You need to sign in or sign up before continuing.

booksmakesmesmile's profile picture

booksmakesmesmile's review

5.0

Action packed book. Would not expect anything less from Vince Flynn.
erikalpowell's profile picture

erikalpowell's review

3.5
adventurous tense medium-paced
adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

mnm2's review

4.25
adventurous mysterious fast-paced
adventurous tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous challenging tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous fast-paced

Mitch is in Pakistan and Afghanistan chasing the bad guys, killing the bad guys, and splitting the Senators of the U.S. Government into "for and against". Nothing new here about the plot. 

Don Bently is the newest author to take on the Mitch Rapp series.  This is book #23.  What I love about Mitch is that as the books came out, Mitch grew old with me. So, imagine my surprise that this book went back to when Mitch was a younger man. It confused me at first, but as the book continued, I realized I loved this about it. (This is not a spoiler, as the GR's main page gives you the date of the action).  While following the formula of the books, I do think that Bentley put his mark on the book by traveling back in time with Mitch. Will Bentley stay there, or will his next book jump to where #22 left off in the present time?  Some anticipation now as to what he will do. Anticipation for the next release is always a good thing.

I 💟 Mitch
adventurous tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

justfara's review

1.0

While I am still missing Vince Flynn all these years since he's passed, it took Kyle Mills 3 books to get the full feel of Mitch Rapp's personality to perfection. I have been a fan of Don Bentley for a while reading the Jack Ryan Jr. series, so I fully expected to love this book.

I read this series as much for the personal aspect and plot as for the mechanics of the "fighting" but while this was a prequel to the more recent books in order to tell a fabulous story, there was alas way too much fighting for me and not enough interpersonal actions to keep the Mitch Rapp stories going.

This is a great idea for a testosterone take on a historical event with fictional application, but not for me.

I am so glad that I am no longer an early reader.