EVEN BETTER THAN REMOTE CONTROL!!
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After i finished reading Remote Control, i thought, 'How can Mcnab possibly top this' well apparantly he can! From the moment i bought Crisis Four i could not put it down! It is full of action and adventure, suspense, mystery and a fantastic twist at the end. I love the fact that his books involve Nick Stone's past coming back to get him. I fully recommend this great book from SAS legend Andy Mcnab.
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Great, but why such idiots?
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This one was exciting, technically convincing, and, unusually for a thriller, politically perceptive. It manages to answer, in a superficially convincing way, questions like why British Intelligence employed someone constantly expressing sympathy for the Arabs, and let her wreck a delicate operation just at the most dangerous point, but I still don't understand why she went to ground in the one place in the USA where Stone could track her down. Come to think of it, he's a bit of a dork to let her talk him round like that.
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Another Cracking Read
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This is yet another excellent McNab novel. It starts off fast paced, but then does seem to get a bit slower. In my opinion, that's not really a big issue, because it just adds to the excitement at the end when the plot culminates. Love this book, as I do all McNab's work. You really should give this a read.
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What a disappointment!
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The first 30 pages of this book are riveting, unputdownable. Suddenly that stops and it seems McNab starts on a mission to find a cure for insomnia. It doesn't help with him using the same country as his first novel, but what crushes even the most enthusiastic reader is the relentless minute detail. Thrill as Nick Stone takes 20 pages to describe a non-descript apartment (which plays no further role in the plot), marvel as he talks about how to hide in a bush, telling us about almost each twig that he cuts away. There is action and plot here, of course, but it's bogged down in so much irrelevence I found myself checking my watch as I was reading! Detial IS important, but not detail that has little or no bearing on the story. I read this book to the end because I have enjoyed McNab's earlier work, but it never recovered to the level of those first 30 pages. The twist in the tail most readers will spot coming a mile off, but by that point any sympathy for Stone and his predicament is long gone. This is essentially a book for the American market, its settings and plot are designed solely to show them in the best possible light. It doesn't seem to make sense to have Brits as the lead characters. Meanwhile, I'm going to stick to re-reading Bravo Two Zero every year or so.
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Absolutely essential reading, a must for all McNab fans.
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This book is a follow on from Remote control all though if you haven't yet read it, it isn't essential, it combines McNab's traditional use of suspense, thrill, and of course, violence. It gives all laymen a great insight into the world of espionage and deceit and leaves the question of 'Who can we really trust?' hanging over our heads.The book is set in the UK and USA and keeps you glued to the edge of your seat all the way through. The plot is completly unlike Remote control but keeps all the essential elements which have made all his books essential. Read tihs book: (a) if you liked Remote control. (b) If you like military themed books (c) if you like realistic james bond or (d) if you just like a good read.
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