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sjj169's review
4.0
Doyle Carrick and his girlfriend Nola's relationship has gotten somewhat stale. They take a weekend trip to Martha's Vineyard. She ends up working for a bigger farm there for a jack ass rich boy.
Pure entertainment is what this book is.
Stuff I didn't like about this book
Sometimes it seemed over the top with what was going on with the bees. I know we need them. I'm a granola girlie myself. It just seemed extreme at times in this story.
Sometimes...well it was cheesy. Entertaining but still had that cheese factor.
What I like about it
Frigging Doyle Carrick...
I crushed bad on him. Part asshole..part hero..frigging rocked.
Letting people know how badMonsanto Stoma is. GMO's, genetically modifying pisses me off. I hate they have so much control and this book does an good job of making you very scared on just how far they will go.
I have to pick up the first in this series now. Doyle takes on GMO's in that book too. I think Captain Planet might just get a run for his money with this guy.
I received an arc of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
Pure entertainment is what this book is.
Stuff I didn't like about this book
Sometimes it seemed over the top with what was going on with the bees. I know we need them. I'm a granola girlie myself. It just seemed extreme at times in this story.
Sometimes...well it was cheesy. Entertaining but still had that cheese factor.
What I like about it
Frigging Doyle Carrick...
I crushed bad on him. Part asshole..part hero..frigging rocked.
Letting people know how bad
I have to pick up the first in this series now. Doyle takes on GMO's in that book too. I think Captain Planet might just get a run for his money with this guy.
I received an arc of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
jessferg's review
4.0
It's clear that a lot of research went into this book (as it did with Drift) but McGoran's talent is in making you forget that and just have fun reading. I guess this has to be classified as "thriller" (it even says so right on the cover) and although it is fast-paced I just feel like there is so much more to the story line. The characters have honest, believable reactions to events. The dialogue flows perfectly without feeling stilted.
As a beekeeper I only took issue with one fact (the papery nest)and found the rest completely plausible and well-researched. In fact, everything going on in this book is probably actually happening on some level!
The local Philly stuff is fun, and I imagine so are the Martha's Vineyard references if you are familiar with that area (I am not.)
My only complaint was that I kept getting hung up on the cars. Why did Carrick leave his in the ferry lot to begin with? Then we've got two or three rentals, a few stolen/borrowed vehicles... Anyway - for some reason I found that to be a distraction. Certainly not enough to dampen my enjoyment of the book but it just needled me a bit.
I would recommend reading Drift first, although Deadout certainly stands on it's own, to get the full measure of Doyle Carrick.
Looking forward to a possible third adventure. I hope it's about fracking....
As a beekeeper I only took issue with one fact (the papery nest)and found the rest completely plausible and well-researched. In fact, everything going on in this book is probably actually happening on some level!
The local Philly stuff is fun, and I imagine so are the Martha's Vineyard references if you are familiar with that area (I am not.)
My only complaint was that I kept getting hung up on the cars. Why did Carrick leave his in the ferry lot to begin with? Then we've got two or three rentals, a few stolen/borrowed vehicles... Anyway - for some reason I found that to be a distraction. Certainly not enough to dampen my enjoyment of the book but it just needled me a bit.
I would recommend reading Drift first, although Deadout certainly stands on it's own, to get the full measure of Doyle Carrick.
Looking forward to a possible third adventure. I hope it's about fracking....
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