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2.0 out of 5 starsSuspension of belief is needed to read this book.
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 14, 2023
Warning. Suspension of disbelief (also called the willing suspension of disbelief) is the willingness of a reader to ignore critical thinking in order to enjoy a story. This will be required to enjoy this book.
Red War by Kyle Mills has a plot so fantastical, so ridiculous, outlandish and unbelievable that only the true true Mitch Rapp fan can enjoy. The dozens of unbelievable coincidence are only outdone by the improbable plotline where the head of Russia is willing to start a nuclear war in order to keep himself in office. However ridiculous the plot is and ham handed march to its conclusion, Kyle Mills does have a talent for character dialog and development as well as descriptive action scenes though many of the action scenes are as fantastical as the plot. I got a real chuckle out of the Russian character removing the living liver of his enemy and sending it to the United States so his wife could have a liver transplant. As I was reading this I was thinking, my God this guy must be having some kind of drug-induced dream as part of this sequence but it was actually part of the plot!
I paid $13.95 for the Kindle of the edition of this book so I'm forcing myself to read it to the end just so that I can say I did. I will say I have loved the Mitch Rapp series from when Vince Flynn was the author. I also have enjoyed some of the Kyle Mills versions, but this book has put me off him in a big way and I will not be buying any more from Mills.
