87. Title & Author: Protect and Defend by Vince Flynn (405 pages)*
Genre: Fiction--Thriller
Completed: 9 April 2009
Summary & Review:
After Israel successfully destroys Iran's nuclear facility, the Iranian government (predictably) blames America and is out for blood. They kidnap CIA Director Irene Kennedy with the help of one of Hezbollah's top terrorists. Recently elected President Alexander then gives protagonist Mitch Rapp the green light to do anything necessary to get Kennedy back.
After Israel successfully destroys Iran's nuclear facility, the Iranian government (predictably) blames America and is out for blood. They kidnap CIA Director Irene Kennedy with the help of one of Hezbollah's top terrorists. Recently elected President Alexander then gives protagonist Mitch Rapp the green light to do anything necessary to get Kennedy back.
This is such a dude's book. It was pure action and involved a lot of supreme-alpha-male-Rapp talking trash, making threats, and blowing people's heads off. Not too shabby! I actually liked this Flynn better than the previous one of his I read (Act of Treason, (#34)). Again, I liked Rapp as a character, even though if he were real he would scare the crap out of me.
Rating: 8.0
I didn't like this book as much as you did (but I liked your review!). The author has the opportunity to develop Rapp into a real character like Lee Child's Jack Reacher, but seems satisfied with a superficial James Bond.
ReplyDeleteReacher is more developed, full of his strange quirks like never buying clothes and always knowing the time in his head, and I've enjoyed the Reacher books I've read/listened to. But, this past Flynn was just fun from start to finish.
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