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kkomo's review against another edition
5.0
Good story
Fast paced and twisty. It actually kind of reminded me of 24, to be honest- totally a good thing. Good story, reminiscent of other political thrillers, so I’ll definitely be reading the next book.
At the beginning, I picked up on some verbiage that indicated the author was not American, but it was only two small things- quite a feat!
Fast paced and twisty. It actually kind of reminded me of 24, to be honest- totally a good thing. Good story, reminiscent of other political thrillers, so I’ll definitely be reading the next book.
At the beginning, I picked up on some verbiage that indicated the author was not American, but it was only two small things- quite a feat!
cindyreads2024's review against another edition
1.0
Too many characters that aren’t developed at all. The story is flat. Not sure why I finished other than I was on holiday and kept hoping it was going to get better.
cdace8's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
jaden3008's review
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.75
This was okay for a basic action thriller, but it felt like it was a familiar story I've heard a thousand times before. It wasn't bad but didn't stand out to me .
I feel like I couldn't get attached to any characters. Some parts of this book felt rushed so didn't feel I ever got engrossed.
I feel like I couldn't get attached to any characters. Some parts of this book felt rushed so didn't feel I ever got engrossed.
dawn_marie's review against another edition
1.0
Similar to David Baldacci’s Will Robie or Gregg Hurwitz’s Orphan X series (two series that I very much enjoy reading), J.D. Turner’s Hard Road is the story of Jon Reznick, an operative in a über secret government organization whose missions never goes as planned.
In Mr. Turner’s book, Reznick quickly realizes that the man the U.S. government wanted him to assassinate is not who the government claims him to be; and that failing to assassinate that man results in severe consequences, including the kid napping of Reznick’s daughter by an unknown third party.
I should have enjoyed Hard Road; I did not. The biggest failure for me was Mr. Turner’s writing style, which I found to be flat and dull. The simplistic writing style did not allow for the building of suspension or tension; and the pacing extremely uneven. I also found the repetition of certain phrases (“not one word” or “the kid”) to be highly annoying. The characters were uninteresting - worse, they were clichéd, and I found that I really didn’t care what happened to them.
In short, the idea of Hard Road is good, it fails in the execution.
In Mr. Turner’s book, Reznick quickly realizes that the man the U.S. government wanted him to assassinate is not who the government claims him to be; and that failing to assassinate that man results in severe consequences, including the kid napping of Reznick’s daughter by an unknown third party.
I should have enjoyed Hard Road; I did not. The biggest failure for me was Mr. Turner’s writing style, which I found to be flat and dull. The simplistic writing style did not allow for the building of suspension or tension; and the pacing extremely uneven. I also found the repetition of certain phrases (“not one word” or “the kid”) to be highly annoying. The characters were uninteresting - worse, they were clichéd, and I found that I really didn’t care what happened to them.
In short, the idea of Hard Road is good, it fails in the execution.
cgcang's review against another edition
1.0
It's simply unbelievable that this book got reviewed this well on Goodreads. It's amateurish and badly written. I have seen worse books but this does not excuse how bad Hard Road is.
The characters are bland, superficial and uninteresting. The writing has no depth whatsoever. The plot begins to crumble in the reader's hands after the first 50 pages. Turner has no unique style that the reader can find something to love in. All the time I struggled to keep reading, I asked myself what the hell I was doing. I managed to get 200 pages in but even after going so far I couldn't bring myself to finish. It was that bad.
This book is the biggest disappointment of the year for me, at least so far.
The characters are bland, superficial and uninteresting. The writing has no depth whatsoever. The plot begins to crumble in the reader's hands after the first 50 pages. Turner has no unique style that the reader can find something to love in. All the time I struggled to keep reading, I asked myself what the hell I was doing. I managed to get 200 pages in but even after going so far I couldn't bring myself to finish. It was that bad.
This book is the biggest disappointment of the year for me, at least so far.
hilse's review
2.0
Felt that too much prose was spent on minute detail and not enough attention was given to characters' motives and actions.
Never grew particularly attached to any of the characters at they all felt so flat.
Not my cup of tea.
Never grew particularly attached to any of the characters at they all felt so flat.
Not my cup of tea.
loganmaloney's review
4.0
I started and finished this (on audiobook) while doing a puzzle and it was a beautiful day of rest. This book was extremely intriguing and really didn’t have any slow parts! Great book
stricker's review
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0