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A review by mojoshivers
Lone Wolf by Gregg Hurwitz
adventurous
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Orphan X has always been a different kind of action thriller. Unlike the Reachers, the Victors, the Gray Men, or Pike Logan’s of the world, the Nowhere Man had a crazy backstory that informed every book to a sizable degree. It wasn’t just an explanation, but almost a philosophy or a religion to Evan. It was his everything.
And while the books always held a special regard for it, you could see how its influence wasn’t always visible to how it would affect the series as a whole. He did the killing, he did the assisting, and he slowly started shaping himself as a capable main character.
But then I started being less about the mission and more about who he was letting into his circle. He stopped being a Lone Wolf kill-first kind of guy. And he started seeing the grey in some of his targets. And you know what? He started allowing some to live and even somewhat contacts, if not outright allies. It was a whole new ballgame in comparison of the formula of set up a main villain and then have that main villain die by the end of the book.
Well, this book crossed another barrier. It almost felt like the conflict to find the man responsible for killing the tech guy was the B plot. The A plot seemed to be more about Evan’s personal life. His role with Joey, with Tommy, with his half-brother, and his own neighbors took up the bulk of the book.
And it was great. It actually seemed to fill out Evan’s character as he is now a whole lot. I don’t think you could’ve done this book in the beginning, as very much was self centered and Mr Black-and-White morality. He didn’t have this plethora of deep connections to write about.
I don’t know if this will be the norm and every book will be more personal from here on out, but I appreciated the change of pace this time at least.
And while the books always held a special regard for it, you could see how its influence wasn’t always visible to how it would affect the series as a whole. He did the killing, he did the assisting, and he slowly started shaping himself as a capable main character.
But then I started being less about the mission and more about who he was letting into his circle. He stopped being a Lone Wolf kill-first kind of guy. And he started seeing the grey in some of his targets. And you know what? He started allowing some to live and even somewhat contacts, if not outright allies. It was a whole new ballgame in comparison of the formula of set up a main villain and then have that main villain die by the end of the book.
Well, this book crossed another barrier. It almost felt like the conflict to find the man responsible for killing the tech guy was the B plot. The A plot seemed to be more about Evan’s personal life. His role with Joey, with Tommy, with his half-brother, and his own neighbors took up the bulk of the book.
And it was great. It actually seemed to fill out Evan’s character as he is now a whole lot. I don’t think you could’ve done this book in the beginning, as very much was self centered and Mr Black-and-White morality. He didn’t have this plethora of deep connections to write about.
I don’t know if this will be the norm and every book will be more personal from here on out, but I appreciated the change of pace this time at least.