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Extreme Measures: A Thriller (Mitch Rapp Novels) by Vince Flynn
Book Summary InformationAuthor: Vince Flynn Edition: Hardcover Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published) Published: 2008-10-28 ISBN: 0743270428 Number of pages: 416 Publisher: Atria Books
Book Reviews of Extreme Measures: A Thriller (Mitch Rapp Novels)Book Review: Extreme Miss Summary: 1 StarsBeing a Vince Flynn fan since I read Term Limits as a teenager, it pains me to write that his two previous novels began to go downhill. This was the reason why I chose to borrow, rather than purchase Extreme Measures. The novel was so boring that if Mitch Rapp wanted to use a non-violent method of torturing terrorists, he'd read this book out loud to them. He'd get quicker and more reliable results than forcing them to watch Barney.
The EXTREME weaknesses in this story were not only that the plot was slow, but nothing new was introduced. For example, Mitch Rapp is having problems with politicians on Capitol Hill...AGAIN, he's torturing terrorists...AGAIN, the bad guys happen to be Muslim Fundamentalists...AGAIN. If you found those last few sentences monotonous, then you might not enjoy this novel.
Another weakness was that fan faves, such as Dr Irene Kennedy and Rapp take backseat rides to the new guy, Mike Nash. Not only that I don't care much for this character because he's completely boring, but the only battle he's fought in the first seven chapters appears to be with own his penis--which keeps firing blanks. If the reader isn't bored to death reading about Nash's secretions, the reader's too busy being bombarded with a bunch of throw-away characters that do absolutely nothing to move the story forward. For example, did the readers really have to endure an entire chapter about the top villain shooting a superior that he didn't like? Did we have to read entire chapters that were nothing more than several pages of narrative about subject matter that is completely irrelevant to what the story is about? The "so-called" attack on America that they're planning while in the jungle? The topic keeps coming up but what is it?
Other irrelevant characters include the number of military personnel that were around Mitch Rapp in the beginning. I had a feeling that they were just there for the sake of being there. They did nothing to move the story forward. This led me to believe that several more chapters in the book could've been left out, had I not been so bored tears that I had to put it aside.
As a rule of thumb, I've always expressed that the villains make or break a thriller. In this story, we just have another Muslim Fundamentalist who's angry at America. He's the typical stereotype and nothing more.
By the time I got to chapter seven, I had to be honest with myself and admit that I wasn't enjoying this story. All that was written up to that point was meaningless fluff. I tried very hard to keep reading, trying to convince myself that the story would start soon or that the first turning point would occur. Neither happened.
It's my assumption that Mr Flynn was under EXTREME pressure to complete this novel by a certain date. He was also required to make sure that the book also had a certain word count in order for him not to breach any contracts that he would've signed with his publisher. The end result was a rushed, poorly written, ill-conceived story line that was more boring than some of the short stories that I was forced to read while I was in the seventh grade. Had this been Mr Flynn's first novel, I never would've been a fan of his.
Summary of Extreme Measures: A Thriller (Mitch Rapp Novels)In the newest devastatingly intense thriller by #1 New York Times bestselling phenomenon Vince Flynn, his deadly and charismatic hero Mitch Rapp wages a war against a new enemy with the help of a fellow soldier as dedicated and as lethal as they come. Vince Flynn's thrillers, featuring counterterrorism operative Mitch Rapp, have dominated the imagination of readers everywhere. In them, Flynn has captured the secretive world of the fearless men and women, who, bound by duty, risk their lives in a covert war they must hide from even their own political leaders. Now, Rapp and his protege, Mike Nash, may have met their match. The CIA has detected and intercepted two terrorist cells, but a third is feared to be on the loose. Led by a dangerous mastermind obsessed with becoming the leader of al-Qaeda, this determined and terrifying group is about to descend on America. Rapp needs the best on this assignment, and Nash, who has served his government honorably for sixteen years first as an officer in the Marine Corps and then as an operative in an elite counterterrorism team run by Rapp is his choice. Together, they have made careers out of meeting violence with extreme violence and have never wavered in the fight against the jihadists and their culture of death. Both have fought the war on terrorism in secret without accolades or acknowledgment of their personal sacrifices. Both have been forced to lie to virtually every single person they care about, and both have soldiered on with the knowledge that their hard work and lethal tactics have saved thousands of lives. But the political winds have changed in America, and certain leaders on Capitol Hill are pushing to have men like Rapp and Nash put back on a short leash. And then one spring afternoon in Washington, DC, everything changes. Using his insider knowledge of intelligence agencies and the military, Flynn once again delivers an all-too-real portrayal of a war that is that is waged every day by a handful of brave, devoted souls. Smart, fast-paced, and jaw-droppingly realistic, Extreme Measures is the political thriller of our time.
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