Book Review: Strike Back by Chris Ryan
The first Chris Ryan novel I read. And I really liked it. Chris Ryan seems a worthy contender to Barry Sadler. I wonder if the Sadler estate could convince Chris Ryan to contribute to the Casca series.
At least we won’t get any more Casca books from Paul Dengelegi since the Casca writing has passed into the hands of Tony Roberts. But I digress, I should write about "Strike Back"…
I particularly like the fact that the vast bulk of amazon reviewers did not like the book. Complaints from amazon readers: simple plot, plot holes, probably ghost written, cliched characters, factual errors. Have they never read a pulp novel before?
This reads like a pulp novel. Action from the get go. My main gripe concerns the 3 or 4 pages of exposition in the middle. You could spot the plot twists from a mile away but this took me on an action adventure ride from page one.
What could you not like? An ex-SAS member, fallen on hard times as a result of a mission gone wrong. Drags himself out of the alcoholic homeless gutter to put himself on a suicide mission to rescue a hostage in Beirut.
I liked it. And will read more Chris Ryan as a result. Particularly if, as the reviewers on Amazon suggest, his other books have better plots and writing prowess.
Obviously not one for everybody. But an enjoyable 120 minute read for those that like this kind of thing.
