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A review by judythereader
The Athena Project by Brad Thor
3.0
The Athena Project is a government program to recruit and train woman for Special Forces/Delta Force. This book focuses on one team of 4 operatives as they are lead to try to stop the use of a technological weapon left over from the Nazis. It's a roller coaster ride that visits 3 continents to tell its story.
It's a fun, exciting adventure and the team is made up of interesting women. The problem is that we learn as much or more about characters who are supporting in this book as we do about our heroines. This is a spin-off from the author's Steve Horvath series and we are referred back there quite often.
It's also sexist. Even with women kicking ass throughout the book, but author felt it necessary to write a completely unnecessary scene about women going into the jungle needing to use the last indoor plumbing while the men did all the heavy lifting. It was irritating.
On the other hand, the sub-plot about spies trying to turn each other with sex and conspiracy manipulations was an interesting view of that kind of espionage.
I honestly don't know if I'll read another, but it I actually enjoyed it while it was going on.
It's a fun, exciting adventure and the team is made up of interesting women. The problem is that we learn as much or more about characters who are supporting in this book as we do about our heroines. This is a spin-off from the author's Steve Horvath series and we are referred back there quite often.
It's also sexist. Even with women kicking ass throughout the book, but author felt it necessary to write a completely unnecessary scene about women going into the jungle needing to use the last indoor plumbing while the men did all the heavy lifting. It was irritating.
On the other hand, the sub-plot about spies trying to turn each other with sex and conspiracy manipulations was an interesting view of that kind of espionage.
I honestly don't know if I'll read another, but it I actually enjoyed it while it was going on.