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A review by jennifer_c_s
The Forsaken by Matt Rogers
3.5
‘I killed people for the government …. That’s all I did for ten years.’
Logan Booth has killed hundreds of men, but when he learns that he was a hitman for the CIA (instead of working for a band of vigilantes) he is devastated. Clearly, working for the government is not something Logan Booth values. He thought that he was making a positive difference. But the murder of his oldest friend, Jorge Romero (an investigative reporter) while investigating a political corruption scandal enables Logan to refocus. He is angry, and he wants to know who killed Jorge and why.
Logan finds an unlikely ally in Alice Mason, a homeless drug addict with a target on her back.
Okay. There is no shortage of action in this novel, and I found both Logan Booth and Alice Mason flawed but interesting. For much of the novel I wondered whether either of them would survive.
This is the type of novel that often translate well onto the screen. Action-packed. Fast-paced. Driven, flawed characters.
Noting that this is the first in a series, I am keen to find out what Logan Booth’s next adventure looks like.
Note: My thanks to NetGalley and Simon & Schuster (Australia) for providing me with a free electronic copy of this book for review purposes.
Jennifer Cameron-Smith
Logan Booth has killed hundreds of men, but when he learns that he was a hitman for the CIA (instead of working for a band of vigilantes) he is devastated. Clearly, working for the government is not something Logan Booth values. He thought that he was making a positive difference. But the murder of his oldest friend, Jorge Romero (an investigative reporter) while investigating a political corruption scandal enables Logan to refocus. He is angry, and he wants to know who killed Jorge and why.
Logan finds an unlikely ally in Alice Mason, a homeless drug addict with a target on her back.
Okay. There is no shortage of action in this novel, and I found both Logan Booth and Alice Mason flawed but interesting. For much of the novel I wondered whether either of them would survive.
This is the type of novel that often translate well onto the screen. Action-packed. Fast-paced. Driven, flawed characters.
Noting that this is the first in a series, I am keen to find out what Logan Booth’s next adventure looks like.
Note: My thanks to NetGalley and Simon & Schuster (Australia) for providing me with a free electronic copy of this book for review purposes.
Jennifer Cameron-Smith