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The Last Minute by Jeff Abbott

book_reader_lover's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

I have to say that the first 50 pages or so were slow, but then it picked up and I got hooked.  Sam is an ex-CIA that wants his kid back from the Nine Suns. The Nine Suns are a criminal organization comprised of criminals from around the world.  They will give Sam his kid back, if he kills someone for them.

It's a good book, but there are a lot of characters.  Plus, a lot going on in it.  My favorite character had to be Mila.  She is a badass woman.  I enjoyed getting to know her.  There was good character development, which I appreciate in a book.  It is an espionage , criminal, and hacker book, so if any of that interests you, you would probably like it.  I gave it 3.5⭐ because it started out so slow.  In fact, I thought about DNFING it, but I am glad I didn't.

😊 Happy Reading 😊

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jen286's review against another edition

3.0

I did enjoy this read, but it was not as good as the first book. One of my main issues with this story is that Sam just... believes the bad guys that have his kid? When they called him and told him he had to kill someone because they knew too much about them I thought "Okay Sam. What are you going to do? How are you going to work with the person you need to kill to get your kid back? I mean you are not seriously considering killing them right?" Only, I guess that was the plan? Which...how naive do you have to be to think that you do this one thing for the bad guys and they will just give you your son and let you live the rest of your life in peace and quiet? Like really? Why wouldn't they just threaten your son/kidnap him again the next time they want you to do something for them? Like it made no sense that he just thought they would just let him go on his merry way and never bother him again. None. He does say a few times that he needs a way to ensure that he gets his son back, but he does have to kill this person because...they will hurt his son if he doesn't. I don't know. It didn't make much sense to me. That and August being all Sam is cray cray thinking there is another rat in the CIA..I mean obviously it can only be one person that was in this super-secret group and no one else could possibly. Like okay. We all just took super naive pills today I guess. And trying to get Sam to come back to work for the CIA like why would he ever do that?

There was a lot that didn't make sense, that didn't seem like what these characters would have thought or did, but it was still interesting enough that I will read the next book. At least Sam has his son back and he doesn't have to keep reminding me that he will do anything to get his son back. He needs to save his son. His son, his son, his son.

tnc11's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

The book starts out very slow and with all the name changing was kind of confusing but it came together in the end. 

marbles66's review against another edition

5.0

This is the first book I have read by Jeff Abbott and was impressed. I will be buying more of his books.

myrdyr's review against another edition

4.0

Another far-fetched storyline, but the writing is good, and there is a lot of action. This would be a perfect holiday/beach read.

karenreagan's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

5.0

Austin, Tx author. As good as the 1st in the series

doug73's review against another edition

3.0

This book was much better than the first one in the series. The first one really streched things to the point where parts werent believable. This one was a bit more realistic, and the story flowed better.

marysues's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

blood_rose_books's review against another edition

4.0

Jeff Abbott: The Last Minute It has been awhile since I read the first book in this series, Adrenaline, and while I really enjoyed that book and would recommend it to readers, I do not think you need to read that book in order to enjoy The Last Minute. Abbott takes the time (but it never felt out of place) to cover all the important elements from the first book in the second so you do not feel lost at any time. Jeff Abbott is back with another high adrenaline read in the Sam Capra series; who will show just how far a father will go to get their child back: Sam Capra has only one reason to live and that is to rescue his son from the secret society, Nine Suns, that has kidnapped him. However, Nine Sons knows what an asset it is to have Sam on their "side" and are going to take full advantage of it. They have plans for Sam, one of which is to complete an impossible assassination, but if Sam wants to see his son again and make sure that no harm comes to him then he is going to have to play along and get a new set of rules to live by. Nothing is ever simple in Sam's world and everything is going to become a whole lot more complicated. Damn Straight Sam Capra...you do everything and anything to get your kid back even if it means breaking some of your own hard and fast rules. I really appreciated Sam's drive throughout this whole book and the desperation that Abbott put Sam under. Getting Daniel back it the core to all the events that unfold within this book and Abbott never lets Sam forget that. From the taunting phone calls, or the tasks that he is asked to perform (killing someone else child) Same is ever reminded that he is a father. I do not think that I have read a book before where the main character is this desperate but also still trying to be the man that he is and the struggle it takes for him to compromise everything for his child, just wow. Personally, I could read a whole book or multiple books of Milia's adventures. I wish that her back story was a stand alone book but I'm sure that Abbott could still do one of her adventures, targets and tasks before she met Sam. I don't think it would really be a true Sam Capra book without Milia as she really did help get Sam to where he is. I just hope there is more Milia to come in the next Capra adventures. Loved the action and that Abbott is not afraid to have Sam get hurt, he is not invincible. Though at some points you do question this as Sam really seems to be only fueled by adrenaline and only goes so far. I also do not really know anything about Parkour (other than the odd YouTube video), and Abbott has Capra use this skill quite a bit, so I'm not sure about the believably factor for what Sam is doing. But hey it sure is a fun ride throughout the book. I think my favourite bad guys in this book were the sisters as they were twisted, smart and ruthless I wish that there was more parts with them facing off against Sam. Great followup book in this series. It was able to grab a hold of me right from the beginning and never let me go. I wish I hadn't waited so long to get to this one, but there are so many books and only so many hours in the day. I know I'm not going to wait nearly as long to get my hands on the next. Keep the Sam Capra series coming Abbott, I know I will be reading them. Enjoy!!!
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andrewcox's review against another edition

5.0

great