Executive Power (Mitch Rapp) by Vince Flynn
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Book Reviews of Executive Power (Mitch Rapp)
Book Review: Not Flynn's Best
Summary: 4 Stars
While this book is good--it is not as good as Flynn's previous books. Does give good background on the Middle East and Special Forces. Vince Flynn does know how to write a political thriller.Book Review: Irene Kennedy & Mitch Rapp run the show
Summary: 4 Stars
Rapp evolves into a man AND a super-secret-agent. Kennedy becomes the leader she was groomed to be. And yes, people are trying to make nukes in the middle east. Another thrill ride!Book Review: Executive Power
Summary: 4 Stars
Enjoyed this book, but would suggest waiting for paperback as it is a bit heavy to hold. Mitch Rapp shares the stage with Nash, who is a warm, interesting character.Book Review: Hooked
Summary: 4 Stars
First Flynn book I read in the Rapp series and it hooked me from Chapter 1.Book Review: Office Work
Summary: 3 Stars
Vince Flynn's fourth installment in the Mitch Rapp series, finds the recently outed Rapp moving from CIA operative duties to that of a counter-terrorism bureaucrat. But this leopard cannot change his spots and he quickly finds himself back in the wet work business after two American diplomats' loose lips cause a SEAL hostage rescue to go deadly wrong. Rapp leads a team to avenge that loss by defeating the Philippine terrorist network that killed two SEAL team members and rescuing the American hostages. In order to successfully accomplish this mission he must keep its existence from the turncoats who once betrayed those who went before him. The coincidental plotline has forces plotting to upset the tenuous balance in the Middle East's geopolitical situation. A flamboyant Saudi Prince, who is banished from the Kingdom, elicits the help of a Palestinian assassin to murder the leaders of Islamic terrorist cells and Saudi and Palestinian Ambassadors in the hopes of dissolving US support for Israel and the eventual establishment of an official Palestinian state.
Flynn writes with his standard action-packed flair and inserts numerous details regarding the weapons, tactics, and technology being employed. The book's pace keeps your interest throughout and completes the storyline in a concise epilogue. He does a better job developing some of his characters than in pervious works and paints Prince Omar as an exquisitely conniving antagonist.
On the critical side, the tension between Rapp and the politicos is overdone and comes off as contrived. I found the two plot lines to be mini-stories and generally distinct from each other except for Rapp and the involvement of the Executive Branch of the US government. The first was Rapp's elaborate tactical mission and the second a strategic political saga with current international implications. A more complex and interwoven plotline would have been a salient improvement. Flynn rightfully down plays Rapp's wife's role in this book but it is still grating when she appears and continually forces Rapp to cast off the shackles of domestication.
While a good summertime read and an improvement from his last Rapp story, this book was not Flynn's best. Flynn fans will most likely find "Executive Power" representative of his recent books, adequate but wanting more. Overall, it was a ubiquitous techo-thriller and a respectable offering until his next blockbuster. I hope Flynn takes his time to do a better job developing and intertwining his plotlines in "Memorial Day" and "Consent to Kill" and reclaims his all-star status.
A worthwhile read.