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| Title | : | The Fifth Profession |
| Author | : | David Morrell |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 498 pages |
| Published | : | April 1st 1991 by Grand Central Publishing (first published 1990) |
| Categories | : | Thriller. Fiction. Action. Mystery. Mystery Thriller. Suspense. Adventure |
David Morrell
Paperback | Pages: 498 pages Rating: 3.99 | 2305 Users | 82 Reviews
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This book started out great, mystery intrigue spying and bodyguard-ing. Then it took a left turn out of interesting into crazy town. Spoiler Alert* Their brains were messed with. So it goes on and on and on Matrix style with is this a dream is this a real memory or is this fabricated. Chapter after chapter as they are chased and chase people. Oh and then all of a sudden the woman who was saved is suddenly and inexplicably in love with our protagonist. Seriously there is hardly any meaningful conversation or emotional exchange and then it is all "I love you" and "I would follow you into hell" it would be way more believable and I would have not sprained my verisimilitude had she just wanted a quickie in the sack. But back to the is it real is it not problem. The author lost me about 3/4th of the way though the book. Perhaps I was not paying attention and speed reading because "oh no is this a dream or not let's chase and be chased" was happening. (never I) but I have no idea WHY the main character and his (Again suddenly and inexplicably BEST-EST friend in the world) had to have the same memory, that happens to happen later in real life? Really? So if any of you careful readers could drop me a line to explain it to me that would be great, because I am sure as heck not going to re-read this.
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| Original Title: | The Fifth Profession |
| ISBN: | 0446360872 (ISBN13: 9780446360876) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Rating Appertaining To Books The Fifth Profession
Ratings: 3.99 From 2305 Users | 82 ReviewsCrit Appertaining To Books The Fifth Profession
Started off good, got kinda annoying, got annoying, got dumb, got retarded, got jesus fucking christ./Excellent story. A bit 'teenagy, sentimental mix inbetween excellent plot. Without that it would get 4,5 from.me
The book starts off like an action flick from the 80s which stars two heroes and a heroine oozes sexuality. Since one of them is a Caucasian and the other a Japanese, I am going to assume for Hollywoods sake that we will put in Mel Gibson and Chow Yun Fat as the protagonists. The movie trailers tell us that one of them is a Navy SEAL and the other is trained in the Samurai arts. They are executive protectors of the first order and both get sent on a mission to Greece. You settle in with popcorn
I read this book many years ago (most likely more than once) and I really liked it, so when I saw it in my mom's bookshelf I borrowed it to re-read it. Morrell's style of writing is quite straight-forward, so it's easy to read.The story is interesting and thrilling, I like that we get to learn a bit more about Japanese culture and history and I find the idea of modern samurais kind of cool. We get the story about two men who work as executive protectors, Savage who is American and Akira who is
Started out decent but went downhill quickly. Painful to hang in to the end and finish.
Savage and Akira, protectors, aka bodyguards, aka "The Fifth Profession," are severely injured at a meeting...but when they compare notes, each saw the other killedin fact, beheaded, right after their client was killed. Problem: all are still alive. False memories via surg procedure. Sidebar of love story with Rachel. Just too many wild improbabilities for me, leaps of illogic...glad when I was done that it was over.
The beginning was really great til about halfway through. Then the premise got rather confusing. (that's an understatement) but on the whole I did enjoy the book.
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