Necessary Measures

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Summary: Unnecessary Measures
Review: Barlog is an excellent writer. He obviously knows the subject matter and he keeps you turning the pages until the end. I was a little disappointed with the lack of action and found the story line fairly predictable. But it's an enjoyable ride to the finish and would make a great movie. If you like cloak and dagger fiction this is definitely a must read. I highly recommend it.

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Summary: Not for everyone
Review: Barlog is an excellent writer. He obviously knows the subject matter and he keeps you turning the pages until the end. I was a little disappointed with the lack of action and found the story line fairly predictable. But it's an enjoyable ride to the finish and would make a great movie. If you like cloak and dagger fiction this is definitely a must read. I highly recommend it.

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Summary: What a Waste
Review: Don't waste your time or your money. Giveaway #1 is that the first several Amazon plugs are the author's own. #2, the publisher. # 3 the critic's "quotes" on the cover aren't even cited. The plot may have potential, but the author's abysmal writing and absolute lack of research kick the story line to the curb. Technical errors, demeaning military and cultural stereotypes and pedantly loathsome adjectives mire the reader before the action even begins. Stick with Pollock or Marcinko, or even Clancy(if your a technodweeb.)Barlog is fubared.

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Summary: Jack Higgins watch out
Review: I've read this book in 4 hrs, suffice it to say I did not work much that night. It's a fast read for Spy and Action fans. Barlog is working on a sequel to that one. Long live the Wolf pack!

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Summary: A CIA Terrorist Thriller to the Max!
Review: It's a good book with a different terrorist plot. So many other 'spy' books use the same old hackned plots: 'World domination,' 'I've got a nuclear bomb' 'Oh look, the ebola virus again.' This one at least uses what I feel is a more real world approach to hunting down terrorists. I came away feeling as though the CT team were the real thing rather than the typical 'bang-bang, shoot 'em up, I'm one tough SOB' approach.

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Summary: Extreme Thriller
Review: Take a CIA counterterrorist team and turn them loose with the mission to stop the most heinous terrorist on the planet. That's the leaping off point for this book. These guys travel all over the world trying to hunt down the terrorist before he can strike again. The problem is they don't know when and where he's going to strike. You get to follow along as the terrorist puts his diabolic plan together and tag along with the team as they try to corner the terrorist.

The pages literally fly by as you read.

You, like the team, have to put together the intelligence to outthink the terrorist. Along with the gun play and suspense this book becomes a rollicking fun read!

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Summary: Unnecessary Measures
Review: The Amazon reviews prepared me for a good CT/HRT thriller. Sadly, on Page 5 "Jaffe checked his Glock 22 as if it were a toy. The click of the twenty-two round clip sliding home..." Glocks, like most other modern semiautomatic pistols, have magazines not clips. Barlog should know the difference; most of his readers will. They may also know that the standard Glock Model 22 magazine holds 15 not 22 rounds. Even so, I continued to read, still rich in hope...until Page 9. There, "Brax pulled his Glock-clicked the safety off." Glocks don't have manual safeties that are 'clicked off'. One doubts an author who makes 3 significant mistakes about common weapons in the first 9 pages. Will he do better with the more complex technologies of terrorism bound to be encountered later in the book? I will never know. Technical competence is as important as literary skill for thriller writers.

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Summary: Who proofread this book?
Review: This book was recommended to me by an Amazon.com customer, and am I glad I decided to read it.

I began this book on an airplane and found I could not even begin thinking about a vacation experience until I finished the book.

I hate to oversimplify, but this book is a terrific tale of a bunch of good guys, of the secret intelligence variety, trying to stop the bad guys from doing a very bad thing. There are only a few problems; the good guys haven't a clue what or where the bad guys are going to strike and, the good guys aren't always perceived as the good guys.

This book is fast paced, dramatic, and has enough suspense to keep anyone on the edge of their seat. It also gives the impression that this is pretty much the way the real world works; at least the real world where I would like to reside.

If you enjoy spy/terrorist type books, this is a must read!