Ian

I’ve read all of the John Sandford books and this followed the usual formula. I didn’t find it as engaging as earlier books, or the recent Letty Davenport series. It mostly felt that the author was going through the motions, and almost winding the lead characters up, to some extent.

This is the first Harlan Coben book I’ve read, so not sure how this compares to his other works.

I did enjoy it, but had figured out the twist early on in the book. It was an interesting premise though, and I definitely wanted to keep reading to the end to find out the conclusion.

An interesting book that I enjoyed, though I felt it took a while to get going and the swapping between characters took a bit of getting used to.

Working in IT, books like this do tend to have me getting distracted by the technical stuff and whether it’s possible, but in this case it’s interesting to see how much of the tech is now common, given the book was written nearly 20 years ago. Definitely worth a read, especially if you like books with plenty of technobabble 😃

I'm often torn by the Jack Carr books, on one hand the plots and action are good, but on the other the books read like an advert for the authors favourite tacticool brands, and are overtly libertarian, which gets a bit tiring after a while. I can't remember if the previous books leant quite this hard into gear and right wing views, but I found it very jarring in this one.

I also find the lecturing a bit tedious, the author likes us to know they’ve researched some history, so we get long scenes whilst this is espoused by the characters, which tends to break the flow.

Generally I liked the plot and pacing, but it was a bit of a struggle to read.

Didn't enjoy the 4th wall breaking