Crisis 4 (Crisis Four - Andy McNab)

Member Name: mickm9

Product:	Crisis Four - Andy McNab
Date:	04/02/01 (76 review reads)
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Advantages: Unputdownable !!!

Disadvantages: one

This was one of the first Andy McNab books I read all the way through, the other “Immediate Action”, I only initially read bits of because it was serialised in a paper ! I have since read that but it will be part of a separate review.

Anyway, Crisis 4. Its full of action from Page 1 and despite my initial fear that it was going to be simply a repetitive description of one fight after another it does pan out into a very good story. He does manage to get plenty of action into the story but it is well balanced with more evenly paced sections where the bulk of the storyline develops and a very good story it is too.

I wont spoil your enjoyment by giving away the main plot but it does involve action, intrigue, betrayal, sex, chases, humour, mystery and even more action.

McNabs use of his own personal knowledge and experiences as we move through the story result in descriptions that are so vivid and detailed that you almost feel as if you could carry out the role yourself. Although after reading Immediate Action and seeing what these guys have to go through to even get to that level puts a very different complexion on that particular line of thought !!

In one such situation he sets the scene so well and goes through the process in such detail that you almost feel as if you are in the OP (Observation Post) that he has made inside a bush. In fact you can feel the tension as he describes how he is nearly compromised by an over curious family dog which has sniffed him out.

The use of such detail could have turned this into a very boring read. However he somehow manages to integrate it into the story in such a way that its actually as interesting as the storyline itself and you find yourself wanting to know more and more of the techniques as you go on.

The character in the book is called Nick Stone and his character is so cleverly developed that you can sense there is going to be even more and more such novels
in the future. In fact this is not the first such story as he did appear in a previous McNab novel, Remote Control. Unfortunately I didn’t know this when I first read Crisis 4 but after reading the book cover since I realise that parts of the storyline in Crisis 4 do relate to what seems to have happened in the previous book. I only hope it hasn’t spoilt it for me … but that’s another review !

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