eldiente's review against another edition
4.0
Another enjoyable adventure with hero John Wells. This one focused more on saving individuals rather than saving the world, but still had enough drama to hold my interest to the end.
kevin_coombs's review against another edition
3.0
I think the best way I can describe Alex Berenson, as well as his last three books, is this: I enjoy how he writes - his style, how he moves the story forward, even his prose to a certain extent. However, each of the last three has strained credulity just a little more than the book before it. For me, there is a difference between writers like Ian Fleming (who made very little effort to seem plausible, and instead served the goal of being purely entertaining), and writers like Berenson and Flynn (who seem equally concerned with plausibility, getting their technical and geopolitical facts right). My expectations align with those the authors seem to be trying to cultivate. In the case of Berenson, while I obviously can't attest to some of the technical details (his descriptions of drones, their use, and control seem credible enough), I can certainoly feel a healthy skepticism regarding the geopolicical aspect: Would the sequence of events unfold in this way, and would the high-ranking officials respond the way they do? I did enjoy the book, but only as an easy read at the end of the day. It's not great literature; is not even great within the context of the genre.
j_cb5757's review against another edition
Didn't like the sentence structure/how the characters spoke.
gretzky10's review against another edition
5.0
This is my first ever John Wells novel. I had never heard of him nor his creator, Alex Berenson. It was a birthday gift from my girlfriend, and wow, what a treat. Not a complicated Swedish mystery, or a Ludlum-esque spy novel, but an excellent, fun, fast moving, real spy thriller. Berenson creates an interesting main character, an ex-CIA American Muslim. Just a fun summer novel, I'd recommend for any who just wants a good story, and an action packed, and exciting adventure. Two Thumbs Up!
marinazala's review against another edition
3.0
** Books 101 - 2014 **
I will give 2,6 of 5 stars.. it is about four graduated college student (Hailey, Gwen, Owen and Scott) are joined as volunteer in kenya refugee's camp.. however when they want to have vacation in lemu's island they are being kidnapped with other military..
how to john well as a man who is retired as CIA came to save them?
it is standard suspense, thriller story in my opinion.. hmm
I will give 2,6 of 5 stars.. it is about four graduated college student (Hailey, Gwen, Owen and Scott) are joined as volunteer in kenya refugee's camp.. however when they want to have vacation in lemu's island they are being kidnapped with other military..
how to john well as a man who is retired as CIA came to save them?
it is standard suspense, thriller story in my opinion.. hmm
janiceh's review against another edition
4.0
A fun read - now that I am finished I want to go back and read the previous books with this main character, John Wells.
roastedsalted's review against another edition
Sometimes totally deluded authors manage to write entertaining fiction.
jamikrut's review against another edition
2.0
I was disappointed in this book and you can read my full review at
abookofadifferentcolor.blogspot.com.
abookofadifferentcolor.blogspot.com.
coatekm's review against another edition
3.0
Fun easy read- kinda wished for more though- interesting story and background but I was more excited about what could have been done with the history and location than I got