Hell and Gone
Charlie Hardie Series, Book 2
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فرمت کتاب
audiobook
تاریخ انتشار
2011
نویسنده
Pete Larkinناشر
Hachette Book Groupشابک
9781611132816
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- نقد و بررسی
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نقد و بررسی
Starred review from September 12, 2011
At the start of Swierczynski’s frenetic, breathless second action thriller featuring ex-cop Charlie Hardie, the shadowy Accident People have Hardie, who was put through the wringer in the first book (June 2011’s Fun and Games), in their clutches. While his friend Deke Clark, an FBI agent, frantically tries to trace his whereabouts, Hardie finds himself made warden of a surreal underground prison, whose location and true purpose are hidden. With no good options, he does his best to probe the facility’s weak spots, and accurately assess who can, and who can’t, be trusted. Those waiting for the payoff promised in the prologue, in which college student Julie Lippman learns that her boyfriend has supposedly died in a plane crash after spending a semester break building new houses for the poor, will feel amply rewarded by the end. That it’s impossible to guess what’s coming in the third and final installment will tantalize, rather than frustrate, readers.
Narrator Pete Larkin breathes just enough life into the characters of HELL AND GONE to rescue them from the edge of the improbable. This novel has a few well-crafted scenes of "dystopian noir" as ex-cop Charlie Hardie awakens to find himself in a secret prison that houses the world's worst criminals. But these brief moments of suspense are overshadowed by the plot's unlikely conspiracy theory. Sweirczynski's strong point is punchy dialogue. Larkin captures the listener's attention when the characters interact--and when they do, the pacing is engaging. But Larkin gets a little carried away with a few of his character voices, sometimes bringing out unintended humor when a serious tone is called for. F.T. (c) AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine
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