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I've read the preceeding books in Brad Thor's Scot Harvath series. I really liked the plot twists and turns and the insight into Russian culture and current events. And if I have to read about Scot Harvath's rugged good looks and muscular 5'10" frame, with sandy brown hair and piercing blue eyes one more time I'm going to barf. State of The Union was much better.
But I did enjoy State of the Union. It kept me hooked and guessing. The next one, Blowback, not so much. I'm taking a break from the Scot Harvath books for a bit. Kind of ridiculous and a little tedious. They usually read like they were meant to be easily adapted to silly Hollywood action films--except they are too patriotic to be made by Hollywood.
Good stuff. At some point I'll go back to them because I've heard good things about Take Down, The First Commandment and The Last Patriot. Enjoyable for a fun read, but not really too believable. Scot even began to feel run down and tired, rather than superhuman like usual.
One of my favorite authors and characters. If you like suspence and spies Brad Thor mixes both very well.
But, I read another one of his books, The First Commandment and now am a fan. I thought I would never get to the end. This is the first Thor book I have read. This book was too hard to become involved and it dragged.
This is a straightforward novel where the good guys are good, the bad guys are bad, and there is no ambiguity. Thor doesn't take pains to be politically correct, and I like that. There were no lengthy expositions of falsified history either.
I read the entire story in one day (I was on vacation). Thor is a better writer in many ways. Brad Thor gave me exactly what I expected- a fast moving military and political thriller which was well written, mostly believable, and full of twists and turns.
His characters are more believable, the action is more exciting, and the outcome was not easily predictable until near the end. It isn't deep or difficult, just plain entertaining. I enjoyed every minute.
The main character is unstoppable, hobnobs with the president, and has many miraculous escapes, but I am willing to tolerate that in a good thriller.Dan Brown wrote a positive review on the cover of my edition, as well he might.
If I didn't have a couple of other books, I would probably have finished it, so who knows, maybe the 2nd half is better. It was a little slow, with standard plot lines, nothing new here. I took this on vacation and was looking forward to reading it. But I could only get about 1/2 way through.
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