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 enlarge | Author: Brad Thor
Publisher: Atria Books
Category: Book
List Price: $26.00
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Rating:  131 reviews
Sales Rank: 3760
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 6.4 x 1.3
ISBN: 141654383X
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9781416543831
ASIN: 141654383X
Publication Date: July 1, 2008
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Great Page-Turner for Traveling August 25, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I had not read Brad Thor before but I really enjoyed this novel. I am a student of Islam and this book taught me some things which I didn't know. It is a "First Class" action-thriller, a real page-turner and filled with interesting facts about a variety of subjects. The plot is tight, and the characters are believable people you can sympathize with. I would give it 5 stars except I reserve that designation for only about a dozen books I have read in the last 55 years.
 so disappointed August 21, 2008
3 out of 6 found this review helpful
I'm a big Brad Thor fan so was looking forward to reading this book but came away very disappointed. The characters were shallow and the percentage of the book spent preaching history rather than laying out a story was excessive. And I still have no idea what the ending was about---were we supposed to believe Dodd was a good guy, or Salem a bad guy, or did Thor just get sick of writing and so ended it? If you want to read some Brad Thor books, do yourself a favor and don't start with this one.
 The Last Patriot August 18, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Another Brad Thor thriller that can't be put down once started. Much of it is/has happened; it's difficult to dicipher the fiction from nonfiction.
The Last Patriot August 17, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
The Last Patriot: A Thriller
My 2nd Brad Thor book; the first being "State Of The Union. I was disappointed with The Last Patriot as the quality of writing was unsohisticated, and the story was unclear. I was hoping The LAst Patriot would cuase me to want to read more Brad Thor. It felt to me that Mr Thor was trying desparately to write another DaVinci Code. There's no reason for the short chapters here. I did like some of the thoughts and conventions pertaining to the device that would save America, but, the idea the Islam would exorcize itself was a stretch at best.
Two stars maybe generous, and if this is two stars, then I would have to give State Of The Union four stars. I don't intend to review State Of The Union here except to say the quality of writing is better, and the story is better, and not forced.
After reading two of Mr Thor's books I'm not sure I will read another as the Harvath character is too something; perhaps over the top, arrogant, I don't know, but too something.
I suppose authors are being pushed to create the next DaVinci code, but I think it's a real mistake for authors to try and force something.
Thriller = not. Worth reading = well ... it's a very fast read, so investment of time is little.
THORoughly Enjoyable! August 14, 2008
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I have read all of this author's books and as this is, as I write it, the 104th review of this book on this web site, I will spend little or no time on the story line. My view is that those that didn't like the book were either unnecessarily hard on the author or are politically out of sync with the lead character and take it out on the author with a low rating.
Nearly 85% of those who have read and reviewed the book enjoyed it and I count myself among them. Even the main villain in the book could think for himself and was not a mind numbed killing robot.
Thor has taken some liberties with history, but has also relied on some aspects of it to spin a very interesting scenario which, once again is left to Scott Horvath to deal with. In my humble opinion the book deserves the high ranking and plaudits that it has received and I am happy to recommend it to one and all.
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