Larry Gude
Strung Out
...Protect and Defend.
THUD.
I think Vince has reached that part of his career where he is just fulfilling his contractual obligations.
He has taken his superman know it all anti authoritarian who has the presidents ear, Mitch Rapp, and thrown him into circumstances unthinkable to the character not too long ago after he has written us so many good to great books.
An early, compelling central character who would have added much needed depth to the book is completely dropped right after his key moment is played out.
A catastrophic situation that could have complicated the entire book and added much needed intrigue is forgotten about very quickly as well.
Flynn takes the leading bad guy and turns him into a caricature buffoon who makes errors in calculation that would have never gotten him to the position he attained.
In a world of double dealing and conflicting interests Vince plays the story out and ties up loose ends against a back drop of laughably clear good guy/bad guy black and whiteness that makes me feel like a good storyteller started this thing and then Micky Mouse walks in when the wizard stepped out for a bathroom break and turns it into painting by numbers, kindergarten edition.
On top of that this thing becomes a 'page turner' by shear virtue that there are only about 15 words per page going 400 pages in what Clancy, in his day, would have covered in 100.
If this was the first in the series there would have been no second.
blech
THUD.
I think Vince has reached that part of his career where he is just fulfilling his contractual obligations.
He has taken his superman know it all anti authoritarian who has the presidents ear, Mitch Rapp, and thrown him into circumstances unthinkable to the character not too long ago after he has written us so many good to great books.
An early, compelling central character who would have added much needed depth to the book is completely dropped right after his key moment is played out.
A catastrophic situation that could have complicated the entire book and added much needed intrigue is forgotten about very quickly as well.
Flynn takes the leading bad guy and turns him into a caricature buffoon who makes errors in calculation that would have never gotten him to the position he attained.
In a world of double dealing and conflicting interests Vince plays the story out and ties up loose ends against a back drop of laughably clear good guy/bad guy black and whiteness that makes me feel like a good storyteller started this thing and then Micky Mouse walks in when the wizard stepped out for a bathroom break and turns it into painting by numbers, kindergarten edition.
On top of that this thing becomes a 'page turner' by shear virtue that there are only about 15 words per page going 400 pages in what Clancy, in his day, would have covered in 100.
If this was the first in the series there would have been no second.
blech