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Summary: GREAT, EXCITING, HEART RACING, PAGE TURNER
Review: I have read all of Robert Ludlum & Tom Clancy's fiction, and this author is in their category. The characters are well developed. The suspense is tangible. The story is more real today than 2 years ago. He writes in a style that kept me awake reading until 4am when I finished the book. I re-read it on a beach, it was that good! If you like Robert Ludlum or Tom Clancy, you will definately like this author.
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Summary: Another Power Trip
Review: A stand-alone sequel to Separation of Power (October, 2001), Executive Power continues the adventures of Mitch Rapp, an American James Bond. Brought in out of the cold after his earlier adventures, Rapp is a counter-terrorism expert for the director of the CIA, with direct access to the President. He is also a newlywed, and finding it difficult to dash off for a clandestine operation without creating waves at home. His boss, whose confirmation as the first female CIA director was the primary plot line for Separation of Power, and his wife are conspiring to house train the macho field operator. The plot line in Executive Power is actually two different operations. One is the rescue of a US family taken hostage by terrorists in the Philippines, and the other is the search for a Palestinian terrorist who is trying to force the creation of a Palestinian state-by some very traditional and some very unusual means. I found the dual story line a little distracting. It is almost as if Flynn had the Philippine story in mind as a separate novel, but then decided to wrap it up into another one. The Palestinian story line is excellent, with lots of twists, turns, and betrayals.
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Summary: Saddened I didn't wait to borrow this book!!!!!!!!
Review: I was so excited when Vince had a new book I loved the Rapp series however this one gave me the feeling it was a "have to write this book or else." I found the book way too wordy, Mitch getting married was a total bore--Anna needs to get kidnapped and never found again that would at least bring back our beloved Mitch to the character he was. Oh please with President Hayes he totally needs to lose the next election. I took this book to the beach and it was so out of place I pulled out the Carl Haaisen and saved my vacation!!!!!!!!!!
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Summary: AN ASTOUNDING, AUTHENTIC TALE
Review: Veteran voice performer Armand Schultz gives a tense and gripping reading to the latest political thriller from Vince Flynn. Following "Separation of Power" Flynn delivers another straight from today's news dynamite story. Mitch Rapp, CIA superagent, can no longer work underground. He was at the head of a commando group that infiltrated Iraq, then received worldwide press coverage when he was acclaimed for his valor by the President. Now Rapp is battling terrorism from behind a desk at CIA headquarters where he is an advisor to the Director. He won't be desk bound for long after he learns that some Navy SEALS dispatched to the Philippines to rescue a kidnaped American family have been caught in a deadly vise. How did our enemies know the SEALS were being sent? Supposedly, this was top secret information. How can Rapp work when his identity is known to all? Thanks to Vince Flynn there's another astounding, authentic tale to set pulses pounding.
- Gail Cooke
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Summary: A comedown after the first three Rapp stories
Review: I suppose a let-down in the Rapp series had to happen sometime. With much anticipation, I picked up _Executive Power_ expecting a Mitch Rapp energized by current world events: 9/11, WMD's, Afghanistan, Iraq? None of these topics even play a bit role in this book. Rapp is back, working in the CIA office and domesticated as the husband of Anna Rielly. I soon found myself skipping over pages that mentioned their marital issues. Rielly's relationship with Rapp is unfailingly boring and even Irene Kennedy's initial conflict with Rielly over her husband's job turns into a syrupy feel-good relationship. Argh! The main thrusts of the book are a kidnapping of American tourists by Philippine separatists and a plot by a Saudi prince and a tough Palestinian assassin ("David") to force the creation of a Palestinian state. What these two threads have to do with one another, I have yet to figure out. Both are disappointly executed, other than the highlight of the entire book: a Rapp-led SEAL attack on Philippine terrorists. With all of the great, current-events fodder for Flynn to work with, his choices of a relatively unexciting Philippine separatist group and the machinations of an obese Saudi prince seem, at best, mediocre. We can only hope that an assassin whacks Anna Rielly and sets Mitch Rapp off on a "Creasy"-like* revenge extravaganza. * See "Man on Fire", by A.J. Quinnell
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Summary: A wonderful ride from Flynn, as usual
Review: This is a great thriller, packed with insider CIA tidbits and wonderful turns of phrase. While there was a bit of overwriting here and there, overall, I am happy to have spent precious moments in Flynn's intriquing world. I, too, am waiting for the next one.
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Summary: I'm ready for the next one!
Review: As always, a great stand-alone story. However, if you're familiar with all of the Mitch Rapp stories and characters, you'll enjoy it even more. So happy to see Scott Coleman back, he's one of my favorites. I was hoping Donatella would make an appearance...maybe next time.
Wow, this story moves quickly so hang on. You are everywhere. I appreciate Mr. Flynn's 'history in a capsule' so you become familiar with his situations, i.e. the U.S. and Phillipines relations as well as the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. This is not a 5 star book compared to his others, but still a very good political thriller. I'm already looking forward to the next installment!
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Summary: Rapp (and Flynn) Roll On!
Review: Notwithstanding what some others here think, in my humble opinion, Vince Flynn has not written a dissapointing novel yet. If you have not read any of his "Mitch Rapp" novels yet, it would behoove you to start and the beginning and move forward. While this novel deals with an Iraq still controlled by Sadaam, the story loses nothing in that regard and the essential points made by the story that is laid out for the reader is sure to leave you waiting for the next installment. I will be looking forward to it.
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Summary: His worst effort yet
Review: Being a huge Vince Flynn fan I anxiously awaited the arrival of this book. While it was another entertaining chapter of the Mitch Rapp storyline, on the whole, this novel was pretty flimsy and his worst novel yet. Neither of the two plotlines (Phillipenes, Israel/Palestine) were covered with much depth, and appear to be mashed together to form one book. This book should have been much longer if flynn wanted to cover such broad issues as the israel/palestinepalestine conflict in detail. Furthermore, the "villains" in this novel, with the exception of David, are very poorly charecterized and not particularily credible given their lack of page time. In the future, I can only hope Flynn develops his "villains" in a little more detail as opposed to just making them bad guys who need to be stopped by Rapp. Overall, I enjoyed this book, but felt it needed to be longer and much more detailed to do an adequaete job of convincing the reader that Rapp can actually do what he does. If Vince Flynn can learn form the depth and detail used by authors such as Tom Clancy then he will likely be the best author of politcal thrillers in the near future.
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Summary: Excellent Book!
Review: After his sucess in Iraq,Mitch Rapp becomes the toast of the President. He assumes a new job as an assistant to in matters of
terrorism to CIA director Irene Kennedy. In the Philippines an
American family is seized hostage by a Philippine terrorist group. The first rescue attempt is a failure because of betrayal
from the American side. Rapp leads the second incursion into the Philippines to deal with a traitorious general. They deal with the general and locate the American hostages. On the Middle Eastern front an assassin named David helps forment hatred toward Israel by committing various terrprist acts. David is in
fact financed by a wealthy Saudi Arabian prince.Various acts of
terror in America and Israel bring the Middle to the edge of conflict.It is the job of Mitch Rapp to find the guilty parties and stop this plot. This is one of Vince Flynn's better books.It
has nonstop action and is very entertaining to read. Buy this book.
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