Sarah's Library

13/3 – I saw a whole ton of Vince Flynn novels at my library’s ongoing cheap book sale and bought them all at $1 each figuring I would like their political thriller theme, but not really knowing I would like them as I haven’t really ever read a political thriller before.  Fortunately, 100+ pages in, I can now say with confidence that I do enjoy a good political thriller.  My only complaint so far is that Flynn is using a strange point of view.  For example in a scene featuring Michael (one of a few co-main characters) and his grandfather Seamus; Flynn constantly uses the characters’ name rather than a pronoun – he, she, they - even when it is patently obvious who ‘he’ is.  To be continued...

21/3 - Despite the above complaint I'm really enjoying this thriller.  I can't wait to see what lengths the 'bad guys' have to go to, to change the corrupt government - I'm almost hoping they have to assassinate the president (don't give me crap he's a dreadful president being puppeteered by his Chief of Staff, among others), but then being dead might be too easy for some of these guys, they can't learn or suffer when they're dead.  This isn't beautiful literature, but it is action-packed entertainment.  You don't go to see Mission Impossible expecting to see Jane Eyre, they're two different genres with two different audiences.  This book is for those of us who enjoy a movie with lots of good explosions and dead bad guys (you just have to imagine the explosions).  To be continued...

SPOILER ALERT

25/3 - I was very surprised when Stansfield, the director of the CIA, requested Coleman kill Mike Nance in a way that could be easily disguised as a riding accident.  I was hoping he would have to suffer a bit before he died, death's too easy for someone like him.  I also didn't expect Coleman to reveal himself to Stansfield, I wouldn't have trusted him not to expose me to the media and relevant authorities.  This would make for a great action movie, in fact I'm surprised I haven't already seen it with, when he was younger, David Boreanaz playing O'Rourke.