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Protect and Defend | 
 enlarge | Author: Vince Flynn
Publisher: Pocket Books
Category: Book
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 17872
Media: Paperback
Pages: 432
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 4.3 x 0.9
ISBN: 1847390803
EAN: 9781847390806
ASIN: 1847390803
Publication Date: August 15, 2008
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 Jack Reacher Meets Jack Ryan July 13, 2008
Man with a View! (London)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
If Jack Reacher and Jack Ryan could have a baby, it would to Mitch Rapp!!!!! . I was a great plot, well balanced and believable. The characters were easy to relate to and there was no messing about with silly subplots. The action came thick and fast, the ending was simple but left you feeling content and wanting the next novel ASAP.............It's time to read the back catalogue!
Jack Reacher Meets Jack Ryan July 13, 2008
Man with a View! (London)
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
If Jack Reacher and Jack Ryan could have a baby, it would to Mitch Rapp!!!!! . I was a great plot, well balanced and believable. The characters were easy to relate to and there was no messing about with silly subplots. The action came thick and fast, the ending was simple but left you feeling content and wanting the next novel ASAP.............It's time to read the back catalogue!
On the edge of my seat... March 7, 2008
Sarah Gooding (England)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is the first Vince Flynn novel that I've read. His main charactor has depth, something that every fictional hero should have. And, I found the plot to follow a coherent path that led to a satisfactory conclusion. Mr Flynn is an accomplished story teller, and I will certainly be reading him again. While writing this review, I would also like to recommend 'The Constantine Legacy' by Andrew Towning.
 Time for Mitch to Retire January 17, 2008
C. Green (Faringdon, Oxon, UK)
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
I have enjoyed all of Vince Flynn's novels featuring Mitch Rapp. Some I prefer more than others, but they all offer something to readers looking for a solid combination of action, political intrigue and adventure.
With Protect & Defend however, I fear that Flynn is trying to flog goods that are past their best. Although not a bad book in any critical respect, this latest Rapp adventure simply feels tired. After an attempt at rebooting the character and franchise by killing off his wife two novels earlier I had hoped that both the author and his hero would rediscover the form of their early books, but after two further novels including this latest one it would seem that my hopes are destined to be dashed.
As a character Mitch Rapp has simply run his course. Nothing that happens in Protect & Defend feels new or fresh. It does nothing interesting with Rapp, any of the supporting cast or the formula itself because there is nothing new that can be done. There are only so many ways to dress up the same 'Rapp defeats another one-dimensional master terrorist' plot and and Flynn has used them all. Similarly Rapp's 'rebellious government agent & killer' schtick also has nowhere new to go. Flynn tried humanising him and ended up neutering him. Having had him revert back to an ice cold killing machine what new angle is there? None that I can see.
As a result of all all these limitations this latest book, whilst efficient, well paced and in places exciting, feels like it has been written by a computer program running a 'Mitch Rapp adventure template'. Its soulless and formulaic to the point where it becomes almost entirely predictable.
As Tom Clancy discovered with Jack Ryan and other authors have with their recurring heroes, after a while, when the new ideas of what to do with them run out, you've just got to bite on the bullet and retire them. If the recycled ideas featured in Protect & Defend are anything to go by Vince Flynn has reached that moment with Mitch Rapp. Flynn is a talented thriller author. I can only hope that he will apply his skills to a new concept and leave Mitch Rapp to a well deserved retirement.
Rapp does his stuff again January 7, 2008
N. Brett (Wiltshire, England)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Here we have another action adventure with Mitch rapp, the hero of all of Flynn's books. This is more of the same and no bad thing for being so. The author is very comfortable with his lead character and has produced another solid adventure. Here we have conflict between Iran and the US which boils down to a war of words and the kidnapping of Rapp's boss. As regular readers will know, it is not a good idea to upset Rapp....
This is a good page turning thriller. I think Vince Flynn has it within him to write longer more complex novels with Rapp as his lead character and I hope he chooses to give us a little more depth next time. Having said that I always enjoy Flynn's books and this was no exception.
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