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Narration takes away from book

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4 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 09-02-23

Characters are portrayed as New Orleanians, but their enunciation is not that of a native. Lafource -NOLA style = Lafoosh
Metairie - NOLA style = Met-tre
These are just two of the mispronounce words out of many throughout the book.

To the non native it may be fine, but to a Jefferson or Orleans Parish person it is finger nails on a chalk board.

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It was Just a time killer

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3 out of 5 stars
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2 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 07-04-23

The plot was Not very interesting, but you couldn’t beat the price. Slow moving, not very compelling.

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A bit verbose

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3 out of 5 stars
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2 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 06-12-23

A bit verbose; no it was circumlocutory. Would have been much better had they employed a male for the men within the story. Most people can’t control their voice for that many chapters. I would imagine Ms Rodgers would agree.

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Perhaps I’m in the minority, but I doubt it.

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4 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 06-04-23

I get rather bored when they explain the weapons used during action. To a non Seal reader-which are probably most readers- it laborious and boring to listen to every thing but the serial number of the weapon. To most readers, a gun is a gun with or without a suppressor. I don’t need to know all the numbers and other distinctions - just it’s an Uzi, Kalashnikov, AK, etc..

Perhaps I’m in the minority, but I doubt it.

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so glad I read this

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5 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 11-25-22

Excellent read, the book allows you to read at your own speed, since each chapter is a short story.

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I Hope They found him!

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4 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 08-09-22

I thought the book developed too slowly; it could have been tighten-up a bit. In fact, I couldn't finish the book. It was much too long and tedious. My boredom meter "pegged" at the 64th chapter. Hopefully, the found the President and the world was saved. That usually happens in Patterson books.

To add to the angst, the voices for the characters were distracting for me. The President's voice sounded like a Saturday morning children's superhero character. The supporting characters sounded like Russians, some east European country native, or a Drill Sargent who was a bad actor. The women's voices weren't even realistic. The Jewish Prime Minister wasn't credible at all.

I will say that the plot is good and certainly gave me pause as to what would I do should it really occur.

I understand that the book was a financial success, and I may be the only person who didn't like it. I hear their other novel is better so I will try it......I think.

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