From 0a2fbdfd2a57baa77abc76cfd7a75aa371caebcb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew Weiss Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2019 21:50:53 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Post about foreign influence --- content/2019-02-17-foreign-influence.md | 16 ++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/2019-02-17-foreign-influence.md b/content/2019-02-17-foreign-influence.md index d6b4f3c6..af88a7f4 100644 --- a/content/2019-02-17-foreign-influence.md +++ b/content/2019-02-17-foreign-influence.md @@ -8,10 +8,22 @@ tags: - fiction - good - thriller -published: false pagecount: 388 --- -[*Foreign Influence*][book-amaz] +[*Foreign Influence*][book-amaz] is the next entry in the Scot Harvath series from Brad Thor. An +indulgent page turner from the get go, this one falls in the middle of the pack among the books in +this series. + +I started to get the impression that the author realizes he blew too much of Scot's time in the +first few books and is making up for it now. The first couple books spanned some time and major life +changes. At this point, to be able to make the series go on for a while, he is having to compress +both the time within the book and the time between books. This is not altogether bad, but this one +really ended pretty abruptly with some major happenings all crammed into the end. + +I wouldn't pick up the series with this book, but if you have been following along then this one +will not disappoint. The one aspect that is starting to grate on me is the incessant need to talk +about how "America's enemies don't play by the rules, so why should we?" I get the sentiment of the +character and who he is supposed to be, but even then it is starting to be a bit of a stretch. [book-amaz]: https://www.amazon.com/Foreign-Influence-Thriller-Scot-Harvath-ebook/dp/B003BHM87C