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Summary: A gripping, involving, page-turner of a thriller.
Review: Not the sort of book I usually read, but I was acting on a friend's recommendation. I'm glad I did! This was a very enjoyable book, filled with careful attention to detail and a great, climactic turn of events. Bob Lee Swagger is a memorable fictional creation and interesting enough that I may just have to go on to read his other adventures (_Black Light_ and _Time to Hunt_). Give the book a try!
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Summary: awesome read
Review: hunter's books make the long winded, soldier-want-to-be clancy's read like children's books. hunter puts twice the content and story in half as many pages.
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Summary: This character is one tough cowboy. A real hero.
Review: Bob Lee is portrayed with great depth of character. His skills and sharp wit keeps him alive and left me rooting for him all the way. The book has suspense and plot twists that keeps you hanging on. This book was five hundred pages long but I enjoyed every page. The ending just leaves you with a smile.
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Summary: Bob Lee is one tough SOB
Review: This is by far the greatest book pertaining to sniping that I have read. I have recomended this book to many people. If they havn't already, I hope they make a movie out of it.
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Summary: One of the few books I could not put down until finished
Review: As a rifleman, I read this book three or four times and was amazed with it's technical accurracy. Only found one mistake in the entire manuscript. After the last read called the author at the Baltimore Sun and spoke with him. He actually recieved an award from the sniper training school at Fort Benning Ga. It was riveting. The action starts and never stops until the last page. I'm surprized that no one has picked this one up as a movie.
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Summary: The only book I've ever read twice!
Review: I'm as far from a gun nut as a person can be, but I could not wait to get to bed each night to read. This is by far the best book I have ever read. It is also the only book I have ever read twice, enjoying it as much the second time!
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Summary: A Great Book For All !!
Review: A very enjoyable book in many ways . I think it is important to point out that a knowledge of , or intense interest in , firearms in not required to enjoy the book . Right from the start I found myself draged into the story . A veritable page turner , in my opinon .
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Summary: The "Clancy" for Shooters
Review: Mr Hunter nails it! With steely-eyed precision, he accounts for the mindset and trigger control of the scout sniper. As an 8541, I found I could not put the book down. The main character, Bob Lee Swagger, is not controlled completely by his ego like modern wanna-be's but instead feels compelled to contribute his special skill out of a sense of duty. He also hints at the jealousy felt by target shooters everywhere and the guilt of those who would not serve. "Time to Hunt" is even better, demonstrating the bond between the team and the incredible value of the well aimed shot. As Voltaire once said, "God is not on the side of the biggest battalions, but of the best shots." Thanks, Spephen Hunter
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Summary: Gotta Love It!!!
Review: I have read Point of Impact, Dirty White Boys, and Black Light all three and can't wait to read Time to Hunt (as soon as my Dad will give it up!) Stehpen Hunter is the man!
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Summary: The Tom Clancy of Firesticks
Review: It could be persuasively argued that Stephen Hunter is the Tom Clancy of the gun culture- His novels don't read so much as novels as technical manuals. It's true that POINT OF IMPACT is a solid, gripping novel that should've been made into a motion picture long ago, but the plain fact is, in this technology-driven day and age, where authenticity is the key to success, Stephen Hunter veers dangerously into the realm of fantasy. Reading the exploits of Bob Lee Swagger (Swagger?!), a thoroughly unlikable man who outwits local police, state police, the FBI, and a shadowy outfit that specializes in assassinations, one is reminded of James Fenimore Cooper, whose own Leatherstocking was the victim of Twain's infamous dismembering. In POINT OF IMPACT, Bob Lee Swagger and his colleagues drop people from 1500 yards, almost a mile, seemingly without the aid of mil dots, a revolutionary invention that's used in conjunction with a scope and greatly aids the sniper in establ! ishing range and tabulating drops and spirals for those who know their ballistics tables. Yet, Swagger and his rivals down their targets with almost superhuman prescience and body control. In real life, snipers just aren't this good. However, judged as straight fiction, it's to Mr. Hunter's credit that he makes the outrageous plausible and crafts a good tale. I can't wait to read TIME TO HUNT.
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