentless enemy. In a public square in Saudi Arabia, a man is executed under a scorching sun, and a fourteen-year-old boy watches helplessly among the crowd: it is his son. In a gloomy hotel in Manhattan, the lifeless body of a young woman is found, and all evidence to identify her has been meticulously destroyed. In a landfill in Damascus, a prominent Syrian biotechnology expert is discovered with evident signs of torture. In a remote region of Afghanistan, the discovery of a lethal bacterial substance in the remains of some international aid workers raises the alarm. An invisible line connects all these events, outlining a perfect plan to commit a monstrous crime against humanity, and the only person capable of stopping it is a former agent fleeing from his past who has erased his identity: he now only responds to the name Pilgrim." (Translated from Spanish)