Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #236096 in Books
• Published on: 2005-06
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 480 pages

Customer Reviews

Simple Entertainment
I loved this book with its simple characters and easy to follow plot lines. In terms of realism its way off the mark but that is what makes it fun escapism.

Tedious
I tried reading the book three times because it was monotous, tedious and painful work. At the time of writing, there are two other reviews and I wonder whether we were reading the same book. The characters are paper thin, the plot is straight out of a dumbed down 'B' Movie script and I really do mean that in an unkind way, it would have to improve to be called poor.

We all like escapism from time to time but this is one of those books that should never have been written (and I use the term "written" lightly). I used to like Larry Bond as an author but I have never heard of the other chap. Mr Bond should ditch this collaborative nonsense certainly before he writes another book but mainly before he loses the readers.

So, so...
McNab's books and "The Unit" TV series have set high standards in the special operations stories. There is more Bond and Gung-Ho in "The First Team" than real special forces tactics. Those who look for this aspect (as I did) will not be satisfied with it. The names of the weapons are there, but this is where the reality stops.

There is a lot of action indeed. And it reads quite well. The plot is interesting. Chapters are short, so a perfect book for a traveler. Still, the author has to do some more research on special forces tactics to make it better.

And...dialogs...they desperately require some improvement. Some of them are simply horrible.

Summarizing - it is OK, but I am not confident I will go for the next part of the series.