Reviews

Red Phoenix by Patrick Larkin, Larry Bond

beingshort's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

samuelroberts's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racism and Racial slurs

Minor: Suicide

alebohl's review

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? No

4.0

jfranco77's review

4.0

This book is a few years old, but could just as easily have been written in 2014. Kim Jong-Il and the North Koreans launch an invasion of South Korea, using clever planning and the element of surprise. Can the South Koreans and the handful of American peacekeepers hold on until the cavalry arrives?

The book takes a looooong time to get going, and Bond lacks a perfect touch for political intrigue, but it's not bad by any stretch of the imagination. Once the action starts, Bond really excels. Infantry, artillery, aircraft, boats, submarines and even logistics- they all get their day to shine and they all work.

Bond collaborated with Tom Clancy on Red Storm Rising, which makes sense since this is basically the Korean version of that book.

groucho's review

3.0

Very much in the style of Tom Clancy (enormously long and very detailed) albeit without the annoying Jack Ryan character hanging about.