Net Force: Dark Web

Here's the thing, if you Google the meaning of thriller, the result is "a novel, play, or movie with an exciting plot, typically involving crime or espionage." If you read further, you'll see things about putting a reader or viewer on the edge of their seat. Net Force: Dark Web has the crime or espionage part of that, but the exciting plot or edge of my seat storyline? Not so much. The blurb sounds exciting, and I was certainly hoping for an edge of my seat read, but this book was the complete opposite for me. It's about 700 pages of way too easy to put down and even harder to pick back up. Only sheer determination and a bit of OCD about finishing things kept me pushing through to the end. The story is snail's pace slow, tedious, and wordy. There are numerous characters and subplots to keep track of, and we meet those characters in info dump like fashion. Those things combined made it hard to get invested in any of it. It's been a long time since I read anything by Tom Clancy, but I don't remember having this much trouble with those books. Maybe my tastes have changed, or maybe this one just isn't for me. Either way, this one came up sorely lacking, and this is one Clancy world that I won't be revisiting.

In a time when cyber security is at risk and notices of hacks are world wide we get a book by these authors. I got this book because I saw the authors and just knew I would love the book. Fr some reason I had a hard time getting into it. I mean I love the thrills and chills, the hunt, the twist, but there are so many sub characters who are important to the story that I kept getting lost. There is a ton of action and little details which need to be tracked to stay on top of it all but it was almost overwhelming. It is a slow start but that's also because everything is being set up and put in place for what comes next. Just make it through that and you'l be ready for the rest. It's a good read so don't get me wrong and it's most definitely a read worth the time and brain power to get through it but you might need to make some notes. Either way there's no denying the story is well written and researched from these authors that do spy stories that keep the blood pumping and overcome all the obstacles.