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Edward Hahn
, March 28, 2015
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I've been a Vince Flynn fan even when I thought his hero Mitch Rapp was a bit over the top to say nothing of his usual supporting cast, all as stereotypical as can be imagined.
This one, though, was too much to stomach. I made it halfway through and then abandoned ship. Flynn recently died ahead of his time and I felt bad as it was way too soon. He was only 47 YOA and wrote two books after this one.
It appears to me that he may have fallen under the thrall of Glenn Beck since in this story everyone who doesn't agree with Mitch is part of a liberal conspiracy meant to turn the country over to the terrorists. He saves a lot of his venom for a group of women Senators who are obviously patterned after current Senators. You can imagine what he thinks of the State Department and the FBI. It just got to be too much, no matter how much I enjoyed the thrilling action.
Mitch kills a lot of people without getting scratched but everyone who Mitch dispatches deserves to die and Mitch rarely misses - "Frontier Justice".
Enough. You get the idea. If you like ultra conservative writing disguised as a thriller, this book will meet your needs.
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