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Summary: Entertaining, Informative, but only average
Review: David Baldacci takes on quite a task in his latest novel, "Last Man Standing." He takes such diverse subjects as FBI Hostage Rescue Teams, inner-city drug lords and their environs, drug running, horse farming, and psychoses, weaving them all into a well-told tale. While it was entertaining and informative (though at times sounding like a how-to manual for hostage rescue), the story itself was only average. Not having read any of Baldacci's previous novels in this genre, though I did read "Wish You Well," which I loved, I would recommend his work. The build-up in "Last Man Standing" was admirably executed, though the ultimate payoff seemed somehow disappointing. Engaging and flawed characters and an ambitious plot, "Last Man Standing" will leave you wanting more, but not sure if you're up to reading more.
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Summary: Started out great...
Review: The first couple chapters grabbed me. A heroic lead, heart-pounding excitement, vivid descriptions. Surely a grand plot would follow. I settled in for a fantastic read. Didn't quite happen. The plot got confusing, then annoying. The characters stayed strong, which kept me reading, but _casually_ reading. The ending was predictable enough and my pulse never budged from normal. It wasn't a BAD book, but I have high expectations from David Baldacci and I expected (especially after the first two chapters) to be awake and experiencing plot twists, fast pulse, chills and mental challenges throughout. I actually put the book down once or twice to watch 'American Idol'!!That said, I'd like to see a sequel. A BETTER sequel. Great characters abound in this book.
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Summary: Avoid this book at all costs!
Review: I read and enjoyed Absolute Power so when I started Last Man Standing I couldn't believe it was so bad. The characters are cartoonish, the plot is stupid beyond belief, the ending wraps up all the loose ends in a way that sounds like an A Team episode! I forced myself to finish it hoping that there would be something to it, there was'nt. I laughed out loud during the climatic sceene.
This has to be one fo the worst books ever!
This dog gets one star because you can't go lower
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Summary: Best Damn Book EVER!
Review: This book is awesome you got to read it may be long but it makes up for it with a thrilling, and suspensful plot. David Baldacci has done it again! Just when I thought that I would never find a book I loved more then Absolute Power i find Last Man Standing. This book is so great that you'll read it faster than you knew you possibly could
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Summary: Last Man Standing
Review: Web London is a member of a Hostage Rescue Team called Charlie Team. (FBI) One night, in a dark alley, an operation which needed the team went wrong, leaving Web the only one left of Charlie. Something caused him to freeze, like he had been hit with a tazer gun, but what??? He gets shot in the hand from a deflected bullet, but otherwise comes out without a scratch. HRT sends Web to a psychiatrist to probe this area of his life, but soon he is sharing other parts of his life as well.....a father in prison, an abusive stepfather, on and on. B-o-r-i-n-g! Too much detail and about 300 pages too long. In fact, I skipped 300 pages just to get to the end. I failed to connect with the characters and each scene was dragged out in agonizing detail. Too much useless information that could have been eliminated to make the book shorter and better. I have read all of his books and with the exception of "Wish You Well", have enjoyed them all. This book ended in such a way that it is obvious there is a sequel planned. I do not intend to read it. Just the thought of another book about Web London and his messed up life makes me shudder.
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Summary: Blah
Review: Is David Baldacci a good writer? No. Did I finish the book? Yes. It's a badly written page turner. It's filled with SO MANY mind numbing facts (2 pages of horse trailer models, 3 pages of boring details about a horse spread and a page of irrelevant facts concerning computer "cookies"). Neither me nor my girlfriend ever visualized the book's characters. Maybe the main character is a joker. Maybe he's akin to Tokien's Aragorn. Who knows? But... I did finish the book. I can't say that about every book. It's a page turner. The plot provides enough for the reader to keep turning the pages. But... would I recommend it? No. Suspense and Action books are "in" and there's enough good writers out there to spend you money on. Don't spend your money on this one.
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Summary: Fast, exciting action.
Review: Web London is a member of the exclusive HRT team-Hostage Rescue Team-part of the FBI. An operation which needed the entire team went tragically and horribly wrong, with Web left as the sole survivor. Something caused him to freeze for just a moment, but long enough for him to escape the carnage which killed all of his team mates.His superior suggests counselling by a psychiatrist who dealt with the FBI operatives and their families. While on this ambushed operation, he came face to face with a small boy, who would have been the only other survivor of this attack but he disappears from the scene.Web sets out to find the boy and to clear up the reason for his inability to function during the operation.He switches from the doctor who had counselled him previously to Dr.Claire Daniels and so begins a deadly search to find the answers to everything. This is a real actioner, a pacy and exciting thriller which I could not put down.
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Summary: ANNOYING
Review: This book disappointed me. Getting through it was like walking through thick, deep mud with cement shoes. Even though it had all of the ingredients to make a compelling and riveting read, Baldacci just couldn't combine them to make it so. A page turner? Yes, if you count the times I simply turned pages without reading them to finally get back to the story because he wanders off into pointless and boring details not relevent to the plot. Another annoyance in the story was how in one chapter Baldacci will relentlessly remind the reader of how the characters are macho-can-kill-with-thier-hands-studs. Then suddenly you are reading that these men of the elite Hostage Rescue Team are really so sensitive they can be brow-beaten by their wives and can't cope with the stress and violence of thier jobs.
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Summary: I certainly hope HRT is not like this
Review: This book is like a mountain range with lots of tall peaks and low valleys. Some of the scenes grip you; others create enormous yawns. I think it badly needed the services of a good editor. Baldacci did a lot of research into all sorts of things and feels compelled to prove it by providing minute details of cars, weaponry, running a horse ranch, etc. etc. The main character, Webb London, has so many psychological problems, I'm surprised the FBI would let him near a water pistol let alone carry around a trunk full of high tech weapons. The psychiatrists are useless, indeed unethical. The FBI suits and administrators look incompetent and once again it seems only a renegade cowboy who consistently disobeys orders and provokes fights with his superiors, can save the day. The scene when HRT assaults the Frees compound was enough to make any survivalist and government hater run out and buy more machine guns. How London could justify leaving the people he had been assigned to protect on the ranch just so he could participate in the raid and get revenge, despite orders not to was beyond me. If someone did that in the military they would have been court-martialed. That being said, the book had its moments. I listened to the audio version, well read. It lasts about 20 + hours.
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Summary: A pretty average read
Review: As far as reviews go most people are pretty accurate with their own reviews above so I will just concur with them. The story was quite long and it just didn't need to be. I'd say a 400 pages read would have been sufficient. The plot was not overly complex either. In fact anyone can really deduce most of the plot from the first hundred pages. There are a few twists that get ya in the end but it isn't as convincing since you already have a good idea about things. Definately not a thriller. The action was good but in between action the story would bog down. Also why is it every woman in this story was absolutely gorgeous, independant, and confident, yet at the same time they all were so reliant on the main character and it is almost as though every one wants him as well. I hate novels that do this. Be a little creative. However it was an entertaining read but nothing I would really recommend to anyone looking for a "great" book.
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