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yevolem 's review for:
Heat Lightning
by John Sandford
This was certainly an improvement over the first book, though barely enough to be rounded up from 3.5. Most of that was from near the end as it had a slow start for me.
A different approach was taken from other Sandford books with the antagonists this time, which involved dirty deals and spies. Usually the antagonists are known to the reader, but this time it's up to the reader to determine who they are, at least until they give up being covert and make highly questionable tactical decisions which remain the norm. That was mitigated somewhat though in this entry.
I continue to appreciate the references to previous books in this and the prey series. I also like how the chronological and publication timeline are the same. I don't if that will always be the case as I havent compared all the relevant publication. It gives it a multi-series sense of continuity.
Sandford seems to have given Virgil Flowers many traits that are in direct opposition to Lucas Davenport and that seems to be intentional to help set them apart. At the same time he also has the traits that seemed untenable in writing Davenport.
As with the Prey series I will be reading one book from this series per month until the end of the year.
A different approach was taken from other Sandford books with the antagonists this time, which involved dirty deals and spies. Usually the antagonists are known to the reader, but this time it's up to the reader to determine who they are, at least until they give up being covert and make highly questionable tactical decisions which remain the norm. That was mitigated somewhat though in this entry.
I continue to appreciate the references to previous books in this and the prey series. I also like how the chronological and publication timeline are the same. I don't if that will always be the case as I havent compared all the relevant publication. It gives it a multi-series sense of continuity.
Sandford seems to have given Virgil Flowers many traits that are in direct opposition to Lucas Davenport and that seems to be intentional to help set them apart. At the same time he also has the traits that seemed untenable in writing Davenport.
As with the Prey series I will be reading one book from this series per month until the end of the year.