Mike Kupari

Couldn't finish this one, so no rating.

It wasn't horrible, but for me, I just found the writing was ticking boxes. The reader must know this...tick. The reader needs to know this now...tick. Somebody better mention this fact now...tick.

The dialogue is always fully on the nose, with everyone delivering precisely the information needed. The only flavouring is to have those in charge be typical, self-important types, while those on the ground are cautious but helpful.

I love the action books, but this one just wasn't doing it for me.… (mais)

I enjoyed the first two books quite a bit, so was quite pleased to have found this book three. It was just okay though. There is not enough difference in the behaviours/attitudes/actions of Valentine and Lorenzo (and I actually had to think about which character had which girlfriend, their characterizations were so similar) so it felt contrived that they were treated like two separate people so that they could do actions (kill people, essentially) in separate locations at the same time. The only thing that distinguished them was the fact that they were in different locations: their abilities, actions, girlfriends, clothing, weapons, enemies, etc, were the same. And, honestly, sometimes the line identifying where each of them were was blurred too.

It looks like there might be another book in the series. I don't know for sure if I will get it. Might, if it is on sale sometime, probably won't if it is not.… (mais)