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claudetteb's review against another edition
2.0
Not enjoying this series. Writing is mediocre, characters are pretty much one dimensional, and this book had a ten page political rant attached. Eisner needs to make up his mind what sort of book he's writing. Won't be reading any others from him.
vaderbird's review against another edition
2.0
5 star - Perfect
4 star - i would recommend
3 star - good
2 star - struggled to complete
1 star - could not finish
4 star - i would recommend
3 star - good
2 star - struggled to complete
1 star - could not finish
jeanetterenee's review against another edition
4.0
Rating = 3.5
This was a little slow at the outset, and I wasn't wild about the ending. Also, the big sex scene could have been toned down considerably, or even left out altogether. Otherwise, this is a fine piece of work with some important and depressingly realistic messages.
It looks like Eisler is planning a harmonic convergence of Ben Treven, John Rain, and best of all, Dox. I'm excited!
This was a little slow at the outset, and I wasn't wild about the ending. Also, the big sex scene could have been toned down considerably, or even left out altogether. Otherwise, this is a fine piece of work with some important and depressingly realistic messages.
It looks like Eisler is planning a harmonic convergence of Ben Treven, John Rain, and best of all, Dox. I'm excited!
mato's review against another edition
3.0
I found Treven pretty juvenile in terms of his internal monologue about his female partners (in this book and the first). Overall, he seemed quite unbalanced and amateurish (compared to Rain). These books felt like an earlier effort by Eisler but I have no idea how they relate to the Rain books in terms of publishing dates.
readingpanda's review against another edition
4.0
A little bit more political than I usually like my books, but still a reasonably easy read for the non-politically-inclined. I am still not the hugest fan of Ben Treven - he is somehow harder to like than John Rain was, though I haven't figured out exactly why. The foreshadowing at the end of what's coming next for Ben has me excited - the next book should be very interesting.
stephang18's review against another edition
2.0
Turgid. So much time is spent navel gazing. Ben's characters changes gave me whiplash. Also a fair amount of conspiracy theory that left me underwhelmed.
vkemp's review against another edition
4.0
Ben Treven is a black-ops soldier. He is tasked with recovering videotapes of torture done by other black-ops soldiers on detainees in Iraq. These tapes were stolen by Daniel Larison, one of those involved in the torture. It is obvious that many people, including the Office of the Vice President, want the tapes to disappear. Ben not only must find the tapes, he must insure his own survival. This is a pitch perfect depiction of the ultra-paranoia of government officials who pursue the war on terror at the expense of human and civil rights. And, it really makes one think about what the ultimate cost is of violating those rights. I hated this book for making me think about those horrors that are probably happening right now.
will_sargent's review against another edition
4.0
It's clear this man reads the same blogs I do. I don't quite believe the characters, but the setup is all too believable.
Using "Marcy Wheeler" as a character was a bit much though, and it took a while to realize he hadn't included Firedoglake.
Using "Marcy Wheeler" as a character was a bit much though, and it took a while to realize he hadn't included Firedoglake.
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