Just finished reading the latest thriller from David Baldacci. It is book 5 of the Camel Club series, the ‘Hell’s Corner’. It’s been in the NYT best seller list for last six weeks and has dropped down to 12th place now.
The Camel Club series has slowly changed, morphed away from the first two novels, from what was originally a likeable, rag-tag bunch of semi-professionals caught up in the politico-terrorist-spy world. There was a special charm to it. The later two novels were more of a coming-back sequels, in which Oliver Stone seems to regain his powers. This 5th novel looks to be the culmination of the sequels.
Oliver Stone a.k.a John Carr has (re)acquired almost Jack Reacher/Mitch Rapp type and level of skills and the story too in parts gives you deja vu. To add to the mix, there are so many characters that late night reads and sleepy heads might require some pauses to try and recollect ‘who’ a specific character is. The confusion is further muddled since there are too many ‘strong’ adversarial characters and all of them are mostly off the scene. It may be a nice technique, but not great for late night reads.
To the good points now. Despite everything, this must be one of the most thrilling, suspense filled novels of the year. It is un-put-down-able and the major reason would end up as late night reads.
:-E
There are so many twists and turns in the plot and the reader is constantly left guessing. When the reader would think that he has got hold of the problem, the problem morphs into something else. Very well written and even with the disappearance of the Camel Club charm, one of the best in the series.
The Camel Club series has slowly changed, morphed away from the first two novels, from what was originally a likeable, rag-tag bunch of semi-professionals caught up in the politico-terrorist-spy world. There was a special charm to it. The later two novels were more of a coming-back sequels, in which Oliver Stone seems to regain his powers. This 5th novel looks to be the culmination of the sequels.
Oliver Stone a.k.a John Carr has (re)acquired almost Jack Reacher/Mitch Rapp type and level of skills and the story too in parts gives you deja vu. To add to the mix, there are so many characters that late night reads and sleepy heads might require some pauses to try and recollect ‘who’ a specific character is. The confusion is further muddled since there are too many ‘strong’ adversarial characters and all of them are mostly off the scene. It may be a nice technique, but not great for late night reads.
To the good points now. Despite everything, this must be one of the most thrilling, suspense filled novels of the year. It is un-put-down-able and the major reason would end up as late night reads.
:-E
There are so many twists and turns in the plot and the reader is constantly left guessing. When the reader would think that he has got hold of the problem, the problem morphs into something else. Very well written and even with the disappearance of the Camel Club charm, one of the best in the series.
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