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Title: Troubled Waters (Destroyer Series, No. 133) by Richard Sapir, Warren Murphy ISBN: 0-373-63248-7 Publisher: Gold Eagle Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 1.33 (3 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: As bad as it gets
Comment: This is a terrible book. Others might give it a pass by calling it typical as a men's adventure novel, but the Destroyer has never been like any other men's adventure series, and to be typical alone would make it bad by Destroyer standards. But in case you're satisfied with typical rest assured Troubled Waters goes beyond that. The writing is bad even by the loosest men's adventure standards. It is horrific by Destroyer standards. I agree with the reviewer who suggests that series fans have made out the "terrible trio" of a few years back to be an impossible pinnacle (pardon the pun) to reach. Those books were very bad but so is this one. While it is true that true fans of the Destroyer know that Bamboo Dragon wins any race that doesn't make this turkey any better. Don't make the same mistake I did. Save your money!
Rating: 2
Summary: There have been worse...
Comment: Well, it wasn't all that bad. For a standard men's adventure, it was pretty typical stuff: trite plot, shallow characterizations, longer on action than intelligence. It was readable.
However, Destoyer fans are used to a bit more. Most of us have read scores of these books, we KNOW who these characters are, what they think, how they interact. This book came across sort of blurred, as if written by someone who didn't quite get it, wasn't comfortable with parody and subtlety. It's not as blatantly bad as the worst ones...
This book sort of dumbs it all down, sort of tries to turn this into just another men's adventure series. What do you think? Will Mack Bolan guest star in a future book?
Get it to complete your collection. Don't expect the worst, but don't expect to be enthralled either! Remo and Chiun are out there somewhere...we're just waiting for them to come back!
Rating: 1
Summary: It Really Deserves Zero Stars
Comment: I wish Amazon would allow reviewers to give no star reviews. And I am frankly surprised that I appear to be the first reviewer for this item. It could be that Destroyer fans said all they felt they needed to with the reviews to the last stinker. Someone said elsewhere that Gold Eagle is burning off old Mike Newton books while they wait to settle in their new writer. It is too bad they did not burn the manuscript while they were at it. This book is easily as terrible as the "unholy trio" and has probably only escaped the terrible reviews it desrves because those books have been elevated so high (or is it so low?) in fans' minds. As with Newton's earlier deservedly maligned efforts the story here is trite, the action is bland, the characters are not in character and there is a sense that the author doesn't care a whit about any of it. Sadly the future of the Destroyer remains in doubt. Unlike others I do not hold out much hope that the next author will be any good at all. It seems that Gold Eagle (Tin Pigeon) got lucky with the previous two ghost authors, Will Murray and Jim Mullaney, both of whom had the blessing of original author Warren Murphy. Left to its own devices Gold Eagle makes bad decisions for Remo and co. and it is Gold Eagle that selected the new author. I hope I am wrong about the future of this series because the Destroyer was once special in the world of mens' action adventure. So I will overlook this two book debacle as I did one time before and I'll give you one more chance, Tin Pigeon. But you only get one more. If you mess up again I am done and will go back to rereading the old books.
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Title: Bloody Tourists (Destroyer Series, No. 134) by Warren Murphy, Richard Sapir ISBN: 0373632495 Publisher: Gold Eagle Pub. Date: 01 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Unnatural Selection (Destroyer 131) by Warren Murphy, Richard Sapir ISBN: 0373632460 Publisher: Gold Eagle Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: Waste Not, Want Not (Destroyer #130) by Warren Murphy, Richard Sapir ISBN: 0373632452 Publisher: Harlequin Pub. Date: 01 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: The Assassin's Handbook by Warren Murphy, Richard Sapir ISBN: 0972634002 Publisher: Ballybunnion Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Destroyer World: The Way Of The Assassin by Warren Murphy ISBN: 0972634010 Publisher: Ballybunnion Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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