The Chemist
- 530
- Pages
- about 10 h
- Reading time
- NYT bestseller · 3 weeks on the list, peaked at #6
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Our view
“The Chemist” works as easy, entertaining spy-thriller reading: a former government agent on the run takes one last job to clear her name. Some readers like the characters and the detailed descriptions, and credit the author with careful research on the technical side. Others wanted a faster pace and could have done without the love story, or find the writing unremarkable.
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About the book
In this gripping page-turner, an ex-agent on the run from her former employers must take one more case to clear her name and save her life. She used to work for the U.S. government, but very few people ever knew that. An expert in her field, she was one of the darkest secrets of an agency so clandestine it doesn't even have a name. And when they decided she was a liability, they came for her without warning. Now she rarely stays in the same place or uses the same name for long. They've killed the only other person she trusted, but something she knows still poses a threat. They want her dead, and soon. When her former handler offers her a way out, she realizes it's her only chance to erase the giant target on her back. But it means taking one last job for her ex-employers. To her horror, the information she acquires only makes her situation more dangerous. Resolving to meet the threat head-on, she prepares for the toughest fight of her life but finds herself falling for a man who can only complicate her likelihood of survival. As she sees her choices being rapidly whittled down, she must apply her unique talents in ways she never dreamed of. In this tautly plotted novel, Meyer creates a fierce and fascinating new heroine with a very specialized skill set. And she shows once again why she's one of the world's bestselling authors.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.1 across 135 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 48% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Thriller average of 7.6. That is how 7.4 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 6.2 | 9 | 7% |
| Hardcover | 7.2 | 126 | 93% |
Frequently asked
How long is The Chemist?
It has 530 pages — longer than 82% of the ranked books in Thriller.
In this book
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Same shelf — Thriller — with scores between 7.3 and 7.4, closest to this book.
