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Summary: Great Martin Vail Novel
Review: This is a great Diehl novel. I really enjoyed the Woodbine hunt for the Witness Protection guy. That was clever, Diehl writing reminicent of some of his other works. This book takes a different turn with the Vail/Stampler saga and it's interesting to see the characters evolve. An excellent novel - I couldn't put it down.
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Summary: Weak story flow with little action
Review: I just finished reading this book and tried to remember what really happened. The answer is not much. I am disappointed with this book as its my first and probably last Diehl. Martin Vail just didn't mean much to this story.
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Summary: Less than ordinary, it wasn't worth publishing at all
Review: I am disappointed. It is not at least interesting. The contents is very standard as if the book was written according to some silly "How to write a bestseller" edition. The book is overloaded with details but as the writing is not good, it is hard to concentrate on them. If I were the author, I would do my job more carefully.
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Summary: Save our forrests. Don't buy this book.
Review: What a disappointment. This book starts out giving us a very bright hero using his brains to take on a violent sociopath. It ends up as another shoot-em-up that reads like a blue print for a movie script rather than a novel. What a waste of time it was reading the final third of this book.
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Summary: Bad, and poorly researched
Review: Well , the book started out ok. We're brought in at the end of a trail as a prelude to another different type of case. It rapidly goes downhill. All the other reviews cover most of the stupidity. So lets get to the "assault" part. It wouldnt take much to learn a "Spectre" gunship is actually a 4-engined C-130 gunship with 20mm and 7.62mm gatling guns that fire from one side of the aircraft. Theres is also a 105mm howitzer in the nose. These aircraft are NOT helicopters! NONE of these weapons are detachable or in anyway usable by pulling them off the mounts. They are electricaly powered and primed. And No way Sgt Williams could hold on to one. These arent hand weapons. As for the assault strategy I hope Mr Dielh never leads one.
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Summary: What was 2-3-13....anyone know?!
Review: What was 2-3-13....anyone know?
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Summary: a steady decline
Review: The Martin Vail series has suffered a steady decline in quality. Primal Fear was an enjoyable read, certainly not fantastic, however. In fact, it was one of the rare occurences where the film was better than the movie. Show of Evil was entertaining, with a lot of excitement. Reign in Hell was more like Read in Hell. This book suffered from plot holes you could drive a semi through. The dialogue was forced, and the main characters of the previous books were almost non-existant. And riddle me this. . . if they found out that this fundamentalist preacher who was backing this Christian Militia, wouldn't the smart thing to do have been to simply TELL THEM that he had previously killed a priest and four altar boys? HELLO??? Not to mention the fact that both Vail's and Stampler's faces were all over the media stemming back ten years, and yet no one recognized him? What a crock. I liked Primal Fear and Show of Evil. I LOVED Sharkey's Machine. Reign in Hell should have been tossed back in the fire.
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Summary: Loses focus from the other Vail novels.
Review: I enjoyed the book, but only after I let myself get passed the fact that it was nothing like the previous Vail novels. It used the same characters but other than brief encounters with Stampler that conflict was rarely noticed. Thought it is called a Vail novel, Martin Vail takes a back seat to many of the other characters. If your a fan read it, otherwise just pass on this one and hope for a come back.
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Summary: GA Writer needs Geography Brushup
Review: Diehl's description of the majority of Montanans as either tacit supporters of militia movements, or outright flaming religious/anti-government fanatics leaves a bad taste in the mouth of this native.Too, his description of the flight from Chicago to Missoula has me wondering if the pilot/navigator responsible for the trip was operating using a broken compass. For thanking the MT Dept. of Commerce for all their assistance, perhaps the writer should have paid attention to the materials they sent him. Finally, the writer's usage of made-up towns, in conjunction with his usage of real towns makes the reader wonder why he did not just start naming his imaginary communities with handles like "Hickville", "Yokelton", or "Redneck". All in all, I am glad I read this one after borrowing it from a library rather than dumping cash for it. It seems as though Diehl needed to make the rent payment, and was willing to put anything on paper to do that. Personally, I have not seen a good book by this author since Primal Fear, and it had been back to Thai Horse prior to that.
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Summary: Diehl Loses It Here!
Review: Primal Fear and Show of Evil, two earlier books using many of the same characters, were truly outstanding books. They can be read again and again. Reign in Hell finds us dealing with Aaron Stampler once again -- even though he died in Show of Evil. Diehl's writing is something akin to what I imagine it must be like to be on hallucinogenic drugs. I had to work through this book with lots of effort just to finish it. I'm angry at the author for such sloppy trash. Vail and Veneable could have continued on into many new and intriguing thrillers. This one wastes them for me and it's not too likely Diehl will have us reading about them again. What an utter disappointment!
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