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cjvphd's review against another edition
4.0
Maybe got a bit too far over his skis on this one. Kinda convoluted, but enjoyable as always.
jonif's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
rcroberts's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
ixthus68's review against another edition
5.0
like all the other gray man novels this moves along at a great place. yes it is formulaic, but it also isn't predictable. I thought the strong language wasn't necessary, but other than that another great entry in the series. I look forward to what is next
shannonw19's review against another edition
5.0
The Gray Man is back with the CIA after years of the CIA trying to kill him. He is tasked with getting his hands on a Chinese defector. But the mission is screwed up from the minute the plane touches down in Hong Kong.
As I read this book, I kept thinking, "This can't get any worse." And it kept getting worse. Court Gentry is trying to double-cross the Chinese and save his former mentor, Don Fitzroy. He is also up against the Russians. And his own handler at the CIA has not told him the entire story. Hamstrung and often finding himself without weapons or allies, Court tries to keep Don and the defector alive.
Can I just say that I love the Gray Man? These books are amazing. Full of action and so well-written. I started this series with Back Blast and then back-tracked and read them in order. Each book gets better. I cannot wait for Agent in Place. If you are a fan of Brad Thor or Tom Clancy or Robert Ludlum, you will love these books.
As I read this book, I kept thinking, "This can't get any worse." And it kept getting worse. Court Gentry is trying to double-cross the Chinese and save his former mentor, Don Fitzroy. He is also up against the Russians. And his own handler at the CIA has not told him the entire story. Hamstrung and often finding himself without weapons or allies, Court tries to keep Don and the defector alive.
Can I just say that I love the Gray Man? These books are amazing. Full of action and so well-written. I started this series with Back Blast and then back-tracked and read them in order. Each book gets better. I cannot wait for Agent in Place. If you are a fan of Brad Thor or Tom Clancy or Robert Ludlum, you will love these books.
beaker's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
jillyrabb101's review
5.0
I loved this one. A perfect ending, though I guess not-so-peefect for some.
kynan's review against another edition
3.0
Of necessity, there are spoilers for the previous Gray Man book ([b:Back Blast|24611449|Back Blast (Gray Man, #5)|Mark Greaney|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1453058818l/24611449._SY75_.jpg|44222624]) below. If you've not read that yet then
a) you should because if you enjoy the others then you'll enjoy this one;
b) there's a wee bit of plot continuity in the form of a couple of characters and their actions may make more sense with the background.
That said, this can happily stand-alone as a page-turner thriller, you don't need the previous books to enjoy this one. OK, spoilers ahoy-hoy!
Court Gentry, the assassin-with-the-heart-0f-gold, is back in the employ of the CIA. Well, he's more being held at arms-length by the CIA after the mission he gave himself in Back Blast to determine why the CIA started hunting him 5 years ago is successfully concluded by the house-cleaning of the somewhat corrupt and self-serving higher-ups in the CIA National Clandestine Service.
After the deaths of pretty much everyone involved, potentially slightly less corrupt and self-serving replacements are taking over and Suzanne Brewer (who took some pretty calculated and first-person risks to kill-off potential rivals to her rise in the CIA ranks in Back Blast) is now Court's handler. On behalf of Matt Hanley (ex-head of CIA Special Activities Division, and now head of CIA), Brewer sends Court to Hong Kong to try and recover a botched defection attempt from China.
As usual, there is intrigue within intrigue and the more Court chases, the more he discovers about how working for the CIA again is significantly cramping his style, and personal code of conscience. Court catches up with his previous employer, Donald Fitzroy, who was involved in the failed operation and Court is rapidly making enemies of pretty much everyone in South-East Asia. Not as usual, this book introduced a love-interest for Court. I was pretty surprised as Court's been set up from the beginning of this series as very much a loner, and someone who's very aware that relationships are basically liabilities. I wondered if we were going to head down a similar path to [b:On Her Majesty's Secret Service|3762|On Her Majesty's Secret Service (James Bond, #11)|Ian Fleming|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1433986746l/3762._SY75_.jpg|1098834] and this partly helped with the suspense and desire to keep flipping pages. You'll have to do the same to find out who and what happens
a) you should because if you enjoy the others then you'll enjoy this one;
b) there's a wee bit of plot continuity in the form of a couple of characters and their actions may make more sense with the background.
That said, this can happily stand-alone as a page-turner thriller, you don't need the previous books to enjoy this one. OK, spoilers ahoy-hoy!
Court Gentry, the assassin-with-the-heart-0f-gold, is back in the employ of the CIA. Well, he's more being held at arms-length by the CIA after the mission he gave himself in Back Blast to determine why the CIA started hunting him 5 years ago is successfully concluded by the house-cleaning of the somewhat corrupt and self-serving higher-ups in the CIA National Clandestine Service.
After the deaths of pretty much everyone involved, potentially slightly less corrupt and self-serving replacements are taking over and Suzanne Brewer (who took some pretty calculated and first-person risks to kill-off potential rivals to her rise in the CIA ranks in Back Blast) is now Court's handler. On behalf of Matt Hanley (ex-head of CIA Special Activities Division, and now head of CIA), Brewer sends Court to Hong Kong to try and recover a botched defection attempt from China.
As usual, there is intrigue within intrigue and the more Court chases, the more he discovers about how working for the CIA again is significantly cramping his style, and personal code of conscience. Court catches up with his previous employer, Donald Fitzroy, who was involved in the failed operation and Court is rapidly making enemies of pretty much everyone in South-East Asia. Not as usual, this book introduced a love-interest for Court. I was pretty surprised as Court's been set up from the beginning of this series as very much a loner, and someone who's very aware that relationships are basically liabilities. I wondered if we were going to head down a similar path to [b:On Her Majesty's Secret Service|3762|On Her Majesty's Secret Service (James Bond, #11)|Ian Fleming|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1433986746l/3762._SY75_.jpg|1098834] and this partly helped with the suspense and desire to keep flipping pages. You'll have to do the same to find out who and what happens
abeckstrom's review against another edition
5.0
Highly entertaining. I had trouble putting this down. Not quite as good as Back Blast, but still very, very good.