Total control by David Baldacci
Book review
Fiction thriller genre
Rating 4.5/5 for the first half and start 3/5 for the middle and 2/5 for the end and climax!
No major spoilers!
I have decided to give David a chance after Absolute power which was a page turner with a sloppy ending!
Total control also heads that way according to me! The beginning was an edge of the seat thriller with one twist to another! Then the deaths followed like the first few minutes of Saving Private Ryan!
Then you have the supposed lead escaping his fate ( not a spoiler!); And finally you have a flight full of passengers with bad luck!
Then you have a lawyer who has a small kid and family in the middle of a tornado of events beyond her control and understanding!
But it is surreal how she transforms from a suspecting insecure housewife to a gun trottling fugitive on the run!
Then you have over 100 pages of stretching a rubber band of a story to its very irritating climax! Literally much ado about nothing!
You have a very dedicated FBI agent who takes his emotions very seriously! The whole premise of this agent, just like the story starts very well but falters towards the end!
His deduction skills are amazing but they fail when it’s necessary! Dude, dance with the chance or that ship will sail!
Then you have a ruthless killer and an equally ruthless employer of the killer! And an even more ruthless ending! Letting you know anything more is spoiler!
Then you have some information on how federal reserve system works and how it affects the economy of US and World!
If you do not have tech then you do not have a novel for the next gen! So the premise is an upcoming tech company with a huge potential is up for grabs and two big companies are bidding for it! Then skeletons come tumbling out of everyone’s closets and the race begins to get that elusive disc with an even more elusive password!
So many pieces of puzzles finally join together for a single picture in the end is both remarkable and unreal! Take your pick!
Seems interesting but like I mentioned before, starts with a bang and ends in a whimper! Dude! If I want a dose of real real reality in the climax why would I read fiction!?
Definitely not total control but read it for the thrill but just lower your expectations!
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