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felinity's review
2.0
Obviously a sequel (the affected characters virtually call it that) and influenced by [a:Arthur Hailey|71955|Arthur Hailey|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1330096504p2/71955.jpg] himself as well as [b:Overload|124931|Overload|Arthur Hailey|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327304845s/124931.jpg|1265302], this aims to be a political terrorism-thriller but it missed the mark for me. Too much coincidence, and too many people who just happen to have essential and very rare skills and knowledge talking too freely about classified info continually forced me out of the story.
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the apparently essential yet unexplained death of the linemanjfranco77's review
2.0
With a few major exceptions (detailed below), this was a fast read that had its good points and bad points. It may have been a sequel (there are a ton of references to a previous attack) but this isn't listed anywhere in the book. Overall it's hard to recommend for the reasons below.
Sometimes the author(s) slip into "we" mode when talking about the US, breaking the voice of the book and making it seem preachy and jingoistic at the same time.
A lot of standoffs (particularly between Nate and Marakov) just end with them walking away. For two guys who are supposedly so ready to kill each other it seems weird.
It always seems strange when real people are characters in a fictional book. (In this case, both Ameninijad and Hugo Chavez)
Their presence is even stranger because the book can't decide what it wants to be. Is it a global terror/war plot or a story told from Osborne and Marakov's perspective? Sometimes it seems like they can't decide.
The writing is usually solid, if unspectacular, but there are a few cringeworthy sentences and edits.
Sometimes the author(s) slip into "we" mode when talking about the US, breaking the voice of the book and making it seem preachy and jingoistic at the same time.
A lot of standoffs (particularly between Nate and Marakov) just end with them walking away. For two guys who are supposedly so ready to kill each other it seems weird.
It always seems strange when real people are characters in a fictional book. (In this case, both Ameninijad and Hugo Chavez)
Their presence is even stranger because the book can't decide what it wants to be. Is it a global terror/war plot or a story told from Osborne and Marakov's perspective? Sometimes it seems like they can't decide.
The writing is usually solid, if unspectacular, but there are a few cringeworthy sentences and edits.
ajlenertz's review
5.0
These vaguely remind me of something, a couple of phrases are familiar, but I can't place them.
The Stand!
The Stand!
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