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A review by jacki_f
Adrenaline by Jeff Abbott
3.0
Sam works for the CIA. One morning his pregnant wife phones him and tells him to get out of the building immediately before an explosion rips it apart. Now she's missing and he's the CIA's number one suspect, all the while desperate to find his wife and child.
This is a VERY fast paced thriller. It's lucky that it is, because the breakneck pace allows you to (mostly) ignore the often ludicrous plot twists, paper thin characters and many plot holes. It tears along at 100 miles per hour - in the first 50 pages alone, the building is blown up, Sam is arrested, tortured, held for some weeks and then released.
If you want a fast and occasionally dead exciting, can't-put-down read, this is not a bad choice. It's literary junk food, disengage your mind time. I don't mean that in a judgmental way - sometimes we all feel in the mood for something like that. It's like going to a Michael Bay movie. However there's nothing memorable here and I'm not quite sure how it made it into Amazon's "best of July" selection.
This is a VERY fast paced thriller. It's lucky that it is, because the breakneck pace allows you to (mostly) ignore the often ludicrous plot twists, paper thin characters and many plot holes. It tears along at 100 miles per hour - in the first 50 pages alone, the building is blown up, Sam is arrested, tortured, held for some weeks and then released.
If you want a fast and occasionally dead exciting, can't-put-down read, this is not a bad choice. It's literary junk food, disengage your mind time. I don't mean that in a judgmental way - sometimes we all feel in the mood for something like that. It's like going to a Michael Bay movie. However there's nothing memorable here and I'm not quite sure how it made it into Amazon's "best of July" selection.