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3.67 AVERAGE
3.67 AVERAGE
Another wonderful John Corey story. Thank you, Mr. DeMille! Hope there will be another one soon!!
I absolutely love Nelson DeMille...one of my fav authors. I was so excited for this book and so disappointed after I read it. Not his typical work at all. It a long book and feel like I spent 500 out of the 650 pages waiting for something worthwhile to happen. Bummer!
A fast read, but nothing really fun happens till the end, and oh yeah the casual racism is kinda a little much, even if the protagonist is supposed to be an unlikeable asshole.
One of my favorite books of the year! Made me laugh throughout, action packed, inciteful....wonderful!
dark
lighthearted
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
From other reviews, it sounds like some people are tired of John Corey's wit. I am not, but that doesn't mean I would want to live with him! I really liked the book, as I have all of DeMille's books - my favorite is probably The Charm School. Yes the book was long, but there wasn't anything I would say could be pulled from the book - except maybe the last chapter. If I gave a reason, it would be a spoiler, so.....
John Corey and his wife, Kate, are given a choice as the book opens. Either they report to Yemen to help track down an American-born terrorist or they accept less-than plum jobs in cities where neither of them want to live.
Replete with John Corey’s snarky sarcasm, this is a book that weaves into a twisty plot some thoughts about our fragile so-called alliances in the Middle East.
This is a book that forces Corey and his wife to deal with the reality that they are the cheese in the mousetrap in the effort to capture The Panther. He, in turn, wants Corey and Kate Mayfield dead, because Corey killed a world-renowned Libyan terrorist in a previous book.
Read this to explore the murky undercurrents of interagency battles and turf wars and the lives that can often be taken because of nothing more sinister than vendettas among U.S. federal employees.
If the book has a disadvantage, it is that it is about 30 percent too long. This isn’t the most breathtaking of the John Corey books, and much of that is due to the slow plot that tortuously winds its way to a satisfying finish.
Replete with John Corey’s snarky sarcasm, this is a book that weaves into a twisty plot some thoughts about our fragile so-called alliances in the Middle East.
This is a book that forces Corey and his wife to deal with the reality that they are the cheese in the mousetrap in the effort to capture The Panther. He, in turn, wants Corey and Kate Mayfield dead, because Corey killed a world-renowned Libyan terrorist in a previous book.
Read this to explore the murky undercurrents of interagency battles and turf wars and the lives that can often be taken because of nothing more sinister than vendettas among U.S. federal employees.
If the book has a disadvantage, it is that it is about 30 percent too long. This isn’t the most breathtaking of the John Corey books, and much of that is due to the slow plot that tortuously winds its way to a satisfying finish.
Mais uma aventura de John Corey, mais um grande livro de Nelson DeMille. Para além do protagonista habitual, neste policial passado nas terras assustadoras do Iémen, controladas em grande parte pela Al-Qaeda, junta-se a Mr. e Mrs. Corey a personagem apaixonante do thriller "A Filha do General", Paul Brenner.
Numa operação conjunta entre o FBI e a CIA, com o apoio estranho e delicado do governo do Iémen, John e Kate são convocados para uma missão secreta com vista a derrubar um dos principais cabecilhas da Al-Qaeda, conhecido como Leopardo. Tudo parece normal até os dois agentes se aperceberem que a razão da sua presença em Sanaa se deve simplesmente a serem isco para o Leopardo.
Praticamente toda a acção da obra decorre no ambiente hostil e perigoso de um dos países mais inóspitos do médio oriente, onde nunca se sabe quem realmente está do lado de quem nem o que poderá acontecer ao virar de cada esquina. Foi fácil entrar, mas a saída do Iémen mostra-se bem mais complicada.
É mais uma grande história contada por DeMille, com acção, suspense e humor sarcástico e irónico característicos do protagonista, embora um pouco menos interessantes e cómicos do que o habitual.
Numa operação conjunta entre o FBI e a CIA, com o apoio estranho e delicado do governo do Iémen, John e Kate são convocados para uma missão secreta com vista a derrubar um dos principais cabecilhas da Al-Qaeda, conhecido como Leopardo. Tudo parece normal até os dois agentes se aperceberem que a razão da sua presença em Sanaa se deve simplesmente a serem isco para o Leopardo.
Praticamente toda a acção da obra decorre no ambiente hostil e perigoso de um dos países mais inóspitos do médio oriente, onde nunca se sabe quem realmente está do lado de quem nem o que poderá acontecer ao virar de cada esquina. Foi fácil entrar, mas a saída do Iémen mostra-se bem mais complicada.
É mais uma grande história contada por DeMille, com acção, suspense e humor sarcástico e irónico característicos do protagonista, embora um pouco menos interessantes e cómicos do que o habitual.
Agree with the 1 star reviews on Amazon - I think DeMille mailed this one in. I am a huge John Corey fan, but even I have my limits of how many snarky quips per page can be tolerated... I managed to skim over 3 of the CDs toward the end just to finish the book, and honestly don't feel that I missed much, plot-wise.