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Too many quirky details and irrelevant description of weapons made this almost as unindurable as " The Dogs of War". I think the problem is that I don't like author's style. His sentences are very short and he has like 67 sentences crammed in 10 lines. Its almost like reading a report or a newspaper story.
The characters are stereotypical and once again women are shown as pawns in the game, used for sex and information before they are discarded. That is so not cool MR Forsyth. Even if you are go ...more
The characters are stereotypical and once again women are shown as pawns in the game, used for sex and information before they are discarded. That is so not cool MR Forsyth. Even if you are go ...more
Forgot about this book until a Goodreads friend recommended it to me. Read it years ago and remember it being much better than either movie version (although the Bruce Willis remake offers the pleasure of seeing Jack Black get shot), and think I then went on to read Dogs of War as well, but can't remember why I never really read much Forsythe after that.
Anyways, a true classic that probably deserves a re-read sometime. ...more
Anyways, a true classic that probably deserves a re-read sometime. ...more
Nov 02, 2012
Robert
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Feb 22, 2013
Larry Loftis
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Leensey
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