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3.68 AVERAGE
3.68 AVERAGE
Fun little heist / conspiracy story. It's an easy read without being overly-boring or simplistic. Lots of quirks to keep your noggin tuned in and looking forward to the next pages.
I'm now curious about Sandford's more popular Lucas Davenport series. I may jump into that when I feel brave enough to start a 30-book-long series. Yikes.
I'm now curious about Sandford's more popular Lucas Davenport series. I may jump into that when I feel brave enough to start a 30-book-long series. Yikes.
The first of the Kidd series. Classic Sandford. An addition element of entertainment was the early 90s computer hacking… dial up, disks, and phone lines! Lol.
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
mysterious
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:
Complicated
I don't know if I could have been more surprised. I have literally loved almost every John Sandford novel I have ever read. I was really looking forward to this first chapter in the Kidd saga. What I got however, seemed like it was written by a completely different author. Maybe it can be chalked up to it being an early novel of his or the "cutting edge" technology of the time is so outdated now, I don't know. The Prey series has always impressed me but this might put me off the rest of the Kidd series. The characters were so hodge podged and lame. It was weird compared to Lucas Davenport, Virgil Flowers, etc. If you want good Sandford you might want to skip this and look for the Prey novels.
This book is is typical of John Sandford in that it is very easy to read. You can read large chunks of this book in one sitting without even realizing you're doing it. The characters are likable but fairly static. The only real drawback to this book is that it doesn't really "hold up." This book is about "cutting edge" computer hacking in a time where one of the main characters has never "seen a computer working" before. The world and computers have changed so much since then that it is hard to feel the suspense when the infiltrations described are so pathetically primitive by modern cyber security standards.
Nothing like a techno thriller written in 1989. Beware the phone connections to your mainframes!