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3.57 AVERAGE
3.57 AVERAGE
This book started out very Tom Cruise-ish, so I was a little unsure about it. It picked up quite a bit after a while. The action sequences were well-done and the twists were fantastic. For me, it was just too long. It seemed like Abbot just wanted to keep going with it, but it just needed to end. Overall, I can see this being an intriguing and exciting series. I loved Mila, too.
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Adrenaline is more than just a bar in London. Jeff Abbott is raising the bar with this international thriller starring Sam Capra and the mysterious Mila.
Capra is a CIA operative and thought he knew the good guys from the bad until the day he received a phone call from his wife demanding he meet her outside his office. As he exits the building the top floors blow up and he catches a glimpse of his wife in a silver Audi that is quickly lost in traffic. What follows is 400 pages of fast paced, highly charged, adrenaline filled cat and mouse thriller. If you thought you liked Jeff Abbott's past books you are in for the ride of a lifetime with his newest.
Capra is a CIA operative and thought he knew the good guys from the bad until the day he received a phone call from his wife demanding he meet her outside his office. As he exits the building the top floors blow up and he catches a glimpse of his wife in a silver Audi that is quickly lost in traffic. What follows is 400 pages of fast paced, highly charged, adrenaline filled cat and mouse thriller. If you thought you liked Jeff Abbott's past books you are in for the ride of a lifetime with his newest.
The only thing I disliked about this book was the main character. Everything else was interesting enough and enjoyable. BUT... Sam Capra was extremely annoying. Have the book, he spends it as an annoying and whiny wimp who complains endlessly and makes stupid decision after stupid decision. But, then, half the time, he's supposed to be this bad-ass James Bond secret agent. Seriously? Didn't gel.
Fabulous page turner. Anything I could say would give away some of the great plot twists.
Sam Capra is off to work. Things are going well. His wife, Lucy, is 8 months pregnant and he loves his job as part of a special team that tracks down bad guys through their networks. He is just about to make an important report when Lucy calls telling him to meet her downstairs and then when he gets there, to run. He spots her in a car across the street and runs toward the car just as the top floor of the building, where his offices are located, blows up.
Soon, the next thing he knows is being locked in a dungeon, where he and Lucy are accused of being traitors. After being held several months being tortured, all the while maintaining his innocence, he escapes and flees to Rotterdam with the assistance of a shadowy group which he doesn’t understand, but whose help certainly willing to accept. Weird weapons, groups within groups, psychotic killers, Patty Hearst parallels, and parkour (I had never heard of this, slug that I am.) Not to mention Roger Cadet.
A bit too James Bond at times, nevertheless a fun time-waster. This book delivers what the title suggests; it's a frenetic rush. 3.5 stars rounded up to 4 since I happen to be in a good mood this morning.
Soon, the next thing he knows is being locked in a dungeon, where he and Lucy are accused of being traitors. After being held several months being tortured, all the while maintaining his innocence, he escapes and flees to Rotterdam with the assistance of a shadowy group which he doesn’t understand, but whose help certainly willing to accept. Weird weapons, groups within groups, psychotic killers, Patty Hearst parallels, and parkour (I had never heard of this, slug that I am.) Not to mention Roger Cadet.
A bit too James Bond at times, nevertheless a fun time-waster. This book delivers what the title suggests; it's a frenetic rush. 3.5 stars rounded up to 4 since I happen to be in a good mood this morning.
This is another book nominated for the TLA Lariat List. It is one of the most action packed books I have ever read. Sam Capra is a traceur, a parkour runner. He is also a CIA operative. Living in London, he leaves for work one morning, kisses his expectant wife goodbye and heads into the office to give a briefing on "The Money King." The next thing he knows, his wife has called him, told him to leave the office and meet her downstairs, it is urgent. He leaves the meeting in time to see his wife being kidnapped and then his office explodes with everyone inside dead. He is arrested on the spot and sent to black prisons in Eastern Europe where he is interrogated, waterboarded and tortured by the CIA to give up his and his wife's involvement with terrorists. Only problem is, Sam has no idea what is going on around him. Eventually, the CIA eases up and sends him to New York where he gets a job in a bar and starts plotting to escape his leash and his watchers and find his wife and his child. One thing leads to another and it's all very complicated but exciting in the extreme. Jeff Abbott is a veteran author and he controls the chaos he creates quite well. Sam Capra is a great character the reader is rooting for all the way. This is obviously the beginning of a series because Sam's adventures have only just begun. I am looking forward to the next chapter.