SAS: Red Notice is the first book I have read by Andy McNab. I was excited to read that Mr. McNab had a wealth of experience as a multi-time decorated British soldier and has advised the FBI and Delta Force hostage negotiations.
I normally do not read this genre but do watch movies from this genre. The reader is first given a look in the prologue (September 1996) at Laslow, the terrorist, who definitely has no compassion for children as he and his team murder a whole village. Chapter 1 moves forward to London, September, 2011, where an SAS team is on a mission in the midst of the Heath which is full of mansions. Here is where we are introduced to the protagonist “Posh Lad” Tom Buckingham. The chapters are short and laced with many characters. I like short chapters, but there were so many characters that I found myself having to reread to figure out who was who.............
We learn about Buckingham’s girlfriend, Daphne, of eighteen months who he loves but does not put her first. Daphne decides to go back to France when Tom does not show up on time. She leaves to get on the train that goes to France through the Chunnel Tunnel. Tom shows up and Daphne’s girlfriend told him that she left. Tom hurries and gets on the train of 400 passengers.
The stage is now set for the terrorists to take over the train and Tom needs to figure out what he can do to be the hero of this crisis and save the day. Once I was used to McNab’s writing style and who most of the people were, the book moved quickly. (Keep a character list at the beginning.) My thanks to Welbeck Publishing, BookishFirst, and NetGalley for an ARC of this book. The opinions in this review are my own.
I normally do not read this genre but do watch movies from this genre. The reader is first given a look in the prologue (September 1996) at Laslow, the terrorist, who definitely has no compassion for children as he and his team murder a whole village. Chapter 1 moves forward to London, September, 2011, where an SAS team is on a mission in the midst of the Heath which is full of mansions. Here is where we are introduced to the protagonist “Posh Lad” Tom Buckingham. The chapters are short and laced with many characters. I like short chapters, but there were so many characters that I found myself having to reread to figure out who was who.............
We learn about Buckingham’s girlfriend, Daphne, of eighteen months who he loves but does not put her first. Daphne decides to go back to France when Tom does not show up on time. She leaves to get on the train that goes to France through the Chunnel Tunnel. Tom shows up and Daphne’s girlfriend told him that she left. Tom hurries and gets on the train of 400 passengers.
The stage is now set for the terrorists to take over the train and Tom needs to figure out what he can do to be the hero of this crisis and save the day. Once I was used to McNab’s writing style and who most of the people were, the book moved quickly. (Keep a character list at the beginning.) My thanks to Welbeck Publishing, BookishFirst, and NetGalley for an ARC of this book. The opinions in this review are my own.