John Ringo’s “Ghost”
Tuesday, June 28th, 2005
I bought an advance reader copy of John Ringo’s Ghost via Webscription. It was a good book, but not worth the $15 US I paid for it. Here’s my review.
My biggest complaint it that this book has John Ringo writing like Tom Clancy. Basically, if you’re not a born and bred American, you are evil and/or incompetent. If you are an American, but not a Republican, you are fuzzy brained, ignorant, or evil. Ringo singing the praises of George W. Bush gets tiresome.
The rest of the book is basically an action hero story. It’s not Hollywood - bullets hurt and time is needed to heal wounds. There’s some sex in it, teasing in first part, somewhat graphic in the second, brutal in the third. I’d put it about on par with an average western or non-Harlequin romance as far as sex goes.
Overall, I’d give this book 6/10 - a decent read, but not a book I would read again unless I’m very bored. I probably wouldn’t buy other books in this series, though I’d probably check them out from the library.