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A review by meghabytes
Area 7 by Matthew Reilly
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
This book is an entertaining adventure with absolutely no breaks! It reads like a Mission Impossible movie on steroids with non-stop action, death defying stunts and amazing heroics.
While this was definitely entertaining, I see the flaws as well. The descriptions of each and every plane/car/military vehicle did take me out of the story a lot of the times. As I am not that well-versed in knowing what each part of a military vehicle is named, I found the long descriptions of them boring and skimming paragraphs. Also the extent to which Schofield is able to beat all odds while everyone else around him drops dead with one gunshot takes a little too much suspension of disbelief that I am incapable of anymore. Along with that the plot has too obvious good and bad guys with no room for gray while also leaving no room for any character development with the never-ending action sequences. I had read the first book of this series years ago when I was a child and had enjoyed it immensely. So I wanted to give the rest of a series a chance. But I seem to have grown out of it now.
Overall, this book was basically a lot of action with little substance but terribly enjoyable like a Hollywood action movie.
While this was definitely entertaining, I see the flaws as well. The descriptions of each and every plane/car/military vehicle did take me out of the story a lot of the times. As I am not that well-versed in knowing what each part of a military vehicle is named, I found the long descriptions of them boring and skimming paragraphs. Also the extent to which Schofield is able to beat all odds while everyone else around him drops dead with one gunshot takes a little too much suspension of disbelief that I am incapable of anymore. Along with that the plot has too obvious good and bad guys with no room for gray while also leaving no room for any character development with the never-ending action sequences. I had read the first book of this series years ago when I was a child and had enjoyed it immensely. So I wanted to give the rest of a series a chance. But I seem to have grown out of it now.
Overall, this book was basically a lot of action with little substance but terribly enjoyable like a Hollywood action movie.