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| Original Title: | The Fifth Profession |
| ISBN: | 0446360872 (ISBN13: 9780446360876) |
| Edition Language: | English |
David Morrell
Paperback | Pages: 498 pages Rating: 3.99 | 2305 Users | 82 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Fifth Profession |
| Author | : | David Morrell |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 498 pages |
| Published | : | April 1st 1991 by Grand Central Publishing (first published 1990) |
| Categories | : | Thriller. Fiction. Action. Mystery. Mystery Thriller. Suspense. Adventure |
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This book started out great, mystery intrigue spying and bodyguard-ing. Then it took a left turn out of interesting into crazy town. Spoiler Alert* Their brains were messed with. So it goes on and on and on Matrix style with is this a dream is this a real memory or is this fabricated. Chapter after chapter as they are chased and chase people. Oh and then all of a sudden the woman who was saved is suddenly and inexplicably in love with our protagonist. Seriously there is hardly any meaningful conversation or emotional exchange and then it is all "I love you" and "I would follow you into hell" it would be way more believable and I would have not sprained my verisimilitude had she just wanted a quickie in the sack. But back to the is it real is it not problem. The author lost me about 3/4th of the way though the book. Perhaps I was not paying attention and speed reading because "oh no is this a dream or not let's chase and be chased" was happening. (never I) but I have no idea WHY the main character and his (Again suddenly and inexplicably BEST-EST friend in the world) had to have the same memory, that happens to happen later in real life? Really? So if any of you careful readers could drop me a line to explain it to me that would be great, because I am sure as heck not going to re-read this.Rating Appertaining To Books The Fifth Profession
Ratings: 3.99 From 2305 Users | 82 ReviewsCritique Appertaining To Books The Fifth Profession
or a moral, but it needs to be bloody, and it needs to be fun. This book is both of those things, and in spades.It is also deeply, and unintentionally, silly.It doesn't seem that way, at first. There's an intro about the importance and glorious history of professional protectors, in both Eastern and Western cultures. Then we get our hero, Savage, starting a new rescue assignment. Then we get a flashback, which starts very well...And ends with a moment so OTT it becomes splat-stick.Back to thep450: savage shook his head fiercely, as if strong enough denial would erase the carnage around him, would made the corpses disappear.my second morrell;it reads like ludlum's bourne crossed with the wachowskis' the matrix;well, maybe minus the transgender part
Sorry to say this was a poorly written and poorly narrated book. Different narrators were used for different characters with the jarring result of the prose narrator voice changing with dialogue to other character voices, especially during rapid discussion dialogue. Also, the plot, particularly the epilogue reveal of the reason for the plot were SO convoluted and senseless. Not recommended.
Started off good, got kinda annoying, got annoying, got dumb, got retarded, got jesus fucking christ./
This is a dramatic reading of the novel conducted by several excellent voice actors. The novel itself is an entertaining adventure story of two protectors or bodyguards. They've had their minds messed with and they use their skills to solve the mystery of why they were so messed with. It's fairly well written and has a well constructed plot. Not the best thing I've ever read in the genre, but it kept me entertained, and so the five-star rating. By the way, I got this an introductory freebie from
Savage and Akira, protectors, aka bodyguards, aka "The Fifth Profession," are severely injured at a meeting...but when they compare notes, each saw the other killedin fact, beheaded, right after their client was killed. Problem: all are still alive. False memories via surg procedure. Sidebar of love story with Rachel. Just too many wild improbabilities for me, leaps of illogic...glad when I was done that it was over.
The book starts off like an action flick from the 80s which stars two heroes and a heroine oozes sexuality. Since one of them is a Caucasian and the other a Japanese, I am going to assume for Hollywoods sake that we will put in Mel Gibson and Chow Yun Fat as the protagonists. The movie trailers tell us that one of them is a Navy SEAL and the other is trained in the Samurai arts. They are executive protectors of the first order and both get sent on a mission to Greece. You settle in with popcorn
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