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frankb12's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Very good follow up to Overwatch. Expanding on the growth of the characters established in Overwatch into a new and exciting adventure. If you liked Overwatch, you will like this .
jecamp86's review against another edition
4.0
Terrific story, top notch action, no mercy. Can’t wait for the next book
drakedw's review against another edition
5.0
I have not yet read Overwatch which first introduced Logan West and John Quick to the Thriller Genre, but I will now!
Not only is this the best Thriller of 2017, but possibly the best Thriller I have read since Vince Flynn's Mitch Rapp series.
Mathew Betley may be new, but he has my attention as one of the best.
Each of the characters: Logan, John, Cole, Amira, Mike... all become real to you as you read the story. Besides being trained Operatives, they become real people with emotions and humor that you are hard pressed to find in most novels today.
Can't wait to add each Logan West novel to my bookshelf. The Epilogue states a series of 5 for starters. I personally hope it becomes a series to match Mitch Rapp or Scot Harvath and never end. Once a year is not enough for this kind of novel, but perfection takes time. Therefore until next year...
Not only is this the best Thriller of 2017, but possibly the best Thriller I have read since Vince Flynn's Mitch Rapp series.
Mathew Betley may be new, but he has my attention as one of the best.
Each of the characters: Logan, John, Cole, Amira, Mike... all become real to you as you read the story. Besides being trained Operatives, they become real people with emotions and humor that you are hard pressed to find in most novels today.
Can't wait to add each Logan West novel to my bookshelf. The Epilogue states a series of 5 for starters. I personally hope it becomes a series to match Mitch Rapp or Scot Harvath and never end. Once a year is not enough for this kind of novel, but perfection takes time. Therefore until next year...
speesh's review against another edition
3.0
The one in which he goes too 'big.'
Only two books in, and Matthew Betley has us struggling to believe that his recovering alcoholic hero is both called Logan West, and has had his Police record exude an amnesia cloud, allowing him to be set on the FBI. Not as a door-knocking "have you seen this man?" type either. He's on first name terms with the top Feeb brass, and involved in global conspiracies involving the Russians and the Chinese. It's all a bit of a stretch, both for the character and for us reading it.
It's not badly written, it is at least, while sharing many of the same elements, better reading than a(ny) Clive Cussler book. It does boil away at a furiously breakneck pace, never a still moment and, if this is the sort of thing that rings your bell, you absolutely get your money's worth. It's just that I was just expecting more after the promising first book, Overwatch. I expected the story, character and writing to progress, but not this way. It doesn't come as a surprise actually - as the global conspiracy and only one man can save us all kind of thing is a trend amongst American Thriller writers - more a disappointment. There were a lot of other good things he could have done with the character. He needed to keep the action 'small' and tight, close-in and based around the Logan West character. Less James Bond, more Jack Reacher. More on the how do I get out of this, and less on the Global Conspiracy. It doesn't work for James Bond-believability and it doesn't work here.
On the plus side - Europe gets a large proportion of the action. Because, as I've mentioned before, if you're American, anything goes there/here. Sudan hardly ever features in American thrillers (can't recall too many trips to Sudan in UK thrillers either for that matter). The pal-buddy-mate thing with this John Quick looks promising too. I'll buy and read the next one, still based on the glow from Overwatch, but he needs to tighten up. A Thriller can be thrilling even if it just spans the city, it doesn't always need to span the globe. In fact, I'd rather they didn't.
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Only two books in, and Matthew Betley has us struggling to believe that his recovering alcoholic hero is both called Logan West, and has had his Police record exude an amnesia cloud, allowing him to be set on the FBI. Not as a door-knocking "have you seen this man?" type either. He's on first name terms with the top Feeb brass, and involved in global conspiracies involving the Russians and the Chinese. It's all a bit of a stretch, both for the character and for us reading it.
It's not badly written, it is at least, while sharing many of the same elements, better reading than a(ny) Clive Cussler book. It does boil away at a furiously breakneck pace, never a still moment and, if this is the sort of thing that rings your bell, you absolutely get your money's worth. It's just that I was just expecting more after the promising first book, Overwatch. I expected the story, character and writing to progress, but not this way. It doesn't come as a surprise actually - as the global conspiracy and only one man can save us all kind of thing is a trend amongst American Thriller writers - more a disappointment. There were a lot of other good things he could have done with the character. He needed to keep the action 'small' and tight, close-in and based around the Logan West character. Less James Bond, more Jack Reacher. More on the how do I get out of this, and less on the Global Conspiracy. It doesn't work for James Bond-believability and it doesn't work here.
On the plus side - Europe gets a large proportion of the action. Because, as I've mentioned before, if you're American, anything goes there/here. Sudan hardly ever features in American thrillers (can't recall too many trips to Sudan in UK thrillers either for that matter). The pal-buddy-mate thing with this John Quick looks promising too. I'll buy and read the next one, still based on the glow from Overwatch, but he needs to tighten up. A Thriller can be thrilling even if it just spans the city, it doesn't always need to span the globe. In fact, I'd rather they didn't.
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brents's review
3.0
Good action thriller. I like the idea of having the enemy be a shadowy supranational NGO. I'm not sure if the dialogue itself is holding the book back, or it's just the way it was read by the guy who did the audio book (that was my metgod of consumption) but it has a strange feel that takes you out of the story sometimes.
stuartjash's review against another edition
5.0
If I could give this book 100-stars, I would. This book is absolute epitome of a page-turner. Matthew Betley absolutely crushes this one out of the park. As a huge fan of Overwatch, which I can confidently say is easily one of the best books of 2016, I couldn't wait to see what Betley and Logan West had in store for us. And wow, they did not disappoint. From Prologue to Epilogue, a nonstop thriller. We jump from country to country, as Logan West digs his way out of trouble and turmoil.
I can't say enough how essential this book is to not only a reader of thriller novels but to all readers who love adventure. I feel like Betley has not only developed an amazing story, he's based it around amazing characters - the ones in which you fall in love. It makes you feel like you are part of the story right along side Logan West.
Finally, this book also feels like one of those "beating the headlines" novels, and I can't wait to see what the future holds for Logan West.
Buy this book immediately, and if you're a fan of audiobooks, narrator George Newborn crushes it once again.
I can't say enough how essential this book is to not only a reader of thriller novels but to all readers who love adventure. I feel like Betley has not only developed an amazing story, he's based it around amazing characters - the ones in which you fall in love. It makes you feel like you are part of the story right along side Logan West.
Finally, this book also feels like one of those "beating the headlines" novels, and I can't wait to see what the future holds for Logan West.
Buy this book immediately, and if you're a fan of audiobooks, narrator George Newborn crushes it once again.
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