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State of the Union does exactly that. A good thriller. I am reading Thor's entire series and each one, while standing alone as a thriller, refers to some characters or events in previous books that blend the stories together. Though I am not finished with the series, I can fairly confidently say that if you like one, you will like them all. Solid action and hard to put down.
Choppy writing, too much requirement for me to suspend disbelief, unsatisfying ending of bad guys, rushed sense to it. I gobbled up the first two of his Scot Harvath series. Looking for light Kindle reading this summer and discovered Brad Thor. I could almost feel the editor breathing down Brad's neck to hurry this one out the door. Really enjoyed them and immediately downloaded State of the Union. Was delighted at the beginning.but golly things went wrong fast (IMHO). I'll take a break now, maybe read deeper into the reviews before I invest time in another one. Still like his action writing though, some of the best I've read.
Book came quickly in very good condition. All his books are good and fun to read.
I bought these books for my husband, he liked tehm, but not as much as the Vince Flynn books.
"Nothing is flammable and we threw away all the lighters when we quit smoking last year. I immediately saw what had caused the fire: Her Revlon Tourmaline Ionic 1875 Watt Hair Dryer had shortcircuited and started the fire.I put out the fire and saved her so I could get back to my book.The second half of the book, I read in our V-6 Blazing Metallic Copper 2007 Ford Edge SEL. "There CAN'T be anything on fire in that room," I said. No man can resist her charms. Armed with my trusty 9.7" Diagonal E Ink Amazon Kindle DX, I sat down to read the thriller by Brad Thor, called "State of the Union." After reading more than half, my statuesque wife called from the other room that something was on fire. He does not have an ear for realistic dialogue. She would die in moments if I didn't figure something out. My wife was trapped on the other side of the wall of flame, her long flowing hair beginning to singe.
Fancy weapons are described with all the reverence of a Playboy centerfold--and all the female characters would seem to be right at home in the pages of said magazine. "Maybe we should get some of those burgers we liked from Whole Food Market on Highway 35 and have a cookout. She's beautiful, of Cuban heritage, and turns heads wherever she goes. It was just as insufferable as the first half, riddled with factual errors, misspellings, grammar mistakes, and high-tech weapons lust. That doesn't make any sense." But when I rushed into the room, there truly were flames climbing the wall toward the ceiling. The temperature seems just right, and we could throw some potatoes in tinfoil on there too, and invite the neighbors," I joked with a oneliner that was 3 or 4 lines too long and too much of a mouthful for the situation. Hopefully by now, Brad Thor has fired his editor, because this is by far the sloppiest book I have ever stumbled across. Absolutely none of the words that come out of these cardboard characters sounds like anything you'd hear in your lifetime.Here's a tidbit from the mind of Brad Thor that I will leave you with:* The two bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were called "Little Boy" and "Fat Boy," respectively.If you don't mind that type of factual error.if you don't mind a whole lot of setup and a 2-sentence anticlimactic climax.if you don't mind a ridiculous hero who is made to look stupid, possessing zero powers of deduction, for the sole purpose of painfully expository dialogue.then I suggest you pour over some more of the reviews and decide for yourself.(This spelling of 'pour' used in the same context that Thor uses it on page 295)(Kindle mention is for dramatic effect.I actually read the 2002 Atria Hardcover)
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