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3.78 AVERAGE
3.78 AVERAGE
slow-paced
challenging
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The laziness of this book can be summed up in one snippet.
The “genius” young hacker, on the run from another “genius” hacker, stops to send an email to her mom from her known email address via church wifi.
The “genius” young hacker, on the run from another “genius” hacker, stops to send an email to her mom from her known email address via church wifi.
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Detective Michael Bennett is in the wrong place at the wrong time and is involved in a shooting of an armed robber holding a gun to his head. When a PR nightmare turns against him, he has to take time off, and the mayor asks him to look into the disappearance of his daughter, who has gotten mixed up with cybercriminals in Estonia. This was a fast-paced international police procedural with lots of POVs and not a lot of background on characters, but more a quick, action-based novella type telling. Some twists and turns when we get to Estonia, and of course lots of back and forth between the NYPD and the FBI and bad guy chases through the streets.
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Please excuse typos/name misspellings. Entered on screen reader.
tense
medium-paced
Another explosive story from James Patterson - can you believe this is book 12 from Michael Bennett! I love this character and his family and hope for many many more books!
Overall I really enjoyed this book! My issues were with the overkill of references as to how great the police are. We get it...police officers are trained and only kill when absolutely necessary. There are a few bad apples that ruined the name of the entire force...got it. There were also some super cheesy moments that made me cringe...
The storyline was great though. Going to a different country to rescue the mayors daughter from a cyber criminal was cool and very Die Hard inspired (even referenced in the book).
In the end, I had to give this a 3. Not the best book I’ve read from him, or even the best in this series, but still a good read.
The storyline was great though. Going to a different country to rescue the mayors daughter from a cyber criminal was cool and very Die Hard inspired (even referenced in the book).
In the end, I had to give this a 3. Not the best book I’ve read from him, or even the best in this series, but still a good read.
First couple chapters were really good. Then... Extreme action hero alert.
Michael Bennett, NYPD Detective followed leads from NY to Estonia to find/rescue the Mayor's daughter. Pretty much all by himself.
I still like this series because of the Bennett's family, especially his eldest son who is in jail. But the thriller (cyber crime) was just okay.
Michael Bennett, NYPD Detective followed leads from NY to Estonia to find/rescue the Mayor's daughter. Pretty much all by himself.
I still like this series because of the Bennett's family, especially his eldest son who is in jail. But the thriller (cyber crime) was just okay.