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4.13 AVERAGE
4.13 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
I love Orphan X. Maybe it's a guilt pleasure, but I don't care.
only ok for me
The action scenes are as good as ever and the overall story was interesting. There were too many details about the characters that weren’t really germane to the story.
The action scenes are as good as ever and the overall story was interesting. There were too many details about the characters that weren’t really germane to the story.
adventurous
emotional
funny
mysterious
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
Another good installment. I’m a bit OCD myself so I get annoyed for X when others cross those boundaries. 😂. Scary how AI coils cause such chaos. A to-be-continued ending. Since I started this series after the 1st 9 were out, I got to read them one after the other which is my preference. Now I need to wait till next year for book 10.
Orphan X, or Evan Smoak has reinvented himself as someone who will go anywhere and risk everything after leaving the Program. He’s faced international crime syndicates and drug cartels, faced down the most powerful people in the world and even brought down a President. Now he’s facing an unexpected personal crisis. On this mission, he must go back to the basics, and help a truly desparate little girl help find her missing dog.
What seems like a small job, ballons into one of the biggest missions yet and Evan soon finds himself battered between billionaires and assassins.
In order to survive, Evan must outwit his opponent who will stop at nothing.
This series is a lot of fun, and this new book is no different. I love the narrator, he’s perfect for this role. He brings the characters to life in an appealing and enjoyable way. I enjoy the mix of humor and action that these books contain. The characters show a lot of growth in this book, I enjoyed reading about how they came into their own. While I haven’t read the entire series, I have read several of them and really enjoyed it. They are all able to be read as stand-alone and aren’t dependent on each other, though they would be great all in a row.
If you are looking for a highly entertaining action thriller, then check out this series.
Thank you so much to Macmillan Audio and Netgalley for this ALC in exchange for an honest review.
What seems like a small job, ballons into one of the biggest missions yet and Evan soon finds himself battered between billionaires and assassins.
In order to survive, Evan must outwit his opponent who will stop at nothing.
This series is a lot of fun, and this new book is no different. I love the narrator, he’s perfect for this role. He brings the characters to life in an appealing and enjoyable way. I enjoy the mix of humor and action that these books contain. The characters show a lot of growth in this book, I enjoyed reading about how they came into their own. While I haven’t read the entire series, I have read several of them and really enjoyed it. They are all able to be read as stand-alone and aren’t dependent on each other, though they would be great all in a row.
If you are looking for a highly entertaining action thriller, then check out this series.
Thank you so much to Macmillan Audio and Netgalley for this ALC in exchange for an honest review.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
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
I love this series of books and even though we are at book #9 Hurwitz is still able to keep it fresh and new. Evan and Joey are 2 of my favorite characters ever. The way they play off of and complement each other is just fun to read. They are experts in their own fields but just dealing with every day life situations in which they sometimes have no clue allow them to grow with each book.
I also enjoyed the real world parts woven into the story such as AI and the implications of how wealth and billionaires impact our current society. The AI stuff in this book is just scary to consider as this is where we could be headed in real life. Deciding who controls it and how will have a huge impact on our world. The potential for abuse as shown in the book could be catastrophic. We don't believe the truth now in actual reality so what happens when AI deepfakes come into play.
I also enjoyed the real world parts woven into the story such as AI and the implications of how wealth and billionaires impact our current society. The AI stuff in this book is just scary to consider as this is where we could be headed in real life. Deciding who controls it and how will have a huge impact on our world. The potential for abuse as shown in the book could be catastrophic. We don't believe the truth now in actual reality so what happens when AI deepfakes come into play.
Maybe my favorite adventure to date. X keeps finding himself emotionally entangled with people and that's hard. But it definitely makes him more likable.
Summary: Evan goes back to the very basics of his mission - and this time, the truly desperate is a little girl who wants him to find her missing dog.
Not his usual mission, and not one Evan embraces with enthusiasm, but this unlikely, tiny job quickly explodes into his biggest mission yet, one that finds him battered between twisted AI technocrat billionaires, a mysterious female assassin who seems a mirror of himself, and personal stakes so gut-wrenching he can scarcely make sense of them.
Summary: Evan goes back to the very basics of his mission - and this time, the truly desperate is a little girl who wants him to find her missing dog.
Not his usual mission, and not one Evan embraces with enthusiasm, but this unlikely, tiny job quickly explodes into his biggest mission yet, one that finds him battered between twisted AI technocrat billionaires, a mysterious female assassin who seems a mirror of himself, and personal stakes so gut-wrenching he can scarcely make sense of them.
I love the Orphan X books so much - Evan Smoak and his slowly expanding circle of confidants are some of my favorite characters ever, and I love all of the vigilante justice and assassins and conspiracies and violence. (His mag-lev floating bed still cracks me up though - so silly)
I ended up listening to this instead of reading it because I think I *need* to hear these books in Scott Brick’s voice or I’d feel lost. While this was super entertaining and fast-paced as always, this wasn’t my favorite of the series — the setup with the lost dog to get Evan in place to recognize his eventual big target felt a little too random, and I kind of zoned out during a lot of the AI technocrat billionaire soliloquies. That said, even my not-favorite Orphan X book is 100x better and more exciting than most books, so fans of the series need to snap this up ASAP.
(There was also a fun development with one of the recurring characters that made me very happy and a not-so-fun development with another side character that left me officially dying for book 10 because OMFG WHAT?!?)
* thank you to St Martin’s Press & Minotaur Books for the NetGalley review copy and audiobook. LONE WOLF publishes February 13, 2024.
I ended up listening to this instead of reading it because I think I *need* to hear these books in Scott Brick’s voice or I’d feel lost. While this was super entertaining and fast-paced as always, this wasn’t my favorite of the series — the setup with the lost dog to get Evan in place to recognize his eventual big target felt a little too random, and I kind of zoned out during a lot of the AI technocrat billionaire soliloquies. That said, even my not-favorite Orphan X book is 100x better and more exciting than most books, so fans of the series need to snap this up ASAP.
(There was also a fun development with one of the recurring characters that made me very happy and a not-so-fun development with another side character that left me officially dying for book 10 because OMFG WHAT?!?)
* thank you to St Martin’s Press & Minotaur Books for the NetGalley review copy and audiobook. LONE WOLF publishes February 13, 2024.
Lone Wolf is another winning page turner in Gregg Hurwitz's Orphan X series, about a former assassin trying to redeem his life by helping out people in desperate situations. When he takes care of someone's problem, his only request is that the person pass on his phone number to another person they know who needs help.
In Lone Wolf, Orphan X (aka Evan Smoak) is roped into finding the lost dog of the daughter of man who was an orphan in the same home as Evan when they were kids. While tracking down the dog, Evan stumbles into a murder of an employee of a large tech firm that is creating AI technologies by a female assassin. Evan intervenes to save the employee's daughter and in order to protect her, begins his investigation into why her father was targeted and who hired the assassin. Using his young IT genius protege Joey and his armorer, Tommy Stojack, Evan enters a dangerous world of human trafficking and IT executives with sinister plans.
Like the rest of the Orphan X series, the book is a page turner, full of action and suspense, and the entertaining father figure/adopted daughter relationship between Joey and Evan. Additionally, the book has some timely discussion about the dangers of AI and what its influence can mean for our futures.
As a fan of the series, my biggest issue with the book is some elements that have carried across the series become tiresome here. Previous reviews of his books have mentioned the continuous mention of Evan's "RoamZone" phone, a remarkable piece of technology that serves as his way of receiving new missions and talking to his ragtag little team. The word pops up so much (instead of referring to it simply as a phone or mobile) that it feels like fictional product placement. Additionally, the comic relief of Evan's annoying homeowner's association has become tired and adds nothing to the story.
While not his best, Lone Wolf remains a great page turner and worth addition to the series.
In Lone Wolf, Orphan X (aka Evan Smoak) is roped into finding the lost dog of the daughter of man who was an orphan in the same home as Evan when they were kids. While tracking down the dog, Evan stumbles into a murder of an employee of a large tech firm that is creating AI technologies by a female assassin. Evan intervenes to save the employee's daughter and in order to protect her, begins his investigation into why her father was targeted and who hired the assassin. Using his young IT genius protege Joey and his armorer, Tommy Stojack, Evan enters a dangerous world of human trafficking and IT executives with sinister plans.
Like the rest of the Orphan X series, the book is a page turner, full of action and suspense, and the entertaining father figure/adopted daughter relationship between Joey and Evan. Additionally, the book has some timely discussion about the dangers of AI and what its influence can mean for our futures.
As a fan of the series, my biggest issue with the book is some elements that have carried across the series become tiresome here. Previous reviews of his books have mentioned the continuous mention of Evan's "RoamZone" phone, a remarkable piece of technology that serves as his way of receiving new missions and talking to his ragtag little team. The word pops up so much (instead of referring to it simply as a phone or mobile) that it feels like fictional product placement. Additionally, the comic relief of Evan's annoying homeowner's association has become tired and adds nothing to the story.
While not his best, Lone Wolf remains a great page turner and worth addition to the series.
4.5 rounded up
I
really enjoyed this one. X is having human feelings. His struggle with them builds his character depth and makes the story more interesting. It is a hard core indictment on the effects on technology on our world. Which is a bit terrifying. I also enjoyed the character development of Joey and how she tries to fit in in the real world.
It’s not many series that can keep going over time but X keeps getting better.
I was given. Copy by Netgalley.. opinions are my own.
I
really enjoyed this one. X is having human feelings. His struggle with them builds his character depth and makes the story more interesting. It is a hard core indictment on the effects on technology on our world. Which is a bit terrifying. I also enjoyed the character development of Joey and how she tries to fit in in the real world.
It’s not many series that can keep going over time but X keeps getting better.
I was given. Copy by Netgalley.. opinions are my own.