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Summary: WOW........this guy is still great
Review: Vince Flynn is now the new suspense writer. This book like the others is fast and timely given the curent events in the Middle East. When you start you will not want to put it down. And he keeps you guessing what is going to happen with his next book as he did between the last (Third Option) and this.
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Summary: Pretty darn good.
Review: I have come to enjoy Vince Flynn's books over the years. "Separation of Power" is no different. It is fun, a little less action packed than you would expect, but I had a hard time putting it down.
As with his other books, sometimes this author gets bogged down in his setup...there is virtually no action in the first 100 pages. Having said that, Flynn completely redeems any shortcomings with a climax that would rival any of his peers.
Great book! I am looking forward to more from Vince Flynn.
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Summary: Current/Believable/Suspenseful & Too Good To Put Down
Review: Publishers Weekly and Book Description summarize the story line of Seperation of Power well. As a reader, I was delighted to get back to an evening (that's all it took to finish this one) of Mitch Rapp tieing up all the loose ends left over from the Third Option. The characters were the politicians we met in Third Option and wanted to know "the rest of the story" about.
Congressman Rudin so self-righteous that he had no objectivity; Senator Hank Clark the ultimate corrupt politian, Dr. Irene Kennedy who had been prepared to take over the CIA when Thomas Stanfield died; President Hayes who had to go for broke in ordering the special forces along with Mitch Rapp to take on an ultra secret covert operation. And, of course, Mitch Rapp, who saved the day, got back together with Anna, and hopefully will be back in another book soon. In today's uncertain time following the destruction of the World Trade Center and the search for Bin Laden, I would hope that Mitch Rapp's real world counterpart is out there along with a group of special forces about to find Bin Laden and destroy the Taliban's ability to create such horrendous destruction.
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Summary: Great Book!
Review: I have read each of Vince Flynn's books and each time he seems to improve. There are surprisingly few problems with this book. For one, Flynn fails to maintain a good tempo in the beginning chapters of this book. Most of the first 200 pages seem too slow in their setup.
Flynn completely redeems any of this book's shortcomings with an awesome finale that rivals anything his literary peers have put out recently. This book is good because it is fun and modern and I look forward to seeing more from this author.
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Summary: Separation of Power
Review: Another excellent read from Vince Flynn. The main characters are intriguing and multifaceted, allowing you to connect to them. The detailed and believable blend of fiction and fact in all of his books are captivating and entertaining, and bring the stories to life. I couldn't put this one down. Looking forward to the next one.
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Summary: Fantastic Read
Review: This is the latest novel with Mitch Rapp as the hero. Irene Kennedy is going through her confirmation hearings to become the first female Director of the CIA and the wolves are out in Washington! Add that to Saddam building nukes, the Mossad playing games, and Mitch's love life in chaos, you have a great thriller that you won't want to put down! I hope to see more like this soon from this excellent author!
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Summary: Third Option, Second Part
Review: Separation of Power is for all intents and purposes a continuation of Third Option. Author, Vince Flynn, left a number of unresolved issues in Third Option and uses these issues as a launch point for Separation of Power. CIA Director Thomas Stansfield has just died. Senator Hank Clark's veiled attempt to discredit Dr Irene Kennedy has failed; and she succeeds her former boss as CIA Director. Mitch Rapp, this country's best counterterrorism operative, has decided to leave CIA wet work and start a family. Meanwhile, Col Friedman the head of Israel's Mossad, provides President Hayes with disturbing information that North Korean scientists are aiding Iraq to produce 3 nuclear bombs. They are ahead of schedule and the Mossad Chief vows Israel will not let the weapons be deployed. Hayes knows that an Israeli attack on Iraq will spark a major war and that the US must get involved. Before Rapp can lead a special operations mission to counter Iraq's nuclear aspirations, he must first put to rest lingering question surrounding a failed mission. This tale conjoins political power, international double crosses, and former liaisons into a worthy book. Without being too repetitious, Flynn provides enough background from Third Option to allow a new reader to jump in at this point. However, compared to Flynn's previous books, I thought Separation of Power was flawed and a little flat. The conflict between Rapp's work and his desire to start a family is stale. It began in Third Option and drags throughout Separation of Power; please address it so we can move on. Minor errors detracted from the story. In two quick examples, Flynn inaccurately has US SOUTHERN Command responsible for enforcing post-Gulf War Operations when it should have been US CENTRAL Command and lists the 48th Fighter Wing at Holloman Air Force Base when it should have been the 49th Fighter Wing. The book's significant inaccuracies are a concern. Flynn has the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff employ F-111 and C-141 aircraft as part of a strike against Iraq. The F-111s haven't been part of the US arsenal since the middle 1990s and the C-141 is generally only used as a medical transport in the Air Force Reserve. Artistic license and plausible embellishment is expected; minor mistakes and missed keystrokes are understandable; but, passing antiquated weapons as modern-day stalwarts in a major plot line of a book is inexcusable, insulting, and causes the reader to question every single detail. This is especially egregious considering we read techno-thrillers for their exacting detail and futuristic drama. This is not Flynn's strongest work and average in comparison to his peers. High-energy action only partially makes up for the inaccurate and tired excerpts. My hope is this effort was an abnormality. I do look forward to his next Rapp book, but will read it with a more critical eye. A worthwhile read.
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Summary: Damn good!
Review: I just picked up Vince Flynn off the bookshelf and i sure must say i loved every bit of it. Without wasting any more time, i'll give you a brief introduction: Mitch Rapp is the CIA's best weapon. He's all set to retire and get married to his long-time girlfriend Anna Reilly. But before that, Mitch has to fly to Milan to meet up with his ex-lover to find out about the last failed mission in Germany (where Mitch almost got killed through an act of double-crossing). As expected, trouble brews up in Milan with Mitch saving his ex-lover and bringing her to safety. Anna blows her top and leaves Mitch for good! But Mitch cannot allow himself to loose his cool, he cannot ditch the CIA as his lover did to him. Add to this, the complication of a nuclear bomb that Iraq has accquired (which Mitch must stop) and corrupt politicians and you have a non-stop page turning read, an amazing political thriller. Vince Flynn does it again and i'm eager to go back & read Mitch's previous adventures before starting off on his new one (The Executive Power)....
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Summary: best yet
Review: I picked up a Vince Flynn book about two months ago on a recommendation and have now read four of them. Needless to say, I'm hooked! Separation of Power is either top 1 or 2 at this point, along with Transfer of Power. Separation includes lots of interesting subplots and characters, including some new characters not previously introduced, some good love tension, and interesting settings in Italy and Iraq. It has enough military type detail to be convincing but not overly ponderous or technical for those just looking for a fun read. Mitch is truly a terrific action hero. Ladies, you will love him!
My only complaint, as a woman, is that I find the treatment of Anna Reilly, Mitch's girlfriend/wife, to be annoying.
She seems flighty and petty, does a lot of pouting and overreacting and can't seem to understand the importance of her boyfriend's job. Meanwhile, this immature (though stunninly gorgeous of course) 35 year old is NBC's Chief White House Correspondent and the true love of a tough, hardened spy. This didn't sell for me. But, maybe it appeals to the male reader. Anyway, it doesn't detract from the story, which is fast paced, fun, interesting and all around a super read!
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Summary: Lukewarm at best...
Review: This was my first Vince Flynn book, and have been a huge Clancy fan (I ignore all his new stuff, but I love the days of The Sum Of All Fears and Patriot Games days), so I decided to pick up Separation of Power. The death of CIA director leaves the CIA in a question? Who is going to succeed him? It turns out that President Hayes picks Dr. Irene Kennedy, but one senator already hates her. So he meets with another senator to look around for dirt on her and try to diminish her reputation. Dr. Irene Kennedy has spent a lot of time working for the CIA and for Mitch Rapp. Then the leader of Mossad (Israeli's version of the CIA) Ben Friedman finds out something shocking; Saddam Hussein is making a nuclear bomb, and has made three of them, but hid them in Al Hussien hospital where they are in a bunker. Ben sends the Foreign Minister of Israel to Washington to talk to President Hays, his message; get rid of the nukes or Israel would. So stressing out of Saddam joining the nuclear race, it means that Saddam could get rid of Israel forever or bring a nuclear bomb to Washington. So they call Mitch Rapp to go to Baghdad and get the bomb. But something is bothering Mitch, while he was in Germany doing a mission, he was almost killed, and he wants to find out who wanted him dead. So Mitch and his girlfriend Anna go to Milan Italy which Anna thinks that it is for vacation, it is , but Mitch is also there to meet with Dontalla; a agent for Mossad, and on a tape, he see's Dontalla in Germany. Once he meets up with her, he finds out that Mossad wanted him dead. Now he is looking for the person who wanted him dead and why. Back in Washington, Dr. Irene Kennedy is then brought to the Senate for questioning, and the news breaks out. Dr. Irene Kennedy was responsible for secret missions where it killed 20 people, and exposes Mitch Rapp as a spy and cold-hearted killer. Since Mitch is out, he has to quit the spying business, but is brought back up for one more mission; go to Baghdad in a white entourage and pose as Uday Hussein. Except to complete this mission, President Hays calls for bombings so that they could take out radars so Mitch and a group of Delta Force could go in and get out in the middle of the night. They complete this, and back in Washington, Dr. Irene Kennedy tells President Hays that one of the congressman comitted a crime; he gave the name of a top covert agent, and it is against the law to bring a agent out. Once Mitch gets back, he is retired since the congressman brought him out.
I say the book is lukewarm because I felt that there was little or no suspense when the sting went down. I guess I read the wrong Mitch Rapp book, but I am going to read more of him because I like Mitch, and if you are a Clancy or Ludulm fan, read another book by Vince Flynn or Bob Mayer.
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