Customer Reviews

Hypershot

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Having been to Munich many times, I could see the places the author took me on this wild thriller ride. There are so many twists and turns and fast-paced action, I was breathless at the end of this great thriller. I don't know who this Trevor Scott is, but I will go back and read his other thrillers now that I have discovered his work. Highly recommended...as long as you don't have a pacemaker!

When I purchased this book, there were only three reviews. Two of these reviews were five-stars, and final one was only given a single-star. I've recently read a couple other Trevor Scott books, and couldn't see how anything written by this same author could possibly warrant one star. I found the story interesting enough that I didn't notice any errors within the text. I'm happy to have found this author, and this will most assuredly not be the last book by Mr. Scott that I read.

This is the second Trevor Scott thriller I have read in the past few days. Wow! As a former college professor of English, I found the writing both literate and approachable to the average reader. Scott stacks up nicely to Ian Flemming, Jack Higgins and Ludlum. Hypershot won't win the Booker Prize, but I found the grammar and diction on par with anything published by the major New York publishing houses. I now have a new friend in the thriller genre, and will purchase all of Trevor Scott's other titles.

Hard to imagine that the author has a degree in English and another in creative writing. The difference between this book and a good thriller is like the difference between a half-hour American sit-com and a mystery or historical drama from the BBC. One is juvenile and weak; the other is mature and rich and complex. Weak character development, weak plot, weak technical details, weak grammar. I lost count of the number of times the author used "he" when a fourth-grader would understand to use "him." Hint to author: When the pronoun is an object, use "him." I realize this review is harsh, but I'm tired of e-authors just not trying very hard. At the least, find an old high school English teacher and buy her an Amazon gift card to read your book and offer advice.

Perhaps the author's skills have improved since this book was written; I'll never find out. Ninety-nine cents was about ten dollars too much to pay for this. Sadly, I did buy another of his books before I started this one. I've deleted it from my Kindle.