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Summary: A Three I suppose . . . I did finish it
Review: Bond's prose is weak, his characters are bordering triteness--how many times can two people (let alone reconciled lovers) choose virtue and then valiantly save the world--needless to say, the conclusion was conveyed around page 250 (the book consisted of some 450; if not prologue). As for plausibility: so the Saudi prince is Osama bin Laden? Since when does bin Laden meet with the American President for a good discussion on economics? One part I did enjoy was when the airport bomb went off and the American undersecretary was killed. Ironically, it had nothing to do with the story.
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Summary: Unimaginative, inconsistent, just plain bad.
Review: Bonds' prior works focus on land/sea battles and are great reads. In Day of Wrath the intelligent, save-the-world characters can't make a straight line between 2 points on map. Stolen nuke, mole agent as a guide, lovers on the run, the Paymaster?? Please go back to novels on war.
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Summary: An OK book, but get back to Nation Vs. Nation, Mr. Bond.
Review: Day of Wrath was an OK novel, and I'll give it a passing grade. However, having read all of Mr. Bond's previous novels, I found myself wanting Bond to get back to his spectacular Nation Vs. Nation books like Red Phoenix, Vortex and Cauldron. Day of Wrath actually had very little to do with Mr. Bond's considerable military experience and expertise until maybe the last 100 pages or so, and even then the scale of the action was tiny compared to his Nation Vs. Nation battle sequences. The rest of the novel could have been read like a mystery novel or some B-grade Hollywood plot. As some have already mentioned, the dialogue in the novel was somewhat awkward and artificial at times, and too often there was an absence of any action in the book. Until the climax at the end, the very few action scenes interspersed in the book were pretty small-scale and had the feel of the usual Hollywood movies where the hero takes on dozens of gunmen and comes out unscathed. Ah, well, let's get back to the war novels, Bond, please?
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Summary: Too James Bondish not Larry Bond
Review: I came away disappointed from reading Day of Wrath. The two intrepid heroes fighting alone against impossible odds and a nuclear countdown are well too outlandish for someone who has written so much better fare. This book has the feel and look of just another royalty check for the author.
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Summary: Day of Wrath= not my choice.
Review: I can't get past page 80
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Summary: A half-hearted effort
Review: I enjoy Mr. Bond's work very much, but 'Day of Wrath' was without doubt his worst book. His talents lie in describing epic sea/land battles between giant fleets and armies, not "Will GI Joe and his FBI cutie-pie girlfriend find the time to love when they're not out shooting terrorists and saving the world?".Please, Larry. Scrap the Thorn/Gray characters and write a real war book. Leave the "Mack Bolan" garbage to writers with lesser talents.
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Summary: Good action story; but the characters are lame.......
Review: I enjoyed the overall concept of the Arab millionaire terrorist and his attempt to destroy America as a "holy cause". Having recently been in the Middle East, I can assure you that many in that part of the world would love to see America fall. However, having said that, the "heroic couple" in this book are just too corny. You almost expect them to develop "super powers". I agree with many other reviewers that, instead of trying to be a James Bond clone, the author should get back to war novels, a gendre at which he excels. Still, I did like his depiction of a President who hamstrings the terrorist investigation of a foreign national who has made him illegal foreign campaign contributions. At least that part of the story was realistic. Also, despite the many legitimate complaints, it was still an OK "get the bad guy" story.
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Summary: Exciting action thriller!
Review: I enjoyed this book! Sure the heros were super-heros to the max but what the heck, don't we all yearn to be super? The plot seemed well-researched. The premise was VERY scary. What if nuclear bombs were smuggled into the US by such an intelligent, wealthy, American-hating bad guy? A man who had the power to do whatever his twisted, evil heart wanted him to do. A man, too, who in his youth was given plausible reasons for his intense hatred of the West. Thorn and Gray had to rely on themselves and just a few trusted friends to save America, possibly the world, from certain disaster. The moral and professional dilemmas they had to face seemed all too real at times. Overcoming stupendous odds, they finally succeeded in saving themselves and the country. Good for them that in the process of doing so they were able to discover a deep love for each other. All fiction?.....you betcha! but ohh what a wonderful fiction it was!
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Summary: Good build up to expected action and suspense
Review: I have read all of Larry's books and find them very hard to put down. Exciting with constant tension and suspense build up. Character development is always excellent and you feel as you are right there with Col Thorn and S.A. Gray. Not as technical as some of his past work, but still very entertaining.
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Summary: What happend to Larry Bond?
Review: I have read Red Pheonix, Vortex and Cauldron and this is the fourth book of his I have read. I loved the other three and I thought they were even beter than Tom Clancys Red Storm Rising. But now Larry Bond seems to have gone on the same path as Tom Clancy. In my opinion that is downhill, away from large scale war and tomards more secrative actions like politics vs the millitary. Go back to War books were you belong please Larry!
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