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Slater failed at his second chance, April 29, 2000
I always give an author a second chance but Manhunt is, if anything, even worse than Battle Front. The characters are still thin, the plot became even thinner (which is not disguised by having three essentially independent stories woven together to make it look like there is actually a storyline to follow.)
In this book, Slater continues to portray the militia units as battle-experienced crack troops and the US troops as green. Given that the bulk of the US troops are national Guard, I can buy some of that, but not to the extent given in this book. If Slater's assessment of the Guard units is true, one would be hard-pressed to imagine how any of the Guard troops returned alive from Gulf Storm -- the vast majority of them would have accidently shot themselves while opening their mail from home. Meantime, the militia are teflon -- no s**t sticks them, no matter how badly they muck things up. This pattern continues through this book to the point of being very irritating.
Once again, find something else to read -- to rip off an old novelty film, "You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll kiss six bucks goodbye." I will not be picking up any of Slater's book in the future.
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I had to force myself to finish this book, September 22, 1999
I was searching for a new author and will obviously continue my search. Read other comments and you will get the message, he doesn't really understand us and how our system works. If you think that a hostage situation, as outlined in this book, could have the impact on decisions as it does in this book.... I say wake up and smell the coffee. I was waiting for this book to allow the President of the United States to become in harms way because of the 2 hostges held by the milita.
As for the story as pure fiction, how much can one swallow? The ALERTs in this book are anything but... If some people think this is similar to Clancy's Rainbow Six team, they better reread the book. At every turn they make mistake after mistake and keep getting another chance.
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What A Waste Of My Time, July 23, 2000
This book has to be the worst researched novel I have ever read! It reads like a "Television Junkie" who has seen too many "Walker, Texas Ranger" episodes on what the militia is about and decides to put down his beer and write a book. If you are looking for an entertaining book on what drives anti-government sentiments, read "Unintended Consequenses" by John Ross. It is a long read but well worth the time invested. As for "Manhunt" I wish there was a rating less than 1 star!
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