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A review by joeri81
The Hit by David Baldacci
3.0
“The Hit” is the first Baldacci I’ve read and is the second book in the Will Robie series. Will Robie is a hitman for the US government, one of the best they have. He needs to eliminate the worst enemies of the state. In his newest assignment he needs to bring in Jessica Reel, a fellow assassin gone rogue.
The story comprises of short past paced chapters with loads of action; murder and assassinations, assaults, explosions, pursuits, mystery, conspiracies ... the story contains it all. The first action scene has just ended and the reader it already pulled along in another scene. I think it’s a writing style you need to appreciate and one I’m not too fond off. The action scenes are nicely described, but the story can certainly use some breaks and some changes in pace at moments. The story doesn’t really contain an ingenious, complicated plot (although it has a nice twist or two), and should be considered more as a straightforward thriller with the focus on one main plot. I feel that one secondary plot (or more) could certainly have added a lot too this book.
I also thought that the background of the characters isn’t all that great and could have been done better (reading the first book could possible make me reconsider this). Further we don’t really see a lot of character development, but this is also due to the overall concept of the book. The time frame of the story is probably too short to make much development possible. As this is the second book in the Will Robie series, and more are to follow, the character development should be more expected over the course of the whole series. As I haven’t read the first book I can’t really comment on this.
In the end I can say that “The Hit” was a decent read. I liked it enough for what it was: a fast paced thriller. I'm open to read more from Baldacci in the future but he certainly isn't a priority for me. I would most likely consider reading one of his books as a quick and easy read, after or during reading a larger and more complicated series. Rating: 5.4/10
The story comprises of short past paced chapters with loads of action; murder and assassinations, assaults, explosions, pursuits, mystery, conspiracies ... the story contains it all. The first action scene has just ended and the reader it already pulled along in another scene. I think it’s a writing style you need to appreciate and one I’m not too fond off. The action scenes are nicely described, but the story can certainly use some breaks and some changes in pace at moments. The story doesn’t really contain an ingenious, complicated plot (although it has a nice twist or two), and should be considered more as a straightforward thriller with the focus on one main plot. I feel that one secondary plot (or more) could certainly have added a lot too this book.
I also thought that the background of the characters isn’t all that great and could have been done better (reading the first book could possible make me reconsider this). Further we don’t really see a lot of character development, but this is also due to the overall concept of the book. The time frame of the story is probably too short to make much development possible. As this is the second book in the Will Robie series, and more are to follow, the character development should be more expected over the course of the whole series. As I haven’t read the first book I can’t really comment on this.
In the end I can say that “The Hit” was a decent read. I liked it enough for what it was: a fast paced thriller. I'm open to read more from Baldacci in the future but he certainly isn't a priority for me. I would most likely consider reading one of his books as a quick and easy read, after or during reading a larger and more complicated series. Rating: 5.4/10