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3.78 AVERAGE
3.78 AVERAGE
Would recommend to anyone who enjoys action stories.
Great spy thriller
I read it back in 2003 but want to start the series over so opened it back up. Great characters
I read it back in 2003 but want to start the series over so opened it back up. Great characters
Рейн-сан е японски Рамбо. Действието се развива в готическо Токио. Какво би могъл да прави Рамбо в Токио?
Някои подробности от Япония са интересни, но цялостният сюжет е твърде грандиозен за вкуса ми и някак съвпада с куп други истории, които съм чел или гледал на кино, макар и с различен фон. Чете се бързо, но не е за всеки - трябва да си падате по конспирации и герои тип Дризт. Не бих потърсил продължението.
Някои подробности от Япония са интересни, но цялостният сюжет е твърде грандиозен за вкуса ми и някак съвпада с куп други истории, които съм чел или гледал на кино, макар и с различен фон. Чете се бързо, но не е за всеки - трябва да си падате по конспирации и герои тип Дризт. Не бих потърсил продължението.
A delicious book to wrap up the holidays. Well paced and with good twists and turns.
I almost never read books like this, but I've had it on my shelf for an age, so it was time. I think I picked it up at a lawn sale way back in the day, perhaps because it was set in Japan? I honestly don't remember the reasoning.
Anyway, this is a thriller/mystery about a former US Special Operative named John Rain. He's half-Japanese, and has been living in Japan since leaving the service. He puts up a front as a consultant on imports, but is actually a mercenary/assassin specializing in natural-looking deaths. The story starts when he's given an assignment to kill a politician, which he executes. However, something about the case seems off, and he soon finds himself entangled with the daughter of the man he's just killed. The plot thickens from there.
I picked this up expecting to read the first few chapters, find myself disinterested, and dnf it. To my surprise, I found myself enjoying it instead! I liked the details about the setting, and I think that was a big draw at first. I'm really interested in Japan, and have visited several times, but seeing it through this book was really fascinating. I didn't know a lot of the things that I found out from this book, from corruption in the government to the setting itself. It is fiction, so I'll take it with a grain of salt, but it certainly all seemed plausible.
I also really enjoyed the details of Rain's work. It's described in fairly meticulous detail, and since I don't read a lot of books like this one, I found myself fascinated by the processes involved. I definitely can't imagine living in such a state of heightened paranoia myself, but it was really interesting to read about.
Then, as the book progressed, I found myself liking John Rain. He's a hard man to understand at first, but I thought the book did an admirable job with giving him hidden depths, and I found his experiences at war to be very interesting, if not a little depressing. I even liked the romance between him and Midori, which I expected to be thoroughly put off by.
I'm shocked to say this, but I actually think I would like to continue on with the series. The ending of the book did a great job of setting up the rest of the series, and I'm really intrigued to see where things go from here.
Anyway, this is a thriller/mystery about a former US Special Operative named John Rain. He's half-Japanese, and has been living in Japan since leaving the service. He puts up a front as a consultant on imports, but is actually a mercenary/assassin specializing in natural-looking deaths. The story starts when he's given an assignment to kill a politician, which he executes. However, something about the case seems off, and he soon finds himself entangled with the daughter of the man he's just killed. The plot thickens from there.
I picked this up expecting to read the first few chapters, find myself disinterested, and dnf it. To my surprise, I found myself enjoying it instead! I liked the details about the setting, and I think that was a big draw at first. I'm really interested in Japan, and have visited several times, but seeing it through this book was really fascinating. I didn't know a lot of the things that I found out from this book, from corruption in the government to the setting itself. It is fiction, so I'll take it with a grain of salt, but it certainly all seemed plausible.
I also really enjoyed the details of Rain's work. It's described in fairly meticulous detail, and since I don't read a lot of books like this one, I found myself fascinated by the processes involved. I definitely can't imagine living in such a state of heightened paranoia myself, but it was really interesting to read about.
Then, as the book progressed, I found myself liking John Rain. He's a hard man to understand at first, but I thought the book did an admirable job with giving him hidden depths, and I found his experiences at war to be very interesting, if not a little depressing. I even liked the romance between him and Midori, which I expected to be thoroughly put off by.
I'm shocked to say this, but I actually think I would like to continue on with the series. The ending of the book did a great job of setting up the rest of the series, and I'm really intrigued to see where things go from here.
I started reading this series when a rumor about a show starting staring Keanu Reeves was going around. I have heard nothing else of the show but I am very happy to have come across these stories. I have not read this since 2017 but I will re-read it soon and give it a proper review.
“The person who returns from living abroad isn't the same person who left originally... Your outlook changes. You don't take things for granted that you used to. For instance, I noticed in New York that when one cab cut off another, the driver who got cut off would always yell at the other driver... and I realized this was because Americans assume that the other person intended to do what he did, so they want to teach the person a lesson. But you know, in Japan, people almost never get upset in those situations. Japanese look at other people's mistakes more as something arbitrary, like the weather, I think, not so much as something to get angry about.”
I have owned this ebook for a very long time. I am assuming that it was available for free and I figured I couldn’t go wrong. What is not to like about a free book that is not self-published? (Sorry, I have a few prejudices about self-published books.)
It was a good book to read after my trip to Japan. I believe that I understood the characters and the setting a bit better for my trip. Also, it was a good beach book because I knew that all would work out by the end. I didn’t have to sweat the small stuff as I immersed myself in John Rain’s Tokyo.
If you like good guys who are a bit bad, if you like stories that put you in a world that you might not encounter on your own and you like a bit of mystery, you probably should meet John Rain. Eisler will be happy to introduce you.
I have owned this ebook for a very long time. I am assuming that it was available for free and I figured I couldn’t go wrong. What is not to like about a free book that is not self-published? (Sorry, I have a few prejudices about self-published books.)
It was a good book to read after my trip to Japan. I believe that I understood the characters and the setting a bit better for my trip. Also, it was a good beach book because I knew that all would work out by the end. I didn’t have to sweat the small stuff as I immersed myself in John Rain’s Tokyo.
If you like good guys who are a bit bad, if you like stories that put you in a world that you might not encounter on your own and you like a bit of mystery, you probably should meet John Rain. Eisler will be happy to introduce you.
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated