A review by noelrk
A Better World by Marcus Sakey

2.0

It reads less like a screenplay turned novel than the first book, but the action flick cliches just pile up to absurd amounts (even while the novel winks at our knowledge of them)that it hardly matters. Getting out of Nick's head is appreciated, but Ethan barely registers as a different character than Nick: Both are competent, or at least allowed to be competent, with women backing up their every move and believing in them nearly unconditionally (thank goodness for Amy's yelling at Ethan, one sign that a woman in this book have a personality and mentality outside the men in their lives).