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3.0 out of 5 stars
Ran out of Steam,
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This review is from: Executive Power (Mass Market Paperback)
CIA field agent Mitch Rapp receives public acknowledgement by the president for his role in the fight against terrorism. The spotlight blows his cover as a covert operator making him a target for eradication by terrorist. Rapp is forced to take an office job in an advisory position behind the lines.When a Navy Seal team is ambushed on a top-secret mission in the Philippines, it is suspected that a leak came from the State Department or in the diplomatic corps. At the same time another problem develops in the Middle East. One of their most powerful man and a ruthless assassin are composing a master plan to ensure that the Palestinians will get the land that they feel they are entitled to. With the world probing into every move, will Rapp be able to overcome all obstacles and keep the flames of war from raging? This is a fast paced political thriller that ran out of steam towards the end. The two plots are at the extreme limit of credibility, nevertheless quite clever. Although I have yet to figure out what the two have to do with one another. This book touches many of the relevant issues regarding the allowable limits of government confronted with terrorist threats. I was disappointed in the lack of charm and warmth portrayed by the main characters this time. Nevertheless I enjoyed reading this book and I am looking forward to the sequel.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good story, offset by so-so pacing,
This review is from: Executive Power (Hardcover)
Vince Flynn's latest thriller has government assassin Mitch Rapp taking on terrorists in a novel that is unevenly paced but is nonetheless a fun read.The plot has a Palestinian terrorist named David creating an escalating series of events with the intent of forcing the creation of a Palestinian state. While in certain ways a man of integrity (he does not directly target innocents), he also is aware that his acts will beget additional, less discriminate violence. Meanwhile, Rapp is off in the Philippines, taking on different Islamic terrorists who are holding a family hostage and have already killed members of a previous rescue mission. Flynn keeps things moving, but the big flaw in the story is the pacing. The rescue/revenge mission in the Philippines is clearly a secondary (and independent) plot, yet it dominates over half the book. By the time Rapp gets involved in the main story, it is already around page 300. That's a long time to get the story to kick into full gear, and it's only Flynn's adept writing that is able to overcome this problem. While it is not essential, it is helpful to have read the other in the Mitch Rapp series to fully enjoy this book. While not exceptional enough to merit five stars, this novel is a solid four star effort and a good way to be entertained for a few hours.
2.0 out of 5 stars
no-brainer,
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This review is from: Executive Power (Hardcover)
This book was kind of fun, but only when I kept my brain switched off. Clunky writing and shallow characters are expected in a genre book like this, but there were two points that really didn't work for me. First, the Phillipines and Palestinian plots were totally unrelated. Almost as if he took two incomplete book outlines and shoved them together to make deadline. Lazy lazy lazy. The worst for me was the alternating self-righteousness of the main character about thoughtless Washinton bureaucrats who thought they were above the rules and are therefore bad, as compared with the self-righteousness of the main character about his own definition of his own rules to govern his own actions which must be good. It's ok for him to reveal details about his operations to his wife, for instance.
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