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3.95 AVERAGE
3.95 AVERAGE
adventurous
mysterious
tense
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
After reading this, I can't remember why I liked Orphan X. I got bored with this Evan Smoak misadventure finding his captor just plain ridiculous. The auction and escape were not at all believable but maybe not supposed to be.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
3.5 stars
This series requires me to search YouTube videos for the martial arts moves Evan Smoak uses. I also really want to try a flight of the expensive vodkas he rhapsodizes about, so yes this book is evocative. I appreciate the ingenuity and fallibility of our hero. This installment was a bit clunky. I don’t need his exploits to be legendary, so the auction scene was too over the top. I don’t love Candy as a character because her depiction is so campy that it brings momentum to a halt. These pitfalls get left behind quickly as the plot steams ahead.
This series requires me to search YouTube videos for the martial arts moves Evan Smoak uses. I also really want to try a flight of the expensive vodkas he rhapsodizes about, so yes this book is evocative. I appreciate the ingenuity and fallibility of our hero. This installment was a bit clunky. I don’t need his exploits to be legendary, so the auction scene was too over the top. I don’t love Candy as a character because her depiction is so campy that it brings momentum to a halt. These pitfalls get left behind quickly as the plot steams ahead.
Action packed- great follow up to Orphan X- already waiting for the next one!
If you crave The Equalizer, La Femme Nikita, Lethal Weapon and all those juicy well trained assassin becomes vengeance - then this series is totally for you!
Would have been 4 stars if Gregg Hurwitz could learn how to write women or value them for more than their sexuality.
I really enjoyed this second instalment in the Orphan X series. The pacing was not quite as frenetic as the first one however, I did enjoy the time spent continuing to flesh out Evan's back story and history. This time Evan Smoak - The Nowhere Man - finds the tables turned as he is abducted and held prisoner.
Taken as a child and trained to be an "off the books" assassin for the U.S. Government, Evan engineered his own exit from the programme and returned as a gun for hire...but not just any gun for hire. Evan is the assassin's version of Robin Hood, giving power to the weak and victimized by killing those that victimize them. "He comes to those in greatest need of his protection".
I'm looking forward to the next instalment in the series - a definite add to my TBR shelf in 2018!
Taken as a child and trained to be an "off the books" assassin for the U.S. Government, Evan engineered his own exit from the programme and returned as a gun for hire...but not just any gun for hire. Evan is the assassin's version of Robin Hood, giving power to the weak and victimized by killing those that victimize them. "He comes to those in greatest need of his protection".
I'm looking forward to the next instalment in the series - a definite add to my TBR shelf in 2018!