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3.91 AVERAGE
3.91 AVERAGE
3 stars
This is one of the first novels by RC I read and it's pretty good. A reasonable amount of action. A recognizable theme (love for family, especially for fathers, even when they wrong us; also revenge). And love without sex (which is almost unheard of). Still it's hard to stomach a hero who murders people, even bad people, without remorse. Pike is, after all, an ex-cop.
Oh, by the way, this is a reread. I first read it when it first came out. Think I maybe liked it better this time.
This is one of the first novels by RC I read and it's pretty good. A reasonable amount of action. A recognizable theme (love for family, especially for fathers, even when they wrong us; also revenge). And love without sex (which is almost unheard of). Still it's hard to stomach a hero who murders people, even bad people, without remorse. Pike is, after all, an ex-cop.
Oh, by the way, this is a reread. I first read it when it first came out. Think I maybe liked it better this time.
This novel features Joe Pike more than Elvis Cole but Cole does have a role. I think this was good move by Crais. The development of the Pike character I think will serve the series well. You won’t be disappointed, this was a very good book.
Damn, I enjoy a cheap, fast thriller every now and then and this book delivers.
Big big fan of Joe Pike and this book did not disappoint. It's such an easy read too. Looking forward to working my way through the rest of the series.
Enjoyed this book. Fast moving and not totally predictable. Pike is a badass.
I liked the Joe Pike book a lot more than I thought I would. Nice change of pace from an Elvis Cole stand alone. Looking forward to the next one.
I enjoyed the plot but found the style of writing a but difficult to get on with sometimes. Things like "she said, wetting her lips" over and over again. Just felt very rudimentary. Maybe I'm just not a Robert Crais fan!
This is one of the better action novels that I've read. The set-up is a tad cliche - famous heiress on the run from bad guys; her only hope is the quiet, enigmatic badass assigned to protect her - but Crais nails it. Great mix of action, clever dialogue and story. Also, the characters turned out to have depth and complexity - always a treat.
This was my first Robert Crais novel and it turns out this is not the best place to start as it's actually the 11th Elvis Cole and Joe Pike novel. Knowing their backstory was not essential to enjoying this book (obviously), but I kinda feel like I missed something. Also, Elvis seems like a hoot. I'll probably go back and try their adventures from the beginning.
This was my first Robert Crais novel and it turns out this is not the best place to start as it's actually the 11th Elvis Cole and Joe Pike novel. Knowing their backstory was not essential to enjoying this book (obviously), but I kinda feel like I missed something. Also, Elvis seems like a hoot. I'll probably go back and try their adventures from the beginning.
"The Watchman" can be described as a marginally interesting and predictable, but a fairly quick and easily entertaining read. While the plot was fast-moving and absorbing, the lead protagonists, Joe Pike and Larkin Barkley, are a bit too stereotypically generic. Pike is your typical short-on-words-big-on-testosterone terminator type of guy and Larkin is the pretty-yet-crazy-wild-child heiress everyone falls in love with. The story: Larkin, contemplating her life while driving late one night, ends up plowing into the side of a Mercedes. While she tries to help the accident victims, one flees on foot and the others speed away while she calls the police for help. Based on her description of the victims and the vehicle, the man who fled on foot turns out to be a South American drug lord. Days later, threats are made towards her life and Joe Pike is hired to protect her. The problem is that someone on the inside is leaking information to the bad guys concerning Larkin's whereabouts. This forces Joe to begin his own investigation into the circumstances surrounding the accident and subsequent murder attempts against Larkin. Pretty soon everyone becomes a suspect.