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3.77 AVERAGE
3.77 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
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:
No
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-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:
No
This had potential but obviously failed. I don't like the lack of continuity between these books. I also disliked the yucky stuff Ivan... and the pacing was off and I was bored with the fighting scenes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexual assault
Minor: Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Rape, Sexual violence, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol
Quote enjoyed this. . . . Mariani forgoes long descriptive passages in favour of action - all to the good IMO. I very much liked a couple of the lead characters (Ben & Brooke) and will be looking out for future books featuring them.
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Ah, Ben. I love Ben Hope and this one is a classic and a typical Ben Hope book. There are twists, turns, conspiracie, and plenty of guns. The investigation at the heart of the book was a bit odd, but there was more than enough Ben action to make up for it.
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
From my point of view, this was by far the best book in the series (yet)! In this one we finally get to hear a bit more about Ben's family and his sister, Ruth, and there's a lot of surprising information coming up. This book also made me happy because there was no fleeting romance between the main character and some random woman he met on the mission (hurrah!), but it develops something more of a stable attachment. Also, Jeff is a f*cking gem of a character!
Ben Hope is an ex-SAS hero who now runs courses in personal security. He takes a short assignment to provide protection for Maximilian Steiner, a Swiss billionaire who has been the subject of kidnap attempts. Hope realizes that the kidnappers are trying to get hold of some secret Nazi documents that Steiner possesses. As he starts to investigate, he discovers that there is a plot to resurrect a mysterious technology that was first developed under the Nazis. The group have been targeting and eliminating a select number of scientists who are experts in this technology. Hope also realizes that the stakes are intensely personal for him.
This is an enjoyable, fast moving thriller. It has no literary pretensions: it's just written to entertain, and entertain it does. Yes, the plot is silly, yes the characters are one dimensional, the villains remain shadowy and the storyline is highly derivative. None of these things detracted from my enjoyment of it. It's relentlessly paced, with short chapters designed to keep you reading and it's very hard to put down. I probably won't remember much about it in a month's time, but I thoroughly enjoyed it.
This is the first Scott Mariani book that I have read. I gather that there are others featuring the hero, Ben Hope, but it didn't seem necessary to have read them.
This is an enjoyable, fast moving thriller. It has no literary pretensions: it's just written to entertain, and entertain it does. Yes, the plot is silly, yes the characters are one dimensional, the villains remain shadowy and the storyline is highly derivative. None of these things detracted from my enjoyment of it. It's relentlessly paced, with short chapters designed to keep you reading and it's very hard to put down. I probably won't remember much about it in a month's time, but I thoroughly enjoyed it.
This is the first Scott Mariani book that I have read. I gather that there are others featuring the hero, Ben Hope, but it didn't seem necessary to have read them.
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I've read many books in the Ben Hope series but have always been left with a few unanswered questions regarding his sister, who was kidnapped in Africa on a holiday. This book answers those question and how they were reunited.
Following a training incident at his place in France, Ben takes over a security job in the hope of not being sued for millions. But the job doesn't go well as it was poorly organized from the beginning. However, the job gives him a clue to his missing sister and one he embraces and runs with.
This brings him into conflict with a shadow group that is pursuing the aims of a Nazi general, who went missing at the end of the war, that was working on a secret project
I really enjoyed this and is a must if one enjoys the Ben Hope series.
Following a training incident at his place in France, Ben takes over a security job in the hope of not being sued for millions. But the job doesn't go well as it was poorly organized from the beginning. However, the job gives him a clue to his missing sister and one he embraces and runs with.
This brings him into conflict with a shadow group that is pursuing the aims of a Nazi general, who went missing at the end of the war, that was working on a secret project
I really enjoyed this and is a must if one enjoys the Ben Hope series.