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3.71 AVERAGE
3.71 AVERAGE
Catching up…
With the Little Free Library Shed donations.
And…
Books I have read before, but are revisiting now so that I can get my review to Goodreads.
We first meet Shaw in “The Whole Truth.” Review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5486014716
And…
With this one, we recognize that in this world, there exists unspeakable evil. In human form.
Which…
Makes the title of this book perfect.
And…
Gives purpose to what the characters must do when faced with it.
As…
A sequel to “The Whole Truth” it is recommended that readers start there. Even if this one can be read as a stand-alone…
With…
Reoccurring characters, it is best to get to know them in the first book…
So…
You can understand the characters motivations in this one.
There are two factions after one person with a disturbing past history that needs to be stopped.
And…
When these two factions inevitably meet, sparks fly and the mission is put in jeopardy.
Will they get their man?
And…
Deliver the world from evil?
Engrossing but slightly flawed. (Some areas where readers may need to suspend disbelief.) Atmospheric with thriller pace and action. Some areas difficult to read (see TW below).
Trigger warning: Graphic violence.
3.5 stars. Rounded down.
With the Little Free Library Shed donations.
And…
Books I have read before, but are revisiting now so that I can get my review to Goodreads.
We first meet Shaw in “The Whole Truth.” Review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5486014716
And…
With this one, we recognize that in this world, there exists unspeakable evil. In human form.
Which…
Makes the title of this book perfect.
And…
Gives purpose to what the characters must do when faced with it.
As…
A sequel to “The Whole Truth” it is recommended that readers start there. Even if this one can be read as a stand-alone…
With…
Reoccurring characters, it is best to get to know them in the first book…
So…
You can understand the characters motivations in this one.
There are two factions after one person with a disturbing past history that needs to be stopped.
And…
When these two factions inevitably meet, sparks fly and the mission is put in jeopardy.
Will they get their man?
And…
Deliver the world from evil?
Engrossing but slightly flawed. (Some areas where readers may need to suspend disbelief.) Atmospheric with thriller pace and action. Some areas difficult to read (see TW below).
Trigger warning: Graphic violence.
3.5 stars. Rounded down.
Interesting Baldacci. Very grusome in a couple of spots, one i had to skip over. But if you like crime and suspense, it is a good book.
It was better than the first Shaw book...but just barely.
I can't think of a better author to take along on a road trip than David Baldacci. Listening to the harrowing nip-and-tuck twists-and-turns in the audiobook version of DELIVER US FROM EVIL kept us on the edge of our seats. Very much so! Be forewarned... you may be so absorbed in the storyline that you'll miss your turnoff. I highly recommend this book!
The book follows the actions of Shaw, a mysterious person working for a clandestine government organization bringing people with terrorist ties or arms dealers to justice through unlawful means. (Shaw was introduced in The WHole Truth, where he was trying to prevent a criminal-minded businessman who is trying to de-stabilize the world in order to sell more of his Defence industry products)
His path crosses another secret organization who is after Nazi criminals of people of similar evil stature and punishes them - without trial, I must say. When both organizations are after the same criminal, an Ukranian who has been influential in killing thousands of people, sometimes using torture and other unspeakable methods, things get a bit complicated.
The pace is fast and the chemistry of the characters works. There are some explicit description of torture methods in the book that could be offensive to some people. It is one of the better Baldacci books. I would expect some of the characters to come back in future books, since the concept can be exploited further.
His path crosses another secret organization who is after Nazi criminals of people of similar evil stature and punishes them - without trial, I must say. When both organizations are after the same criminal, an Ukranian who has been influential in killing thousands of people, sometimes using torture and other unspeakable methods, things get a bit complicated.
The pace is fast and the chemistry of the characters works. There are some explicit description of torture methods in the book that could be offensive to some people. It is one of the better Baldacci books. I would expect some of the characters to come back in future books, since the concept can be exploited further.
Like the characters and enjoyed the plot, but found it heavy going. Really improved in the last 3rd!
Did not deliver on the promise of the characters from the previous book
Good Read
This book was an excellent read. It peaked my interest from beginning to the end. Hopefully we will have more additions in the Shaw series.
This book was an excellent read. It peaked my interest from beginning to the end. Hopefully we will have more additions in the Shaw series.
He was an experienced military man trained to capture and extract dangerous arms dealers to hand them over to the world court.
She was a stone-cold killer, dedicated to hunting down ex-Nazis and giving them the death they deserved.
Is there really much more you need to know?
*Let me warn you. This review may become more about me expressing my angst then actually providing a fair and thorough discussion*
The absurdity of this novel was apparent from the get go, and for the first time my philosophy of “Reading is always beneficial, even bad books teach you something” (stolen from some-one wiser than me) was almost dropped. In the first scene we are introduced to a bad-guy who literally sits around reading communist manifestos to ‘enjoy the descriptions on how the populace is subjugated’
Of course he is also brash arrogant, mean and everything else a bad guy should be ‘Reggie’ our Nazi-killer quickly dispatches him.
Then the novel suffers the superman problem – we already have characters established as being experts at taking down the bad-guys, we already know they hunt histories evilest baddies. So where on earth can any literary tension come from?
By the way the Mr and Mrs Smith love story between was only unpredictable in terms of how drawn out and annoying it was.
Anywho, D.B. tries to make our antagonist more compelling with some torture scenes (he tortures some Muslim terrorists who betrayed him, it seems the D.B. perhaps wasn’t quite brave enough to have the ultimate evil bad-guy a Muslim but was happy to have them closely associated though). But really just ticks the same boxes that every other bad guy does. Including using James Bondian plots that allow the heroes to escape – justified with the explanation that the baddie wanted to milk the satisfaction of killing the heroes.
Rather than continue I will just sum-up. Deliver Us From Evil is effectively the aftermath of a failed James Bond plotline with all the research, effort, good humour and style sucked out of it. Normally when I read a book I don’t like I at least accept that some people may be into it however, in this case I would not recommend this book to anyone.
She was a stone-cold killer, dedicated to hunting down ex-Nazis and giving them the death they deserved.
Is there really much more you need to know?
*Let me warn you. This review may become more about me expressing my angst then actually providing a fair and thorough discussion*
The absurdity of this novel was apparent from the get go, and for the first time my philosophy of “Reading is always beneficial, even bad books teach you something” (stolen from some-one wiser than me) was almost dropped. In the first scene we are introduced to a bad-guy who literally sits around reading communist manifestos to ‘enjoy the descriptions on how the populace is subjugated’
Of course he is also brash arrogant, mean and everything else a bad guy should be ‘Reggie’ our Nazi-killer quickly dispatches him.
Then the novel suffers the superman problem – we already have characters established as being experts at taking down the bad-guys, we already know they hunt histories evilest baddies. So where on earth can any literary tension come from?
By the way the Mr and Mrs Smith love story between was only unpredictable in terms of how drawn out and annoying it was.
Anywho, D.B. tries to make our antagonist more compelling with some torture scenes (he tortures some Muslim terrorists who betrayed him, it seems the D.B. perhaps wasn’t quite brave enough to have the ultimate evil bad-guy a Muslim but was happy to have them closely associated though). But really just ticks the same boxes that every other bad guy does. Including using James Bondian plots that allow the heroes to escape – justified with the explanation that the baddie wanted to milk the satisfaction of killing the heroes.
Rather than continue I will just sum-up. Deliver Us From Evil is effectively the aftermath of a failed James Bond plotline with all the research, effort, good humour and style sucked out of it. Normally when I read a book I don’t like I at least accept that some people may be into it however, in this case I would not recommend this book to anyone.