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| Hunter Killer | 
 enlarge | Author: Patrick Robinson
Publisher: Arrow Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 57613
Media: Paperback
Edition: New edition
Pages: 632
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 4.3 x 1.5
ISBN: 0099474344
EAN: 9780099474340
ASIN: 0099474344
Publication Date: June 1, 2006
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 "America's Best, Forget the Rest" -- if you like that, buy this! February 17, 2008
"America's best, forget the rest" is a motto followed by some writers. There are those who despite this attitude manage to write entertaining novels, such as Tom Clancy.
Hunter Killer, however, is not one of those novels.
The story is boring, not well told, and the constant French bashing, along with unashamed and abundant praise lavished on the USA, is a bit tiring. A little more balance would not have hurt.
In closing, this is a great book for francophobes.
French Bashing October 10, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is the first book I've read by Parick Robinson and it'll be the last.
Right I'm French, but still I was astounded by the idiocy of such a scenario from a right-winger who certainly cannot be compared to Frederick Forsyth. Robinson just imagines a most improbable plot in which a nation like France perpetrates the most abominable terrorist attack on the scale of the planet. Thank God Admiral Morgan and the USA are there to save the world and in the end France is exposed as the villain of the piece and humiliated in front of the whole world at the UN.
When you realise that that book was written when G.W.Bush launched his attack against Iraq on the basis of a pack of lies, when the French were mocked as cowards for not joining in, (which Robinson , no doubt a fervent supporter of Bush and the Iraq war, can't help reminding the reader ), it's no wonder, yet a bit rich to write a story having the President of France , (of all stupid ideas a former communist,) allowing himself to be dragged into a terrorist act of war and giving orders to that effect which will be carried out down the military hierarchy without anyone protesting or leaking it.
Now if you are fond of technological details about the navy high-tech weaponry you may enjoy that kind of story,but I cannot recommend that book to anybody. Personally I soon got bored but I kept reading it just to see what end such a stupid story could be leading to.
 Great fun August 28, 2006
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
Unlike some of the other reviews I read books to be entertained and this book did it for me. Far from the plot being far-fetched find it completly possible. The Saudies are going to fall it is only a matter of when and picking the French as the devious nation to be party to the fall is perfect as they are the most self centred and power hungry nation in Europe. This was fun and I past a dull and wet weekend being amused and thrilled in turn. It was a nice touch of Clancy and like him the attention to detail was first class. Will now set out to read his other books. More please.
Freddie Forsyth v. The Simpsons July 12, 2006
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
I bought this book on an excitable whim, based on the reviews ("The new Frederick Forsyth") and some knowledge of the authors previous works. Yes, the storyline is far fetched, but then I expected that from reading the synopsis, knowing the genre and a glance at the authors previous works.
What is disappointing is the lack of depth and ability to try and help suspend reality; how hard can it be to scatter a few personal or real-life details through the story? And to keep at least some level of reality?
I'm not sure about the plotting and even some of the technical detail either. I would put this at the Cartoon end of the Thriller spectrum; if you are going on a longhaul flight then this may be for you. But the lack of even basic credibility and realism mean't that I began to lose interest around Chapter Three, and ultimately gave up halfway through the book, skim reading until completion.
Maybe I'll try a previous work, but this was poor.
An average thriller - nowhere near his best July 11, 2006
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I thoroughly enjoyed 'Nimitz' and the 'Scimitar' novels but I'm now worried that Robinson is 'doing a Cussler' and, having found a few good characters, is resurrecting them again and again.
Other reviewers and the Amazon precis all provide a good outline of the story, so I won't repeat that. However,I will say that the basic premise of the Saudi prince recruiting help from the French - and the French then setting things in motion - is developed at interminable length. A huge part of the start of the novel is taken up with laying foundations so thickly (and boringly) that you could construct a trilogy upon them - never mind one novel. Whole hypotheses are repeated as if Robinson is trying to make sure you're following along.
It is often said that George Lucas has good ideas but can't write dialogue to save his life. I'm afraid that this also applies in parts of 'Hunter Killer'. Some of the chit-chat is either banal or mind-numbingly unrealistic.
Once the action gets going - and brother, does that take a long time !!!!! - the book improves. But it's all rather predictable and is nowhere near as good as many of the earlier novels.
I hope that Patrick now buries the characters he's become so fond of, and creates a few new ones.
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