Reviews

Wild Storm by Richard Castle

lori_loves_reading's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

Good story, bit confusing at times

alexutza's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted

3.75

gps1138's review

2.0

I knew trouble was ahead when, on the very first page, I spotted a ridiculous typo, unless Storm was really wearing "hiking books." Later, an associate remarks that he would need a "loop" to examine a gem more carefully. These editing errors would be easier to forgive were it not for the numerous ludicrous plot turns. I know that this is intended to be Richard Castle's fantasy version of being a spy, and I can suspend disbelief as well as anyone, but from the very first chapter, I was turned off by the absurdity of it all. This is the first Castle book that has taken me more than a day to read, and I had to force myself to finish.

hannahbananagram's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.75

dgignac's review against another edition

2.0

Ugh. I was disappointed by this one. I just couldn't get into this storyline.

skateanddonate's review against another edition

4.0

Good read. Nothing to complain about

csemanek's review against another edition

4.0

This one seemed less over the top than other Castle books. I liked it a lot - it's just fun.

ryanjamesburt's review against another edition

4.0

It took me a while to figure out how this book fit with the TV show. Here is how I take it. Richard Castle on the show wrote books that made him famous. These Derrick Storm books are the books that the TV character wrote before the show started.

So Derrick Storm is a spy. Written by Richard Castle.

Jamison Rook is a journalist who teams up with Nikki Heat. Written by Richard Castle.

Enjoyable once I realized that Derrick Storm wasn't some fiction of the Castle character.

pamelajobrownlee's review against another edition

3.0

Ridiculous and fun. Exactly what I would expect of a book purporting to be written by TV show character.

baronessekat's review against another edition

3.0

Someone is shooting planes out of the sky. The big mistake they made was that one of the planes they shot was one that was carrying master spy, Derrick Storm. He manages to save the plane before it crashes like all the other, but that puts him n the mission to find out who is behind it, because he knows these planes were not being taken down by conventional rockets/missiles/ammo. They are being sliced out of the sky by a laser that should not exist.

His mission takes him from a field in Maryland, a suburb in California, a business in Panama, an archeological dig in Egypt and an ocean liner in the Mediterranean and it will take all his know how and strength to bring the mastermind to judgement.

***

This was a pretty straight forward "no brain needed" spy thriller. Which honestly is kinda what I needed. I did like that unlike most of the genre I've read/endured there was no pointless sex scene. In fact there were no sex scenes. All of it was illuded to, but not in your face.

There was a bunch of "suspend your belief in reality" moments, but I expect that in the genre.

And I love that Robert Petkoff, the reader, sounds enough like Nathan Fillion, who played Richard Castle on the TV, that it made me nostalgic to go watch the show again.

Overall, nothing to write home about but not bad either. Pretty much middle of the road.