the_bibliophile_pile's review against another edition
3.0
Yay!!! finally finished this book!!! It went forever, and I kept getting sidetracked... I put this book down about three times to read other books, it just couldn't keep my attention for long. Which is sad. I really wanted to enjoy it, because I'd heard good things about it, but it was just so much different to what I normally read and I couldn't get into it. This sounds really bad for me lol, but I think it was because I had to think too much, when I normally just like to get lost in books. There was so many different parts to this book and I had to keep thinking back... I'd say the fact that I was reading other books in between plays a big part in this, but there was so much to remember.
I give this book a 3 because even though I personally didn't like it, it was fantastically written and the main characters are perfect and well thought through in relation to the storyline.
I give this book a 3 because even though I personally didn't like it, it was fantastically written and the main characters are perfect and well thought through in relation to the storyline.
fueledbywords's review against another edition
4.0
It was like a train wreck that I couldn't look away from and I'm already reading the next one!!! I like Creed, I like the giant and crazy midget. It reminds me of Stephanie Plum on a meth trip lol!! Not a vampiric, dystopian tragic paranormal romance but there is enough gratuitous violence, sex and corny jokes to make this a passable read. On to the next one and it was only .99 so I'm happy :-)!!
gingerniemannharper's review against another edition
4.0
Good, quick read - especially towards the end. I will keep reading books by this author!
jaycrust's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
minotaursmaze's review against another edition
3.0
Decent not great but enough fun I'll try the next book. Nothing groundbreaking or unusual in this book just a short fun tale.
tarana's review against another edition
2.0
Nothing to enjoy here. Move along. A CIA assassin that keeps up his skills between government assignments by taking random contracts to kill people for cash.
gutshot's review against another edition
4.0
Twisted and a bit disturbing... in other words, I really dug it :D
simonporter007's review against another edition
4.0
Weird book. The "hero" is a pretty nasty fella yet you still sort of root for him or don't mind reading about his antics. Very different from the usual crime thrillers! Quite graphic in some descriptions mind.
kirstensviews's review against another edition
4.0
Oh, I loved this book! I bought several of John Locke's books for my Kindle. Glad I did!
ericwelch's review against another edition
4.0
I haven’t made up my mind yet about how to classify the Donovan Creed series. They are part spoof, part comedy, part James Bond, and part warning of Homeland Security egregious power plays. Donovan lives in a cell where he experiments with new torture weapons (“When I’m in Virginia, I sleep in a prison cell. When I’m anywhere else for more than a day or two, I generally break into the homes of strangers and sleep in their attics,” seeing how much he can take and survive, has a giant friend, Quinn, who looks like the Hulk after passing through a trash compactor, ostensibly works for Homeland Security killing terrorists (and which is often called upon to clean up after Donovan,) but also subcontracts out to a group of little people (Hugo and Victor) engaged in social experiments that involve killing, and Sal, a crime syndicate boss.
“Victor was born with serious respiratory problems. About twenty years ago, he was in the hospital for a minor surgery when a nurse gave him an accidental overdose that put him into cardiac arrest. Someone wheeled him into an elevator on the way to emergency surgery and somehow managed to leave him there. Up and down he went from floor to floor in the elevator for more than thirty minutes before someone realized what had happened. They rushed him to the OR, but the surgeon botched the procedure and Victor suffered a stroke. Subsequent attempts to save his life rendered him a quadriplegic. “Then the hospital made a feeble attempt to cover up the incident. Victor’s attorneys sued both the hospital and the drug company and managed to win the largest settlement ever paid to an individual in the state of Florida.“
On the ridiculous names of coffee at Starbucks. “Grande,” I said. “Solo. Venti. Doppio. What the hell is doppio, anyway—one of the seven dwarfs?” “No,” she squealed. “But Grumpy is!” Kathleen’s laughter had passed the point of no return. Her cheeks were puffy, and her eyes had become slits. I frowned again and recited the conversation for her. “All I said was, ‘I’ll have a coffee.’ ‘What size?’ she says. ‘A regular,’ I said. ‘We have grande, venti, solo, doppio, short, and tall,’ she says. ”
It’s all done with such clever tongue-in-cheek, that each of the two books in the series I have read has been quite enjoyable and fun.
“Victor was born with serious respiratory problems. About twenty years ago, he was in the hospital for a minor surgery when a nurse gave him an accidental overdose that put him into cardiac arrest. Someone wheeled him into an elevator on the way to emergency surgery and somehow managed to leave him there. Up and down he went from floor to floor in the elevator for more than thirty minutes before someone realized what had happened. They rushed him to the OR, but the surgeon botched the procedure and Victor suffered a stroke. Subsequent attempts to save his life rendered him a quadriplegic. “Then the hospital made a feeble attempt to cover up the incident. Victor’s attorneys sued both the hospital and the drug company and managed to win the largest settlement ever paid to an individual in the state of Florida.“
On the ridiculous names of coffee at Starbucks. “Grande,” I said. “Solo. Venti. Doppio. What the hell is doppio, anyway—one of the seven dwarfs?” “No,” she squealed. “But Grumpy is!” Kathleen’s laughter had passed the point of no return. Her cheeks were puffy, and her eyes had become slits. I frowned again and recited the conversation for her. “All I said was, ‘I’ll have a coffee.’ ‘What size?’ she says. ‘A regular,’ I said. ‘We have grande, venti, solo, doppio, short, and tall,’ she says. ”
It’s all done with such clever tongue-in-cheek, that each of the two books in the series I have read has been quite enjoyable and fun.
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