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Summary: A plot where all the good guys are cold blooded murderers
Review: A piece of tripe that with a plot line that's even crazier than the heros who feel justified in killing members of the US congress in order to make this county more a more law abiding place. No one asks the obvious question of the lead character, a US Congressman: "So who elected you God and gave you the right to decide who lives and who dies". So this morally superior Congressman is willing to cover up for murder and blackmail the president of the US. What a hero Mr. Flynn gives us.
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Summary: A must read for political thriller lovers!
Review: Although the events in this story are implausible, it is an exciting read. The action builds up and doesn't stop. Flynn does a great job at plot development, which twists like a pretzel. Term Limits is action-packed, and doesn't go into all the details of a Clancy novel, but has just as much action and excitement. Clancy fans should read this book! It won't disappoint.
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Summary: An overly contrived premise.
Review: First of all, Term Limits by Vince Flynn does have some good aspects to it. For example, it contains a discussion of how the CIA has come to depend on technological information gathering while neglecting development of human assets on the ground. Anyone who owns a TV or occasionally reads a newspaper knows that now. But in the 90's, when this book was written, that information was not common knowledge. So Flynn obviously did his homework, at least to some extent.
Unfortunately, whatever merit Term Limits might have is completely overshadowed by the novel's very preposterous premise. Flynn would have the reader believe that a small band of former navy SEALs would be so enraged over the federal government's unwillingness to balance the budget, they would resort to serial assassination as a means of getting it to do so.
The idea of a balanced federal budget is an abstract and sterile concept. It's just not the kind of issue that would engender the degree of passion necessary to motivate people to kill. Term Limits is flawed as a work of fiction because its premise is way too far-fetched.
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Summary: An overly contrived premise.
Review: First of all, Term Limits by Vince Flynn does have some good aspects to it. For example, it contains a discussion of how the CIA has come to depend on technological information gathering while neglecting development of human assets on the ground. Anyone who owns a TV or occasionally reads a newspaper knows that now. But in the 90's, when this book was written, that information was not common knowledge. So Flynn obviously did his homework, at least to some extent.
Unfortunately, whatever merit Term Limits might have is completely overshadowed by the novel's very preposterous premise. Flynn would have the reader believe that a small band of former navy SEALs would be so enraged over the federal government's unwillingness to balance the budget, they would resort to serial assassination as a means of getting it to do so.
The idea of a balanced federal budget is an abstract and sterile concept. It's just not the kind of issue that would engender the degree of passion necessary to motivate people to kill. Term Limits is flawed as a work of fiction because its premise is way too far-fetched.
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Summary: It may come to this
Review: Great book! It was the second Vince Flynn book I read, and it's probably my favorite.Michael O'Rouke, the main character, is a likable new senator. He struggles with being an honest politician in a system where he is in the vast minority. You can tell the author is as tired of self serving politicians as most of us are, but he gets this across in a less heavy handed manner than some other writers, such as Willian W Johnstone, who in recent years tries to pound his opinions in over and over. It may be that a few years from now we will look back and see that someone has taken Flynn's ideas and tried to make them real. Let's hope it never comes to that. The book is fast paced, with only a few slow spots. You will be hoping that each corrupt politican will be the next to go, and clapping when some of the more unsavory people get their just rewards. Enjoy the good guys, they show up in later books.
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Summary: fast pace thriller
Review: I must admit I got hold of this book at a very low offer price in our local bookshop and I gave it a try and I have not regreted that. Since than I have been going 'round looking for Vince Flynn books. This book started a little slow at first but once it picks up the pace , you will never want to put it down until you finish the book. In fact I have lost some sleep reading it. This is I think his first novel. I managed to get hold of his next one "Tranfer of Power" and it was even better with great improvement in Flynn's writing. Exciting right from page one. I have also learned a great deal about the control of power in US from reading this book. Vince Flynn has found a place in my library alongside authors such as Michael Connelly, Stephen Hunter, Lee Child, Harlan Coben, Wilbur Smith and many more.
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Summary: a natural story-teller
Review: I'm always thrilled to find a natural story-teller (like Elmore Leonard) who's not afraid to allow the sharper edges of real life to show through. It's even better to have several subsequent works to look forward to experiencing.
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Summary: Murder, A Sure Fire Way to End a Politician?s Term
Review: Somebody is fed up with the way government works. The budget is bloated with no end in sight, pork is out of control, every department is mismanaged and nobody votes anymore. So some unhappy, but powerful guys form kind of a cabal to fix the government. Their method, assassination. All of a sudden sponsoring unnecessary and wasteful projects are hazardous to a congressman's health. The cabal declares their goals and if not met, more will die and they have the money to carry out their threat. No corrupt politician is safe. Washington is under siege. Congressman Michael O'Rourke, former Marine, agrees things are bad and action must be taken, but not this, not assassination, even if secretly he believes some of those killed got what they deserved, so he becomes involved with the investigation and he finds out the corruption in the government was way beyond anything he could ever have believed. Reviewed by Vesta Irene
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Summary: Plausible in every way!
Review: Term Limits is fast paced and filled with scenarios that both can and probably have happened. This realistic view of political power makes events that seem impossible to the once naïve public feasible and all too real. Assassinations rock the U. S. President, Secret Service, Cabinet, FBI, and CIA when three are carried out on a single night. Ignoring the ultimatum issued by the "terrorists" causes a fourth man to die and puts the President in the line of fire. Fear triggers tempers as the administration determines if it should make changes that yield to blackmail? Then two more men are murdered, but where only the four specific targets were taken out in the first wave, these also include law enforcement guards. Questions power the plot; drama moves it forward; action demands reading even though your eyes are tired and burn; the characters are interesting and multi-dimensional.
* Why isn't the budget balanced?
* Why do the Republicans and Democrats care more about special interest groups than the constituents who voted them in?
* Who has the power in the White House?
* Who runs Black Ops, and what power is used to maintain the secrecy of an organization in their clandestine operations.
* Is anyone capable of controlling them, and are personal agendas the root of military and covert actions?
* Is this story too real to be ignored?
* How many groups are behind the assassinations? Any spare minute found me reading this novel. When I finished it, I was satisfied. The story was complete, the questions answered, I am interested in what's next for these characters -- they became real. Five stars to Vince Flynn, and the knowledge that I will buy more of his books. Victoria Tarrani
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Summary: Plausible in every way!
Review: Term Limits is fast paced and filled with scenarios that both can and probably have happened. This realistic view of political power makes events that seem impossible to the once naïve public feasible and all too real. Assassinations rock the U. S. President, Secret Service, Cabinet, FBI, and CIA when three are carried out on a single night. Ignoring the ultimatum issued by the "terrorists" causes a fourth man to die and puts the President in the line of fire. Fear triggers tempers as the administration determines if it should make changes that yield to blackmail? Then two more men are murdered, but where only the four specific targets were taken out in the first wave, these also include law enforcement guards. Questions power the plot; drama moves it forward; action demands reading even though your eyes are tired and burn; the characters are interesting and multi-dimensional.
*Why isn't the budget balanced?
*Why do the Republicans and Democrats care more about special interest groups than the constituents who voted them in?
* Who has the power in the White House?
* Who runs Black Ops, and what power is used to maintain the secrecy of an organization in their clandestine operations.
* Is anyone capable of controlling them, and are personal agendas the root of military and covert actions?
* Is this story too real to be ignored?
* How many groups are behind the assassinations? Any spare minute found me reading this novel. When I finished it, I was satisfied. The story was complete, the questions answered, I am interested in what's next for these characters -- they became real. Five stars to Vince Flynn, and the knowledge that I will buy more of his books. Victoria Tarrani
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