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joabroda's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-paced
4.0
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 đź’ź Mitch
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 đź’ź Mitch
cbika's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
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.
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.
jmcunningham71's review
4.0
Really closer to 4.5…but not quite the same level as The Gray Man or Orphan X novels, so I rounded down to a 4. Hope Bentley still plans to keep his own series going, too (Matt Drake).
jaxboiler's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
another exciting book in the Mitch Rapp universe.
lauramar850's review against another edition
3.0
I didn’t know what to expect with a new author, but this was meh. He seems to love info dumping things that aren’t pertinent to the actual story. How many times can he have the characters describe terrorists as shitheads? Innumerable. He made Mitch so much more aggressive and rude. At least in the past it was generally called for. Now it seems as though mere impatience is enough for him to resort to physical violence. He also made Scott Coleman seem like an ass at times.
I didn’t love the unexpected jump back in time. It had me scrambling to figure out where it fit in. Once I figured that out, I started googling what the heck Protect and Defend was even about. Which characters have we seen before? What’s the context. I forgot Irene had ever been kidnapped. I can’t remember who hasn’t died yet. For the love of god, it was thirteen books and seventeen years ago. Help a girl out.
The plot was all over the place. It seemed like he had the beginning of so many good ideas, why not just use them all. The transition to UBL raid was a weird one and while it took over, it still didn’t seem that important. Despite Rapp harping on and on about how very important everything was.
I have more I disliked, but I think at some point I’m just nitpicking. This series was never literary masterpieces, but as I was annoyed by things I noticed them more and more,.. then I just became more irritated with the book.
I do like that he’s setting the stage of Nash being disgruntled in his new position. We didn’t have much lead-up before the last book happened.
I didn’t love the unexpected jump back in time. It had me scrambling to figure out where it fit in. Once I figured that out, I started googling what the heck Protect and Defend was even about. Which characters have we seen before? What’s the context. I forgot Irene had ever been kidnapped. I can’t remember who hasn’t died yet. For the love of god, it was thirteen books and seventeen years ago. Help a girl out.
The plot was all over the place. It seemed like he had the beginning of so many good ideas, why not just use them all. The transition to UBL raid was a weird one and while it took over, it still didn’t seem that important. Despite Rapp harping on and on about how very important everything was.
I have more I disliked, but I think at some point I’m just nitpicking. This series was never literary masterpieces, but as I was annoyed by things I noticed them more and more,.. then I just became more irritated with the book.
I do like that he’s setting the stage of Nash being disgruntled in his new position. We didn’t have much lead-up before the last book happened.
kbrownbear's review
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
beckleystover's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
3.0
pshep123's review
3.0
Don't love Bentley's style. Puts Mitch on too much of a pedestal, he's more of a cartoon of himself than ever. Also don't like going back in time to 2011. But was fast paced and enough of a page-turner to finish quickly.