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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Good Action Story!,
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This review is from: Critical Mass (Mass Market Paperback)
A good action packed novel. It was not quiet as exciting as Crossfire and Countdown. A Japanese billionaire loses his family (mother,father,wife,and child) in the atomic bomb blasts in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The billionaire,many years later starts making plans for revenge. His plans include Ernst Spranger and his lesbian sidekick(both are ex Stasi). This group of ex Stasi agents steal the components to assemble a nuclear bomb. Our hero Kirk McGarvey enters the picture and promptly disrupts the scene for the bad guys. McGarvey does battle with this group all over the globe. He also does battle with the goons who belong to the Japanese billionaire.The daughter and ex-wife of McGarvey are also kidnapped by the Stasi renegades. This just adds to the action of the book. The book finally reaches a screeching finale. You will be greatly entertained by this book.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Predictable And Not Particularly Well-Written!,
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This review is from: Critical Mass (Mass Market Paperback)
As evidenced by my title for this review, I didn't care for Critical Mass. As a matter of fact. I'm being generous giving it a 2-star rating. I decided to read Critical Mass because I was given it and 9 other books by Hagberg by my brother; now I have to decide if I want to invest more of my time reading this author. In my opinion, Hagberg's premise for Critical Mass was interesting, but his character development in general is weak and his main character -- CIA assassin and top agent, Kirk McCarvey, comes across more like a cartoon-like action figure than a real person. Further, Hagberg's narrative style and ability to create dialog that people would actuall speak leaves a lot to be desired. If this isn't enough to convince you to bypass this book, the action sequences, while numerous, are mostly predictable and not very exciting. I'm not usually this critical about someone's work, but Critical Mass was, to me, a crtical mess.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
After Countdown and Crossfire, this one was disappointing,
This review is from: Critical Mass (Mass Market Paperback)
Hagberg is Sean Flannery's cartoonish alter ego. Or, actually, Flannery is Hagberg's highbrow alter ego - as Hagberg is his real identity. And Hagberg shows his true identity almost to a fault in this thriller. Countdown and Crossfire were tight ropes of action that just kept coming. This one has the action coming at you too but its a bit more uneven. And the Japan-bashing, at a time when Chirstie Yamaguchi couldn't even land a photoshoot for a Wheaties box, was a bit irresponsible. None the less, its a breeze to read.At issue, a Japanese computer magnate who's bent on destroying the U.S. for its use of nuclear weapons on his homeland. Yes, a unique plot - hardly ever used before. Much of the action and many of the plot twists are as cliched its main plot, but when McGarvey goes into blitz mode, it doesn't matter because plot and reality often get shredded with the goons - and that's ok, its why I read Hagberg, remember, Flannery is his highbrow self. While I was not overly impressed with this outing, Hagberg more than redeems himself in Dessert Fire and Highflight, two of his absolute best, regardless of pen name. Bottom line, I'd read it, but read the other four I've mentioned in this review, then catch up with this one. Comments, email me
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