Sunday, October 24, 2021

American Assassin (Mitch Rapp #1) by Vince Flynn ★★★★★

Taylor Kitsch as An American Assassin Holding a Gun
“Retribution is a punishment that is morally right and fully deserved.” 

This was even better than expected! It’s Tom Clancy minus the infodumps, James Bond with out the misogyny and absurdity, Jason Bourn without all the mystery - This. Was. Good.

Mitch Rapp is a gifted college athlete who lost the love of his life when terrorist put a bomb on Pan Am Flight 103- it exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland.  This transformed Rapp and he came to the notice of Irene Kennedy, CIA, who had been looking for a special assassin due to the US’s escalating Middle East issues.

I need to take a minute to admire Vince Flynn for daring to mention Iran Air Flight 655 Tom Clancy never had balls that big.

I can now say the movie was an excellent update to the book and I hope they make many more.  All Vince Flynn is officially TBR!

Best of the espionage action thriller genre.  Five stars. 

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