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elwoodradley's review against another edition
1.0
DNF @ 70%. I have loved every book in this series so far, but this one was too much for me. Way too much of June and her bitchy attitude and cringey dialogue. We get it, you’re a badass, goddamn. The plot was thin too, weird psycho guy always smiling with an axe? Man I’m disappointed! Debating whether or not to read the next in the series.
papidoc's review
5.0
I enjoyed this addition to the Peter Ash series. Peter and Lewis and June have a similar feel to the old Spenser, Hawk, and Susan dynamic in Parker's Spenser series. Petrie adds a little high tech nastiness, a misanthropic hermit, and a crazy killer, and there you go.
katemoxie's review against another edition
5.0
Excellent. Frightening. Difficult to put down - especially the last 60 pages.
spestories's review
4.0
Another very exciting Peter Ash novel set in Milwaukee and Chicago. The pace is unreal as is the technology and concepts.
liberrydude's review
4.0
Another page turning thriller. I still couldn’t figure out the relationship of the title to the story. Some engaging new characters cross the paths of Peter Ash, former Marine with PTSD and righteous man: Spark and Mr. Cheerful.
We are in Milwaukee and Peter prevents a massacre. Or did he? We have a child engineering prodigy, Spark, who has been seriously wronged by a venture capitalist and engineer and is consumed with revenge. How far will she go? The VC meanwhile is engaging in some seriously unethical behavior as well as giving off the mad scientist vibe. It all comes down to a showdown in Chicago and scenes out of Terminator.
We are in Milwaukee and Peter prevents a massacre. Or did he? We have a child engineering prodigy, Spark, who has been seriously wronged by a venture capitalist and engineer and is consumed with revenge. How far will she go? The VC meanwhile is engaging in some seriously unethical behavior as well as giving off the mad scientist vibe. It all comes down to a showdown in Chicago and scenes out of Terminator.
abibliofob's review
4.0
I have read The Breaker, it's the sixth book about Peter Ash by Nick Petrie. I stumbled upon this series a while ago and got hooked right away. This is great writing with marvelous characters. I love it. Although this is a little to technological for my taste it is still highly recommended. I must thank #GPPutnamsSons #PenguinPublishingGroup and #Edelweiss and of course @_NickPetrie_ for making this book available.
tlm1964's review
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
mojoshivers's review against another edition
5.0
Folks always compare the Peter Ash series with the Jack Reacher. And, while they are both tough-as-nails wandering types, the Peter Ash series has distinguished itself by having a small stable of support characters that are always on hand to assist Peter. Jack Reacher literally gets and discards side characters book to book.
The other thing that makes it different is that every few books Peter wanders into some kind of technology the world simply isn’t ready for and he has to do his damnedest to prevent greedy omnipotent tech companies from abusing these discoveries in order to make a quick buck. That’s certainly the case with this book.
I don’t know about you, but robotic great hounds with mechanical claws for faces certainly grabs my attention and makes for monstrous creatures to menace Peter. It almost pushes the book series from some regular action thriller like Reacher over into sci-fi horror like Aliens or I Am Legend. There is legitimate concern that nobody on Peter’s team will survive this book.
Then the book throws in a homicidal contract killer named Edgar straight out of Sling Blade or Silence of the Lambs. That’s what I call a fucking party of premise. The action starts coming and they don’t stop coming.
In the end, I’m thinking Spark, the inventor of the weird hound robots and the catalyst/victim of the book, might go on to became an occasional ally to Peter herself. She makes quite the impression of being someone whose tech and inventing skill may come in handy someday.
The other thing that makes it different is that every few books Peter wanders into some kind of technology the world simply isn’t ready for and he has to do his damnedest to prevent greedy omnipotent tech companies from abusing these discoveries in order to make a quick buck. That’s certainly the case with this book.
I don’t know about you, but robotic great hounds with mechanical claws for faces certainly grabs my attention and makes for monstrous creatures to menace Peter. It almost pushes the book series from some regular action thriller like Reacher over into sci-fi horror like Aliens or I Am Legend. There is legitimate concern that nobody on Peter’s team will survive this book.
Then the book throws in a homicidal contract killer named Edgar straight out of Sling Blade or Silence of the Lambs. That’s what I call a fucking party of premise. The action starts coming and they don’t stop coming.
In the end, I’m thinking Spark, the inventor of the weird hound robots and the catalyst/victim of the book, might go on to became an occasional ally to Peter herself. She makes quite the impression of being someone whose tech and inventing skill may come in handy someday.