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The Afghan is an extraordinary story of bravery, fanaticism,
extreme espionage and advanced terrorism. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
extreme espionage and advanced terrorism. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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42 of 45 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Afghan's early promise disappoints,
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This review is from: The Afghan (Hardcover)
The book gets off to a cracking start. As always Mr Forsyth has done his research, which makes the setting out of the plot all the more believable. Indeed, with a foot so firmly placed in reality the book reads almost as if it was a journalistic account of an actual event rather than a work of fiction. So why does this book that is so engrossing for the first 200 pages suddenly massively disappoint. Well, I am sorry Mr Foryth but suddenly, and for no good reason, this gritty and believable story goes into a complete fantasy land. I shan't go into detail but basically it involves an aeroplane developing mechanical problems somewhere over the vastness of the USA What, we ask, has this got to do with our plot? All is soon revealed, as by a truly staggering coincidence of fantastical proportions, the plane crashes onto the exact spot where one of the main characters happens to be. If he had been hit by a meteor it would have been more believable. As it is, this is the point where the story virtually collapses. The strong thread of reality, which weaves together the first two thirds of the book is severered beyond repair. As a result I felt a profound indifference to what followed. What a shame!
23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
No wonder they want to live in Cricklewood!,
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This review is from: The Afghan (Hardcover)
I have bought, and enjoyed every one of Mr. Forsyth's excellent fiction works, and I thought that he had avoided the problem common to many novelists, in that they tend to lose their 'edge' regarding plotline, 'readability' and tone after some success! Unfortunately, with 'The Afghan', I fear that Mr. Forsyth's long rule as a 'must buy' to an addict such as myself is fast approaching the end of it's path! Where the character Martin in !Fist of God' was utterly believable, because the writing led you carefully along that path of credibility, in 'The Afghan' his life turns into dust, because the author simply 'lost the plot'I tend to agree with one of the previous reviewers when he said that the publisher probably wanted a quick release, so got something cobbled together! I expected far better from Frederick Forsyth, and am very dissappointed with his latest book!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Implausable to the enth degree,
This review is from: The Afghan (Kindle Edition)
Every fiction book requires a willing suspension of disbelief. Even the most willing reader will find it hard to suspend disbelief long enough to swallow an unending series of coincidences and plot twists that just aren't believable. Other reviewers have commented on the implausibility of taking an escaped Taliban member around the world just to stand on the deck of a ship and steer. The fact that the Taliban member had never been on a ship before, of course, in no way interfered with the plan to use him as a steersman. That is merely one of a series of implausible plot twists.The Americans are hosting the G8 and decide to hold it on the Queen Mary II. But Forsyth would have you believe that the British have essentially NO part in planning or executing the security of the G8 meeting on a British ship. The huge disaster that Forsyth would have us believe that Osama Bin Laden has meticulously planned is just not credible. It is as precariously balanced and has as many excess parts as a Rube Goldberg machine -- and as likely to be successful. It is hard to become worried about a potential disaster that requires the good guys to be not only clueless but to be amazingly stupid.
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