Good, well-paced action read, but reads like a superhero comic book.Action sequences are interrupted by unnecessary explanations of the hero's extraordinary training/experience and simple minded presentations of today's global political problems suitable for a radio talk show. It also had an anticlimactic climax.The author seems to think Cyprus is part of Greece. The ethnic Greeks dominate half of Cyprus but it is an independant country. In fact it's now part of the EU. The author has the Greek government protesting the "kidnapping" of a Cypriot citizen and Rapp threatens a Cypriot banker with an onslaught of Greek investigators from Athens if he doesn't help. No the Greek Cypriots and Greeks are close but the Greeks don't run things in Nicosia or Larnica.The author's English is not very good. He misuses words and makes grammatical mistakes. For instance, in Chapter 26 we read, `The people who flocked to San Diego sunk their money into real estate.' Ok everybody, repeat after me, ring rang rung, sing sang sung, sink sank sunk. They sank their money into real estate, not sunk. Flynn should have thunk about that one. The editor had probably already fallen asleep.Or maybe the editor was too busy trying to cheer Flynn up. Look at the scowl on his face in the author photo. He looks like somebody who's got the runs and just discovered the bathroom door is locked and the key is missing. Why was he in such a bad mood? Maybe just before the photo session he reread his book and asked the photographer, They're going to put my name on this?Yup.And my photo?Yup.So people will know who I am?Yup.So my neighbors might read this?Yup.My family might read this?Yup.My high school English teacher might read this?*click
I enjoy reading a thriller once in a while and have wanted to give Vince Flynn a shot, mainly because he is from my hometown in Minnesota. "Act of Treason" turned out to be a good choice for this genre. There's no question that Flynn has done his homework. As I was reading "Act of Treason" I felt that I was getting a genuine sneak peak into the U.S. intel community and the tricky business they face daily -- something which fascinates me. Flynn's writing style remains true to this particular class of books -- very action-based and to the point, no flowery prose or introspective character building here. He did an excellent job of setting up a solid plot and building his characters around it, remaining focused and on target throughout. Each chapter fleshed out more and more of the puzzle, adding just the right mix of information and intrigue as the pages turned. I was thankful that he didn't include any silly love story or gratuitous sex -- it just isn't meaningful to this type of a story line. I typically would prefer to become attached to the protagonist of any book I read, but I must confess that it was difficult with this one. Mitch Rapp was simply too cold and calculating. But then again, I have to chalk that up to probably being true to life - another score for Mr. Flynn for creating an accurate character depiction. Although I've never personally known any, I imagine that most real-life intel people simply can't afford to be warm, emotional or even multi-dimensional to any great degree. All in all, I thought "Act of Treason" was a well-written thriller. I have another one of Vince Flynn's books and look forward to reading that one as well.
What do You think about Act Of Treason (2006)?
This book is about a CIA assassin named Mitch Rapp. He Donets take orders from anyone, not even the director of the CIA. In this book, the president-elect's wife is killed in a presidential limo bombing meant to take out the president-elect. Mitch finds the man who killed the mans wife, and delivers him to justice. Done and done right? Nope. Rapp has to overcome the inter workings of DC, and all the politics that surround it. With potential snitches within the CIA and the houses themselves, Rapp
—Jack Chalmers
My friend handed me two Vince Flynn books a year and a half ago, saying that I'd like them. I stared at the plot descriptions skeptically, wondering how my friend could have confused me for an action book reader. The closest I had come before was Dan Brown, and I hadn't really liked the experience. So when I finally started Act of Treason, I only expected to read a hundred pages and then apologetically return them to the friend, telling her that they weren't my thing. But then I couldn't stop reading, and found that I was completely enjoying myself.Vince Flynn's perspective is "24" + "The West Wing" so the capture and interrogation of terrorism suspects is complemented by Washington officials protesting possible illegal action. Despite the protests of the White House, super-CIA-agent Mitch Rapp is able to solve the mystery and exact justice for the culprits. Along the way, the ramifications of anti-terrorism initiatives and corruption within Washington politicos are worth thinking about.
—Susan
Another book by the late Vince Flynn. Book 9 in The Mitch Rapp series. In this one, we have an attack on a presidential candidate and his entourage just two weeks before the election. He survives but not everyone is so lucky. Then what first was thought to be terrorism begins to look like another kind of hit. Mitch Rapp is dispatched to try and sort it out. Very interesting storyline, but probably not as much real action as in some of the other books in this series. That's fine by me, because the story is so interesting. Good book!
—Rick
