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A review by rik_sixx
Noble Beginnings by L.T. Ryan
2.0
Disappointing. I'd heard of the Jack Noble series and was glad out the opportunity to pick up the first one cheap, until I got started.
It turns out I've heard this story before. Most people have. Take all the spec ops style tropes you can think of, much them together and you have this book.
Neither the story or characters are original, none of the twists or reveals came as a surprise and all of the fight scenes are copy-pasted from middling action movies. Even the writing is unspectacular.
One thing that did surprise me is how Noble Beginnings uses female characters. That's a bit of a stretch really - there is only one and she's the most generic ex/love interest/damsel in distress possible. Until around halfway, the only women in the book are waitresses, and their only defining characteristics are hair colour and make-up style.
Noble Beginnings is a short, dumb holiday book - no thought required. If that's the kind of read you're after then there are so many better options. There's no chance that I'll bother to give any more time to this series.
It turns out I've heard this story before. Most people have. Take all the spec ops style tropes you can think of, much them together and you have this book.
Neither the story or characters are original, none of the twists or reveals came as a surprise and all of the fight scenes are copy-pasted from middling action movies. Even the writing is unspectacular.
One thing that did surprise me is how Noble Beginnings uses female characters. That's a bit of a stretch really - there is only one and she's the most generic ex/love interest/damsel in distress possible. Until around halfway, the only women in the book are waitresses, and their only defining characteristics are hair colour and make-up style.
Noble Beginnings is a short, dumb holiday book - no thought required. If that's the kind of read you're after then there are so many better options. There's no chance that I'll bother to give any more time to this series.