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A review by bianca89279
Out of the Dark: An Orphan X Novel by Gregg Hurwitz
3.0
3.5 stars
After reading and loving the third novel in the Orphan X series, I jumped at the opportunity to read the fourth instalment.
Out of the Dark continues Evan Stoak’s journey as the Nowhere Man. But now, there are more complications added to the mix, such as Evan wanting to kill the President of the United States in order for the President not to kill him and the other Orphans. This scenario made me arch my sceptical, really? eyebrow, even though I enjoyed the tactical intricacies and other such details.
I wasn’t as charmed by this novel as I was with the previous one, even though some of the things that I wished to happen for Evan did occur.
In my opinion, Hurwitz went overboard with the action sequences, there was so much packed in, on the East and West Coast of America, oh, yeah, plus a quick trip to Europe. Evan never seemed to sleep. I know he’s some kind of superhuman, nevertheless, I grumbled about certain aspects of the novel I found incongruous. I did enjoy seeing Evan’s emotional growth, but that in itself would have taken a mental/physical toll on him, so it didn’t make sense to me that he’d still be able to do all the many things he did in this novel.
Even though this latest volume in the series was my least favourite, I’m looking forward to finding out what Hurwitz has in store for the Nowhere Man.
I’ve received this novel via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Many thanks to the publishers for the opportunity to read and review this novel.
After reading and loving the third novel in the Orphan X series, I jumped at the opportunity to read the fourth instalment.
Out of the Dark continues Evan Stoak’s journey as the Nowhere Man. But now, there are more complications added to the mix, such as Evan wanting to kill the President of the United States in order for the President not to kill him and the other Orphans. This scenario made me arch my sceptical, really? eyebrow, even though I enjoyed the tactical intricacies and other such details.
I wasn’t as charmed by this novel as I was with the previous one, even though some of the things that I wished to happen for Evan did occur.
In my opinion, Hurwitz went overboard with the action sequences, there was so much packed in, on the East and West Coast of America, oh, yeah, plus a quick trip to Europe. Evan never seemed to sleep. I know he’s some kind of superhuman, nevertheless, I grumbled about certain aspects of the novel I found incongruous. I did enjoy seeing Evan’s emotional growth, but that in itself would have taken a mental/physical toll on him, so it didn’t make sense to me that he’d still be able to do all the many things he did in this novel.
Even though this latest volume in the series was my least favourite, I’m looking forward to finding out what Hurwitz has in store for the Nowhere Man.
I’ve received this novel via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Many thanks to the publishers for the opportunity to read and review this novel.