- Paperback
- Publisher: Jove Pubns; First THUS edition (April 1988)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0515093335
- ISBN-13: 978-0515093339
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.4 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 201,778 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Format:Paperback
This is a very low grade book. The quality is not very good. I was disapointed.If I make one suggestion please dont bother.
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Format:Paperback
After reading the first two Rambo books, I was very eager to read this one and it turned out to be more than worthy of the effort it took me to find it in good condition ( just like the previous one, it is long out of print). This was a fantastic and near perfect read. David Morrell once again manages to keep you gripped with his amazing writing talents. He takes the screenplay from the film (which did have good action sequences but was rather flat on story and characterisation) and makes it more convincing and flavours with his ideas and thoughts. Rambo doesn't go over the top with the action like he did in the film and in fact he fights less in this one than he does in the others. I also liked the character of a french doctor Michelle Pillar, who was a great addition to the story and had great dialogue with Rambo. As with the previous novels, Rambo as a character is in top notch form and he get to know his emotions and thoughts and he tries to come to terms with himself and what he is ( which is something the film almost totally omitted). Also David Morrell manages to show the horrors and pains of war (just like the previous two) and a nice subplot that he added was the effects of the Soviet/Afghan war on the military officer and soldier veterans and this has underlining similarities with the Vietnam war and its effects, which is an important factor of Rambo. All in all a very good read, but even though I am not the biggest fan of the film, I do wish that some more elements from it could have been included in the novel, For example: the orphaned boy Tomask, scene of Trautman telling Rambo to come to terms with what he is, the helicopter escape, the cave fight, Rambo blowing up helicopters with his explosive arrows and an anti aircraft machine gun. Also I would have liked to have seen some of the deleted scenes from the film appear in the Novel like: the american agent ( who is mentioned but not seen in the novel) getting killed by the soviets at the beginning and the sniper scene ( I don't know why these were cut from the film). I think with these elements combined with the stuff Morrell added would have made it perfect. But even so it is still a cracking read and just as good as the other two.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Having previously read 'First Blood' and 'Rambo - First Blood -Part 2' i was absolutely dying to read this book and once i had i certainly didn't regret it.
We meet up for the last time with our hero John Rambo at a Buddist Monastry where he meditates and follows the way of Zen in hope of a peaceful life. His perfect world is interupted however by a visit from Trautman who wants Rambo to come to Afganistan to help train Afgan rebles to fight the Russians. Rambo declines the offer and goes back to his Zen ways, however when he learnes that Trautman has been captured by the Russians, he 'will' go to Afgan, but this time to free the person that has been like a father to him for so many years.
Although there is not quite as much fighting from Rambo as there is in the previous two novels, this book is still packed full of not-stop action and i;m sure that you, like i will be very gripped to it.
If you have read the first two books then you will know that you get to find out the emotional side to Rambo and hear his feelings and emotions on different situations. This third book sticks with this idea and along with this and the other two novels, we get a much bigger picture of Rambo than we do from watching the films.
Overall an extreamly brilliant book which all fans of Rambo will find a treat. Also if you have read any of the previous two books and liked them then you are sure to like this one. Like the other two books, this one has also gone out of print and again i can't see why but thats just how it is so i would recommend that you buy it second hand from somwhere if you can't get hold of it in a shop.
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