409 reviews for:

The Gray Man

Mark Greaney

3.79 AVERAGE

cajxn's review against another edition

4.0

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

reaper_hound's review against another edition

4.0

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4.25 stars



†THE GRAY MAN†

valkyrie13's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark hopeful tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

booklover1973's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

gmatts_709's review against another edition

2.75

adventurous tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

lindsaynixon's review against another edition

3.0

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Update 2022: looking back at my original 2017 review, this was my first spy novel and I was just getting into reading books with any regularity. I was favorable with a 4-star review.

Now, some 2,000 books and 5 years later, I couldn’t finish the book. I gave up around chapter 15. It’s mostly action (constant fast-paced action) and requires so much suspension of belief, which I suppose is the hallmark of this genre. It’s a guys book in a lot of ways. There’s not a lot of plot or twists. Just enough thread to keep the action going.

I wanted to read this again before the new Netflix adaption (that I know my husband will want to watch) but couldn’t press on. That means 2-stars. I’ll settle on 3 to be fair. I noticed I gave book #2 a 1-star back in the day, so maybe I learned sly novels aren’t my genre

cas_voogt's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Nice fast paced book, writing was good but sometimes a bit predictable. Although I like the hard core main character, the recovery and resilience are a little too extraordinary for my taste.

mdauthor's review against another edition

4.0

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Pretty good

Pretty fun read. Really tough character and lots of globe-hopping action. Violent. Brutal. Somewhat satisfying. Good serial character to enjoy.

teamsleep's review against another edition

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I found the writing to be childish and over explanatory. 

mshircliff's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No