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Summary: Not up with the others
Review: A flat read. The technical expertise is still there, but the dry sense of humour and British slang which grabbed me with Remote Control is long gone. Where, who knows...But the Nick Stone books are a fair bit poorer without them.
Rating:
Summary: Not up with the others
Review: A flat read. The technical expertise is still there, but the dry sense of humour and British slang which grabbed me with Remote Control is long gone. Where, who knows...But the Nick Stone books are a fair bit poorer without them.
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Summary: Disappointingly slow story
Review: I first met Nick Stone in McNab's REMOTE CONTROL. Stone is a man of action and a guy who can take a punch or two or three, as he gets bloodied in every one of his adventures and always comes out on top. While they were very entertaining and "fast reads," my own personal favorite was FIREWALL, I found LIBERATION DAY to be long on stakeouts and short on action. I remember wondering, when I was half-way through the book, whether McNab was the actual author. Something about the writing style and plotting of LIBERATION DAY seemed to be missing. While the previous books were true page turners, the last book was something of a yawner. I hope McNab goes back to the old formula when he writes the next Nick Stone adventure.
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Summary: Disappointingly slow story
Review: I first met Nick Stone in McNab's REMOTE CONTROL. Stone is a man of action and a guy who can take a punch or two or three, as he gets bloodied in every one of his adventures and always comes out on top. While they were very entertaining and "fast reads," my own personal favorite was FIREWALL, I found LIBERATION DAY to be long on stakeouts and short on action. I remember wondering, when I was half-way through the book, whether McNab was the actual author. Something about the writing style and plotting of LIBERATION DAY seemed to be missing. While the previous books were true page turners, the last book was something of a yawner. I hope McNab goes back to the old formula when he writes the next Nick Stone adventure.
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Summary: Liberation Day
Review: I have just discovered Andy McNab and after reading his two non-fiction books started in on the Nick Stone series. I've read them one after another and have loved them. I almost didn't get Liberation Day after reading some of the reviews here, but I'm glad I did. If you want constant shoot-em-up action this is not the book for you, but if you like a book that tells it like it is, and makes you feel like you are right there, this is it. I found it highly suspenseful. Andy McNab can really write a book. I hope that there are many more Nick Stone missions on the way.
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Summary: Not the best but..
Review: I read the other reviews and I can't totally disagree or agree. And after reading most of the other books (not in order), I just finished reading Crisis Four after Liberation Day, I have to say that if you really enjoyed the other books you'll probably still like this one. On that point, I do have to agree that it seemed to get a little tired. Like Andy wasn't trying that hard to make a good story. All the usual tradecraft descriptions were there, but the plot wasn't. The book is okay, but compared to some of his other books, it wasn't totally up to scratch.
But if you've only read this book then you should probably pick up one of the other books to get a better idea what the series is like. Though if you don't like a litany of tradecraft descriptions then you'd probably not like the others as well. But to me that is all part of the charm of the series. It adds to realism. Better luck next time.
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Summary: Liberation Day
Review: I've been a great fan of McNab's books, but I bought this one from Amazon several months ago and I still haven't finished it. Unlike previous McNab novels, this one just isn't as gripping and there really isn't anything great to say about it. It's not bad, but I think even existing fans of the Nick Stone series will, like myself struggle to enjoy this. I await the next McNab book with concern.
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Summary: thumbs down
Review: I've been a great fan of McNab's books, but I bought this one from Amazon several months ago and I still haven't finished it. Unlike previous McNab novels, this one just isn't as gripping and there really isn't anything great to say about it. It's not bad, but I think even existing fans of the Nick Stone series will, like myself struggle to enjoy this. I await the next McNab book with concern.
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Summary: liberation day
Review: Liberation Day, the fifth book in the Nick Stone series, ranks right up there with the rest if you enjoyed the other books in the series. After being set up for a disappointment by the overly-negative editorial review, by the end of the novel I was nearly overcome with emotion. Although often criticized for his excessive detail, McNab uses it, as well as his personal experiences, to present the reader with a vivid, accurate view of the events taking place, including long sessions of the plot being played out over walkie-talkie dialogue. If you have enjoyed McNab's style in the previous Nick Stone missions, then you will be gripped by this book as well.
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Summary: McNab continues to stun readers through Stone
Review: Liberation Day, the fifth book in the Nick Stone series, ranks right up there with the rest if you enjoyed the other books in the series. After being set up for a disappointment by the overly-negative editorial review, by the end of the novel I was nearly overcome with emotion. Although often criticized for his excessive detail, McNab uses it, as well as his personal experiences, to present the reader with a vivid, accurate view of the events taking place, including long sessions of the plot being played out over walkie-talkie dialogue. If you have enjoyed McNab's style in the previous Nick Stone missions, then you will be gripped by this book as well.
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