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0 of 1 found the following review helpful:
This book needs an editor Jan 26, 2010
A good story destroyed by too much inaction, needless background and just plain uninteresting detail. Castillo is a good character, but Griffin was all over the place in his treatment of him.
This book really needed an editor to tighten it up. Of the book's 700+ pages, I'd say 200 could have been dropped without hurting the story.. and probably would have helped it bigtime.
Come on W.E.B., you're better than this.
0 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Sorry to say Dec 16, 2009
I'm really sorry to say that I have to agree with many of the other reviewers and say that this book was not as good as I am used to from Mr. Griffin. Others have already described the major shortcomings. There is too much time spent covering ground that has already been covered, and the lightning fast wrap up at the end leaves you confused about what actually happened. Were the 2 local Gendarmerie alive when the climactic rescue began or killed during the raid, and by whom? It's not really clear. All we know is that in the aftermath there were no prisoners taken. There are times when I wonder how Griffin can keep it all straight. There are so many characters, going a million different directions, and keeping track of who's who and what they know would seem to be darn near impossible. I think this book may have suffered from a lack of focus just because there was so much going on and every step, scratch of the head, and bathroom break was described in minute detail.
Unlike some other reviewers I enjoyed the book. Despite the lack of focus in this book it is still a good read, it moves the story forward, and I like the main characters. I am cautiously optimistic about the next book in the series; Black Ops. I'm just starting it, but it already seems to be a course correction over the Shooters. I'm a long way from giving up on Griffin's books.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 drags on and on Sep 06, 2009
Another reviewer said it all, it just drags with details that nobody in their right mind mind cares about, like where one of the characters bought his suit. This is supposed to be an action series of novels. Who cares about the brand of suit!!!!
inane plot . . . awful characters . . . mindnumblingly boring Aug 14, 2009
[...]Colonel Castillo is presumably presented as a glib, suave, studly intel officer. But he comes across as a repulsively arrogant prima donna -- truly, if his character had been killed in the novel I would have cheered wildly. His only emotional side is when he learns that he may be the father of a 12 year old son -- a product of a drunken 10 minutes spent with an engaged woman -- and we are subjected to his ridiculous angst and musing over his newly found "fatherhood". It is genuinely inconceivable how this novel was ever published, and utterly cures me of any desire to read any further WEB Griffin novels.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
No action Jul 30, 2009
Listening on audio and ten CD's into the book all we have to show for it is multiple scenes of old white dudes sitting around yakking over a bottle of scotch. This cannot be the same author who penned the Badge of Honor series. Also, if he says "visibly exhaled" "visibly surprised" or the like one more time...
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