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jaxboiler's review against another edition
2.0
I just didnt like this one. The story was sort of over the top compared to his other stories and it just didn't appeal to me.
spattee's review against another edition
2.0
The book was exciting, but confusing. I couldn't keep the characters straight. The story was interesting, but the writing was about 6th grade level, i.e., short sentences, many cliches, short chapters, and limited vocabulary. It's a quick read, with no depth. I was unable to connect with any of the characters emotionally.
ghostlydreamer's review against another edition
5.0
I gave this one 5 stars when I first read it, but I think, were I to read it today, I might rate it less. That being said, I loved reading about an all female team of counterterrorism operatives. Don't get me wrong, I loved Scott Harvath. But I love seeing kickass females in action. This book provided me with just that.
The plot itself is lost to me. But I really wish Brad Thor had continued writing about the Athena Project. It would have been a welcome change to the male-dominated genre.
The plot itself is lost to me. But I really wish Brad Thor had continued writing about the Athena Project. It would have been a welcome change to the male-dominated genre.
kempfme's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
utbw42's review against another edition
3.0
Another quick read...this one falls in the middle of Thor books in terms of quality. The concept of an all-female Delta Force team was intriguing, but I found the characters somewhat thin and topical. Still fun to read, good escapism from the daily grind.
katenetz's review against another edition
4.0
Having never read a real "thriller" before, I didn't have high expectations. But The Athena Project was terrific. Full of action and stylized violence, intrigue, secret Nazi science, and a lot of derriere-kicking by fun female leads. It was hard for me to keep the four main characters separate in my mind, but honestly it didn't really matter all that much. Well done escapism.
awblass's review against another edition
1.0
I had never read a Brad Thor book before this one and I wish to never read one again. The only reasons why I gave The Athena Project a chance was because of the summary and this quote from Aristotle: "We make war so that we may live in peace."
An all-female team called the Athena Project include four women who you don't need to know about because they all basically have the same personality and character. They are seemingly referred to by their first and last names at random. It did not help at all when they were mentioned in the same paragraph which confused me even more. Anyway, the women are sent on a mission to track down an arms dealer who had supplied explosives to a terrorist attack which killed more than twenty Americans in Rome. However, there is more to the story than meets the eye as they discover a weapon made during World War II by the Nazis that in the wrong hands could bring widespread terror and destruction on the governments of the world.
The writing style made it very easy to read which I am thankful for. There was plenty of action also but if you don't have a plausible story to go with all that action then it's just meaningless. The plot suffered the most without any strong characters to support it as the Nazi fax machine, the weapon of mass destruction mentioned above, made me question more than once if this book was based on fiction or reality (I know that the author put a note in the beginning saying how it's based off of real science but what I want to know is how much of it is real science). A couple of stories from different perspectives, other than the four women on the Athena Project, made me think that they were pointless only to have them connect somehow to the main plot. But it would have been nice if we had known how they fit into the book in the first place instead of leaving us readers in the dark. Adding to the fact that the end felt very rushed and I wondered why I even started this book to begin with. Then I thought of the witty one-liners which kept my attention in the beginning but remembered that after a while they started to become cheesy, boring, and, if I might add, very dirty.
All in all, if you like thrillers with a lot of action but not enough story than this book is for you.
An all-female team called the Athena Project include four women who you don't need to know about because they all basically have the same personality and character. They are seemingly referred to by their first and last names at random. It did not help at all when they were mentioned in the same paragraph which confused me even more. Anyway, the women are sent on a mission to track down an arms dealer who had supplied explosives to a terrorist attack which killed more than twenty Americans in Rome. However, there is more to the story than meets the eye as they discover a weapon made during World War II by the Nazis that in the wrong hands could bring widespread terror and destruction on the governments of the world.
The writing style made it very easy to read which I am thankful for. There was plenty of action also but if you don't have a plausible story to go with all that action then it's just meaningless. The plot suffered the most without any strong characters to support it as the Nazi fax machine, the weapon of mass destruction mentioned above, made me question more than once if this book was based on fiction or reality (I know that the author put a note in the beginning saying how it's based off of real science but what I want to know is how much of it is real science). A couple of stories from different perspectives, other than the four women on the Athena Project, made me think that they were pointless only to have them connect somehow to the main plot. But it would have been nice if we had known how they fit into the book in the first place instead of leaving us readers in the dark. Adding to the fact that the end felt very rushed and I wondered why I even started this book to begin with. Then I thought of the witty one-liners which kept my attention in the beginning but remembered that after a while they started to become cheesy, boring, and, if I might add, very dirty.
All in all, if you like thrillers with a lot of action but not enough story than this book is for you.
dnousek's review against another edition
1.0
What a caricature of a spy novel! The author seems to think that female spies serve to fulfill the fantasies of male readers. The plot is predictable, and the characters are one-dimensional. I'm glad that I only found this in my hotel room, and didn't spend any money on it.
jaghamalian's review against another edition
2.0
Brad Thor writes in a very descriptive military way. Someone who really enjoys guns and operative activity would enjoy this book. I however found myself rolling my eyes at the descriptive he gave of the woman in the story. I did not finish this in the end, there are two many books out there to waste my time.
mcmanusm39's review against another edition
adventurous
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.0