Friday, July 23, 2010

Gambit

Gambit
By Karna Small Bodman
Publisher:Forge
Published: 2008
ISBN-13: 9780765358868
367 pages

Three American planes have been shot out of the sky and the reason was unknown. Dr. Cameron Talbot, a world-famous expert in missile-defense systems, is ordered by the White House to develop a defense against the mystery weapon. I enjoyed Gambit and liked it, but I will not say I loved it. It is a political thriller with some romantic suspense thrown in, but in that respect, I found Suzanne Brockmann’s The Troubleshooters series to be a lot more engaging. The author, a former deputy press secretary and senior director of the National Security Council, has firsthand White House experience and it shows in her novel.

Note: This is a 100-word book review.
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11 commented:

  1. I don't really like political thrillers, I struggle to get into them. It all goes over my head too much.
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  2. Never heard of it. I do like the superhero with the same name though...
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  3. Okay, I love thriller/suspense/mystery and this one really like what i love to read..thanks for sharing, Alice!
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  4. I'm not big on political thrillers either, so I count on you to point me to the really, really good ones. I'll probably pass on this one, but I like the idea that it was written by a Washington insider.
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  5. I do kind of like political thrillers, but I'm not a huge fan of romance, so I'd probably feel the same way you did.
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  6. Sorry you didn't enjoy it more. It is too bad that the fact that the author was a Washington insider didn't add more credibility to the novel.
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  7. I do enjoy political thrillers. Great review Alice, sorry u didnt love it though.
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  8. Ugggh, I'm not one for political thrillers at all. I'm glad it wasn't a total dud for you though.
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  9. Hi everybody! I do like political thrillers (which is one of the reasons I bought this book), but somehow it didn't really wow me. I like the story, but I didn't love it. I would still like to give the author another try, though. :)
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  10. I like political thrillers too, but based on your review I probably wouldn't love this one either.
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  11. Hi Stacy, I think there are better ones out there, but this is actually not that bad...
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