This book's characters really lived up to its title. They truly stop at nothing when they go up against one another. The pace of the plot and its unpredictability kept me guessing all the way to the end. I love it when a book does that.

I was attracted to this book because the biblical story of Joseph has always been my favorite. I bought it before I realized it was the third of a trilogy so I'm reading the trilogy backwards I guess. This passage comes near the end of the book but it captures the essence of why I think I've always been drawn to the story.

I had always heard the name Mata Hari in various contexts but only had a general sense or idea of the woman who bore the moniker. Coelho uses Mata Hari's voice via a final letter to tell her story--one based on true events--and convey the context in which it unfolded. Now I have a much better understanding of how both her fame and infamy came to be.

I love how these two sentences capture the passion and the wistfulness of Rachel Pomie's life In Hoffman's The Marriage of Opposites.