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Protect and Defend: A Thriller |
Author: Vince Flynn
Published: 2007-10-30 |
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Customer comments on this selection.
 An Entertaining Read
This is the first Vince Flynn story I have read and I did like it. Like many thrillers most of the characters have the depth of cardboard and the plot line is fairly predictable it is still a good fast read and entertaining. Much is not quite plausible.
Some may be a bit queasy with Rapp's methods and I could understand that. Flynn is one of the few thriller writers who does have a firm grasp of Radical Islam and it's terrorist agenda to "unbelievers" and the dynamics. Flynn understands well the danger of the Saudi's, Wahabbis and Madrasas's ability to churn out terrorists who resort to extreme violence to kill us "infidels". Most Americans and Euros do not yet quite understand the increasing danger we face with Islamic Extremists. His hero Rapp is about as violent as they come and a good counterpoint to the terrorists violence.
This is a large continuing issue the civilized world will have to grapple with in the future and Flynn makes it quite clear that peace negotations will really go nowhere with an enemy who will resort to any means to spread Radical Islam worldwide.
One of Flynn's Best
One of the most exciting books that I have read that did not have a lot of surprises. Flynn interwove his plot with a lot of recent history that made you want to get the bad guys and save the good guys, or women. He portrayed the Washington brass as taking a hard line with Iran which I liked but was not realistic. They would not have that much guts at least in this day and age.
There were two characters that he fully described that just dropped from the radar after they did their thing. I always like for a book to not leave me thinking at the end, "What happened to them." Also whenever a hero does something illegal then there should an ending that covers it up, or a pardon, or something to explain why he/she did not get strung up. It was a real page turner that I would give five stars except for the ending which makes it a four star for me.
The ending is so important for a book that I wrote three endings for my recent book, al-Qaeda Strikes Again and got comments from my proof readers before I decided which one to use.
Is there a difference between Flynn and Thor?
Seems to me that if you did not know the character's names the books
by Vince Flynn and Brad Thor are almost identical.
I personally prefer Scot Harvath to Mitch Rapp, but both books by these
writers are good.
BTW, I think Daniel Silva is the best in the genre. Gabriel Allon is the
best!
 Very Dissapointing
This is the second Vince Flynn book I've read; there won't be a third. Mitch Rapp is one of the shallowest, predictable and uninteresting lead characters I've ever come across. He's the personification of a high school tough guy. I see in Mr. Flynn's biography that he missed an opportunity to attend Marine Corps OCS. It seems that he has created Rapp to capture his lost military manhood. The character has zero believable qualities. He's not likable; he has no followable emotions; he provides no incite. In fact he seems to simply be a vehicle for describing violence at a junior high school level.
non stop action!
this was the my first flynn thriller,
not bad! i enjoyed it very much! i'm looking forward to reading the others i've missed and the new one!
highly recommended!
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