I've read over my Review for Role Of Honor and have come to the Conclusion that I was too harsh on it ) So I've bumped the Score up to 7/10.
No you weren't harsh on it. When I reviewed it here I gave it a '1'. It's a dreadful novel and your comments on the characters, the dull mid-section and the unexciting climax are spot on.
You've pretty much got the first three novels graded right [I blow hot and cold on LR, could be 8, could be 6] but I disagree with NLF which I don't like at all. The girls are forgettable, the villain once again unmemorable, the tension non-existent, the story basically a series of incidents joined together by the thinnest of narratives. The fact M knows his top agent is going to be hunted down makes me pretty angry - Gardner's M is a heartless old b******.
On a side point, if you're going to continue your reviews, while you describe the novels well, I'd like a bit more critique and a little less spoiler.
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No you weren't harsh on it. When I reviewed it here I gave it a '1'. It's a dreadful novel and your comments on the characters, the dull mid-section and the unexciting climax are spot on.
You've pretty much got the first three novels graded right [I blow hot and cold on LR, could be 8, could be 6] but I disagree with NLF which I don't like at all. The girls are forgettable, the villain once again unmemorable, the tension non-existent, the story basically a series of incidents joined together by the thinnest of narratives. The fact M knows his top agent is going to be hunted down makes me pretty angry - Gardner's M is a heartless old b******.
On a side point, if you're going to continue your reviews, while you describe the novels well, I'd like a bit more critique and a little less spoiler.
I've been trying to get back to these Reviews, but it's finding the Time to do so.
I know the feeling all too well.