Thank you so much to Bookish First and Michael Ray Ewing for my free copy in exchange for an honest review! It was also super nice that he signed the book!
Normally I am impeccable with these due dates but this arrived on it’s pub date, so I ended up pushing it back a bit.
I don’t think I’m smart enough to enjoy this book. A genius computer/financial hacker basically threatens to shut down America via bankrupting the Federal Reserve, and it’s up to ex FBI agent Jackson and his outlaw team of hackers and retired military to track the terrorist down.
I’m not sure exactly how the guy did it, because computer jargon, but I get that they are all really good at computer hacking and that the FBI and CIA are at odds. There is a ton of fast paced action in this book and although I read it quickly and enjoyed the fast pace, I just felt this huge disconnect from the book itself.
I think it’s because I don’t understand one word of the computer lingo. I also see that this is a finished copy and honestly the typos are intense, mostly in people’s names…it would be ok for an ARC but all evidence points to this as a finished copy. The names would change from Ralph to Ralf, Quentin to Quinten, Byrnes to Keynes… Etc… and there were typos by omission. I will stick to my review policy and dock that star for a poorly edited finished copy.
The other thing is that there are SO many characters, I had to make a character map. Some of them added something to the book and others just confused me. I think Jackson, Dixie, Pavak, and O’Connell were a good team to start and hope that moving forward they stick together.
I think this would be a great movie though. I would cast Hugh Jackman and Raphaël Personnaz as Tyler and Alec, respectively.
Great idea for a book overall, but execution and overall presentation felt like it needed work. I would watch that movie though. Going with a fairly neutral 3🌟
Normally I am impeccable with these due dates but this arrived on it’s pub date, so I ended up pushing it back a bit.
I don’t think I’m smart enough to enjoy this book. A genius computer/financial hacker basically threatens to shut down America via bankrupting the Federal Reserve, and it’s up to ex FBI agent Jackson and his outlaw team of hackers and retired military to track the terrorist down.
I’m not sure exactly how the guy did it, because computer jargon, but I get that they are all really good at computer hacking and that the FBI and CIA are at odds. There is a ton of fast paced action in this book and although I read it quickly and enjoyed the fast pace, I just felt this huge disconnect from the book itself.
I think it’s because I don’t understand one word of the computer lingo. I also see that this is a finished copy and honestly the typos are intense, mostly in people’s names…it would be ok for an ARC but all evidence points to this as a finished copy. The names would change from Ralph to Ralf, Quentin to Quinten, Byrnes to Keynes… Etc… and there were typos by omission. I will stick to my review policy and dock that star for a poorly edited finished copy.
The other thing is that there are SO many characters, I had to make a character map. Some of them added something to the book and others just confused me. I think Jackson, Dixie, Pavak, and O’Connell were a good team to start and hope that moving forward they stick together.
I think this would be a great movie though. I would cast Hugh Jackman and Raphaël Personnaz as Tyler and Alec, respectively.
Great idea for a book overall, but execution and overall presentation felt like it needed work. I would watch that movie though. Going with a fairly neutral 3🌟