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Dead Centre (2012)

by Andy McNab(Favorite Author)

4.05 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0593065239 (ISBN13: 9780593065235)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Bantam Press

series

Nick Stone

review 1: This is a thriller. It doesn't pretend to be anything else - and as such, it's a decent enough read.But thrillers are pretty limited in their scope once you get beyond the fact that a story like this always leads to a crescendo near the end, and sometimes, you get some aftermath - which is often unsatisfying.And this book doesn't fail to deliver on this score either.There is a prologue to this story which explains why our hero is particularly determined to carry out the acts he's being paid to do.We start in Indonesia, we wander around Europe a bit, spend the business end of the novel in Somalia, then are dispersed to different quarters of the world again after the denouement is reached.It's a good read, and easy on the eye - I particularly liked the way that some chapters... more were as short and succinct as they needed to be. That worked well on a number of fronts.I found the language a little more industrial than it needed to be a lot of the time. Fair enough in the heat of battle, but the "f's" and "b's" punctuated the narrative fairly liberally throughout, even when the action was quite slow. Bad language, when used in the right places, can actually enhance the action - but in the wrong places, it just sounds tawdry.But all in all, this was a decent enough read. I shan't read it again - until I pick up the next re-hashed thriller, of course.
review 2: The latest from Andy McNab is not bad, but does use a few rather familiar themes. Many thriller writers have discovered the potential of Somali pirates as a central theme, and here McNab joins that list. The other theme is that of a promised obligation to a mortally wounded friend…Nick Stone is convinced to track down the ex-wife of a fallen colleague, not realising it will take him into the somewhat murky world of Russian politics, Somali pirates and loyalty to your friends. On the plus side Stone does much of what he is good at and demonstrates he is a very capable operator, the minus side is a slight lack of originality and some obvious twists but nothing that will detract from the enjoyment of the thriller. By now you will know what you are going to get from McNab, short chapters, plenty of action and tradecraft and Nick Stone in the thick of it. So not outstanding, but perfectly acceptable. less

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