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I wonder why I keep reading this type of book. But I know the answer to this question: I like the idea of a well-written, gripping adventure yarn. A good story that leaves you breathless, with engaging characters, striking locations, edge-of-the-seat suspense. A book where you feel that you are "in

Frederick Forsyth is one of my favourite thriller writers. His books are usually about commandos, cops, mercenaries, spies, dictators, terrorists and assassins entangled in some conspiracy or some covert mission. There's plenty of twists, gun fights, commando raids and a little bit of investigation

As a life-long fan, I am disappointed at the sloppiness of Forsyth's research. This kind of plot-driven, technical thriller relies heavily on attention to detail and "truthy" facts to establish the author's credibility as well as the authenticity of the story. Unfortunately, Forsyth revealed opposit Leggi tutto

Superb! It’s amazing an author who began writing contemporaneously about the attempt to assassinate Charles De Gaulle – long before such things as the internet and cell phones – now writes contemporaneously with the same absolute authenticity about hunting the jihadi who recruits Islamist murderers o Leggi tutto

Couldn't finish this. Forsyth's style is too detached, too distant. After about 2/3rds of the book, I realized I didn't care what happened to the main character. There was no emotional attachment to any of his actions. Forsyth spends way too much time detailing a simple progression through the day an Leggi tutto

The Kill List had the potential to be quite a good book. A Marine named the Tracker uses covert operations to identify, find, and kill terrorists on the President's kill list. It would actually make a pretty entertaining series if done properly. Unfortunately I don't feel this book was. It was mostly Leggi tutto

The jacket blurb for Frederick Forsyth’s The Kill List says that the Los Angeles Times said of him, “Forsyth is Truly the world’s reigning master of suspense.” This book does nothing to refute that conclusion. Forty pages into it, I knew that it was a five-star book. In it, a Marine major assigned t Leggi tutto