Target Lock [Import] [Hardcover]

James Cobb (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 345 pages
• Publisher: Feature (October 4, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0747222916
• ISBN-13: 978-0747222910
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.4 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Dreaded Sequel Sickness, July 8, 2002

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S. N. Gaines (Long Island, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Target Lock (Hardcover)

It would seem that Mr. Cobb has not learned that there is a time to stop a series. While I'm sure that the technical merits of the hardware involved in this book are accurate, the merits of the characters are not.

I must say that I have enjoyed the other Amanda Garret books immensely. Which is why this was such a huge dissappointment. Amanda Garret was/is tough but fair, easy to be commanded by but the sort of demanding boss that gets her troops to work well for her. Until this book that is. Now Ms. Garret is reduced to a simpering puppy-love struck school girl who just can't help but fall into bed with her adversary. The sexual scenes involving Garret, and her pal Christine Rendino, do not add to the book. In fact they read almost as if some editor looked at the manuscript and said, "hey, we need some sex in this thing".

And that is just the way it reads. The sex is an add-on which contributes nothing, the characters were doing so well up til this point. Some of the characters we'd like to know more about, but don't get the chance. These include the admiral in charge and the helicopter pilot who seems to be quite a character in his own right.

The plot contrivances are stretched so thin you can see right through them. Need a secret base? Poof, one appears as if by magic. Need to track the heroine? Poof, suddenly the National Reconnasence Office can task a satellite right where it needs to be. Need a new country to act as villian? Hey, Indonesia looks promising. And so on.

The only feeling I got from this book was that I was making a mortgage payment for the author. His heart seemed to be elsewhere, this being written only to fullfil some type of contractual agreement. There was no zest in this book. Nothing like the first in the series.

My reccommendation: Don't buy it. Save your money.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, August 29, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Target Lock (Hardcover)

I am a tremendous fan of Cobb's earlier books in this series and was very excited at the prospect of another outing for these characters. However, I found this book to be an enormous disappointment. The relationship Amanda developed with her nemesis seemed dramatically out of character and frankly detracted from the story. I also like an earlier reviewer missed the Arkady character and the strong interaction of Garrett with her crew from earlier outings. I am not sure what direction Cobb is hoping to take the franchise in but this particular outing came across as flat.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars What a shame..., December 16, 2002

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Gunfighter (Northern Virginia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Target Lock (Paperback)

...that Cobb had to write this [book] and ruin a great character.

Amanda Garrett may as well retire now. This book could only have been written by someone that has never worn his country's uniform.

Don't buy this book. Don't borrow it from a friend or from the library.