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Summary: An effective and highly recommended thriller
Review: Attorney Jack Ruskin is torn by the anguish that his daughter was sexually assaulted by a child molester. His daughter is now institutionalized and his wife has left him. His previous life is shattered. As a means of revenge, he has become a vigilante killing child predators throughout the country. On his tail are highly accomplished FBI agents trying to stop Jack from taking the law into his own hands any further.
Tim Green has written a highly suspenseful thought provoking tale as to what truly constitutes evil. Is Jack Ruskin a criminal? The reader would tend to side with the opinion that he is in fact a hero. His victims are shadowy figures with little room for sympathy as depicted by the author. The pacing becomes relentless as we follow Jack on his quest for revenge and, incidentally, in his attempt to turn his life around. Effective simple and direct episodes are used in conveying this effective and highly recommended thriller. I would definitely seek out this author's other work.
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Summary: Compelling story that will cause you to think...
Review: I just finished Tim Green's The Fifth Angel, and it's a very good read that tears at you. A man's daughter is kidnapped, held captive, and is physically and sexually abused. She is found, but is committed to a mental institution. After his life is nearly destroyed, he determines that no child molester should be allowed to walk free. Using his job that has him on the road quite a bit, he starts executing known molesters. He doesn't find the peace he seeks, but he's driven to keep doling out his form of justice.Meanwhile, a female FBI agent and a pompous police detective are paired up to hunt down the killer. They have a bead on him, but no one is pushing hard to bring him in because of the targeted victims. She believes her pursuit of the killer to be right until her own children are abducted and she has to confront the kidnapper with the help of the vigilante. This is one of those novels where the "good" guy is the criminal and the "bad" guy is the victim, and you have to decide whether retribution or justice is deserved. You feel for the vigilante, as you'd probably experience the same frustration if it was your child. Conversely, if everyone decides to take justice in their own hands, anarchy would reign supreme. While the story line is well done, it will cause you to question your feelings.
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Summary: The Fifth Angel
Review: I've read most of Tim Green's books, and I believe that this book is his best to date. I look forward to his next book.
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Summary: Revenge and Redemption on Angel Wings
Review: In the Fifth Angel, Green does a magnificent job in putting together a novel of suspenseful intrigue. A good vs. evil theme coupled with the ultimate moral dilemma of just who within our society deserves to live and who deserves to die establishes a magnetic like tension for the reader.
Enter protagonist lawyer Jack Ruskin with deep seated anger and revenge on his mind. Out on his personal mission of avenging the emotional loss of a daughter who was raped as a child and is spending her days, heavily medicated, in an asylum. His goal: to rid the world of convicted pedofiles who he is convinced cannot be rehabilitated and if given the chance will continue to commit crimes against children.
Green's gift as a writer is in his use of descriptive language reminiscent of Steinbeck. At the same time he is able to tell a story that captivates and brings forth emotional responses from the reader. The meaning of the book's title is revealed within the text and adds a spiritual like quality to the protagonist's actions. Jack Ruskin's path of revenge and final redemption makes for high reader satisfaction.
A must read for anyone who enjoys the legal thriller with unexpected twists and turns along the way. The Fifth Angel a winner from start to finish!
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Summary: Death Wish . . . was better
Review: Jack Ruskin is a man beset with grief. Believing he was/is responsible for the rape and torture of his 15 year old daughter, he becomes an avenging angel, wreaking havoc, anonymous havoc of course, on those pedophiles he finds registered on the Net. Basically he declares war on them, seeking them out on business trips he takes for his law firm, and then executes them. He finds support from those who circumstantially witness part of his efforts (returning a young girl to the ER he unexpectedly discovered; a police officer who feeds him to the Pittsburgh sex offender registration book; a pedophile's unsympathetic neighbor) we assume because they support his brand of vigilante justice. The big question is whether he is a hero like the Charles Bronson character of the 70's "Death Wish," or just another psychopath without the horrific sexual baggage. I believe the novel could have been exponentially better had Tim Green given the reader a real moral decision to make, as is often presented in the novels of Alan Furst or earlier, by Pierre Boulle. Killing criminals loses it's appeal, in the broad sense of plot, along with the tenth grade and Steven Segal movies. The first 1/2 of the book is well written although the descent into pulp comic book plot and sophmoric dialogue is rapid and all encompassing.
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Summary: A Thriller That Will Capture and Hold a Reader's Interest
Review: Jack Ruskin is an incredibly successful attorney and devoted father. After his daughter is kidnapped and sexually molested, his intellect becomes the tool of tracking known perverts and eliminating them from society. As he hunts and kills perverts, he ends up being hunted by both Amanda Lee and David McGrew in a thrilling battle of wits and deduction. In an enthralling tale that reflects today's headlines regarding missing children, author Tim Green has written a book sure to engage the interest of many readers. Here is a well-plotted story with many twists and turns sure to please readers of thrillers. The moral issue of killing is brought sharply into focus and certainly warrants a thoughtful response by the reader to such a question and premise. This story is loaded with attention-grabbing detail and locales that reverberate with authenticity and, ultimately, an ending that is pleasing in the completion of many of the complexities of the story. There are descriptions in this novel that are brutally graphic, but appropriate to the story being told. The Fifth Angel is not a read for the faint-hearted, but worthy of being read by anyone for the solid foundation on which the story is based and told. Here's a fast-paced and enthralling thriller that dices with the age-old issue of killing. The Fifth Angel is an enjoyable read for the stout-hearted. But, there is graphic violence in this story. It is a story, as modern as today, which should interest any reader that likes thrillers.
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Summary: Thought-provoking premise with plenty of action
Review: My first Tim Green book got me hooked. This book has a very thought-provoking premise that really makes you think about the idea of what exactly is justice... and what is really right and wrong? You don't find many books that you can root for a serial killer and actually feel good about it. This is a serial killer that hunts down sexual molesters. I could feel for Jack Ruskin as he tried to deal with the molestation of his 15 year old daughter. The scenes where he went to the hospital and tried to get her to react to him were some of the most touching scenes in the book. The characters were very real, and the idea was real, but I do agree that it starts getting out there near the end... but I don't think it takes away from the power of the novel. It's a great book, and I highly recommend it.
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Summary: Superficial nonsense, no depth, no suspense
Review: Thank GOD that I checked this out at the local library, rather than bought it...
The characters are cardboard cutouts, the suspense was nonexistent, there is NO moral dilemma, the main character seems to exist in a relationship vacuum (no parents, no siblings, no significant relationships other than the unseen ex-wife and new - albeit generic - girlfriend?). The "hook" - that he decides to kill molesters - is interesting, but the plot execution (sorry) is patently absurd. These predatory people are cunning survivors, not just the hulking stereotypical monsters portrayed here. The relative ease with which he - a lawyer apparently untrained in firearms - dispatches these scum is painfully comical.
In short, reading this book was a waste of time.
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Summary: JACK BE NIMBLE
Review: There is a strong moral dilemma in this book by former footballer/now lawyer Tim Green. This being the first book I've read by the prolific author, I found his style assuring, focused and engaging. He slows the pace down sometimes at crucial points and he occasionally stretches the boundaries of belief, but this is a moral tale: what would you do?
Jack Ruskin is certainly righteous in his desire to rid the world of predators that have been allowed to roam on the streets due to the unavoidable fractures in our legal system.
Is he wrong? Well, I found myself rooting for him, and hoping he'd get away with it, so I guess he may not be right, but is he wrong? You judge.
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Summary: Move on
Review: This book was one of the worst thrillers I have ever read and I've read too many to mention. The beginning was somewhat compelling but as it went on it became almost laughable. To believe that anything that happened in the last 100 pages could actually occur in real life is so comical, it's not even funny. Each scene became more unbelievable. It was a Page Turner though.
I couldn't wait to turn those last pages so it would end my suffering.
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