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A review by hackeynut
Final Strike by Jeff Wheeler
3.0
Ehhhh. I thought the first book was pretty fun. It was focused on a family in an impossible situation. A bit of fantastical elements obviously, but more of a thriller.
By the end here we were in full fantasy mode, albeit in a modern earth setting. Much like the second book there isn’t a whole lot of plot, just a bit of exposition to get you to the next big gun fight or magic filled chase. Kinda like a videogame. It pops along at a good pace and it’s fun in spots, but there are just a little better thriller series to spend a trilogy reading. It’s pretty clear he had a great idea for the first book and struggled at how to turn it into an epic trilogy. It would have been better to add 50 pages to the first book to close it out instead of 2 entire books.
By the end here we were in full fantasy mode, albeit in a modern earth setting. Much like the second book there isn’t a whole lot of plot, just a bit of exposition to get you to the next big gun fight or magic filled chase. Kinda like a videogame. It pops along at a good pace and it’s fun in spots, but there are just a little better thriller series to spend a trilogy reading. It’s pretty clear he had a great idea for the first book and struggled at how to turn it into an epic trilogy. It would have been better to add 50 pages to the first book to close it out instead of 2 entire books.