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Review by jlfwritingservices -- East Wind, 2nd edition
[Following is a volunteer review of "East Wind, 2nd edition" by Jack Winnick.]
East Wind, 2nd edition by Jack Winnick is an international spy thriller. It is based primarily in the United States, but there are a few scenes based in various Middle Eastern countries. Jack Winnick is very knowledgeable about Middle Eastern countries and cultures, and this shines through in his captivating book on war, crime, love, and loss.
Walid, a brain-washed terrorist, enters the United States as an American college student and obtains a job in an effort to blend in with the surroundings. He has a specific job to do: bomb Los Angeles via suicide bomb. While he does bomb Los Angeles (he narrowly escapes unharmed), his time in America allows him to see that Americans aren’t as bad as he was trained to believe. After much internal struggle, he decides to utilize his knowledge to help the FBI attempt to foil a second bombing on American soil.
Uri, a trained Mossad agent and killer, is paired to work with Lara, a special intelligence agent with the FBI, after a small nuclear bomb explodes in the Marina del Ray harbor. They use their skills and intelligence to attempt to stop a second bombing in the nation when specific terrorist demands are not met by the American government. A steamy romance also brews between the unlikely pair, as they are regularly in close quarters with one another.
I give this book a 3 out of 4 stars. I am not superbly knowledgeable about Middle Eastern countries and their cultures, so it took me a little bit of researching and time to fully understand this book. This lack of knowledge could detract readers who are in the same boat as me from fully understanding this book. There are also a few obvious editing errors (huge, random line and word spacings) that distract from the reading. Winnick does a great job building the main characters so the reader can relate to each of the main characters on one level or another. However, there are several characters introduced in the beginning of the story that seem to me like they would be major parts in the story, but they are never heard from again. This confused me throughout the first third of the book.
I truly enjoyed learning more about Middle Eastern cultures and learning how blind Americans can be to obvious issues that can arise because of terrorists. I also enjoyed watching the romance of Lara and Uri develop. This book does briefly detail once bedroom scene, but it isn’t graphically described. I would recommend this book to adult readers because of the graphically described violent scenes and the briefly described bedroom scene. I feel it would benefit the reader to also have a good amount of knowledge of Middle Eastern countries and cultures before reading this book.
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East Wind, 2nd edition
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East Wind, 2nd edition by Jack Winnick is an international spy thriller. It is based primarily in the United States, but there are a few scenes based in various Middle Eastern countries. Jack Winnick is very knowledgeable about Middle Eastern countries and cultures, and this shines through in his captivating book on war, crime, love, and loss.
Walid, a brain-washed terrorist, enters the United States as an American college student and obtains a job in an effort to blend in with the surroundings. He has a specific job to do: bomb Los Angeles via suicide bomb. While he does bomb Los Angeles (he narrowly escapes unharmed), his time in America allows him to see that Americans aren’t as bad as he was trained to believe. After much internal struggle, he decides to utilize his knowledge to help the FBI attempt to foil a second bombing on American soil.
Uri, a trained Mossad agent and killer, is paired to work with Lara, a special intelligence agent with the FBI, after a small nuclear bomb explodes in the Marina del Ray harbor. They use their skills and intelligence to attempt to stop a second bombing in the nation when specific terrorist demands are not met by the American government. A steamy romance also brews between the unlikely pair, as they are regularly in close quarters with one another.
I give this book a 3 out of 4 stars. I am not superbly knowledgeable about Middle Eastern countries and their cultures, so it took me a little bit of researching and time to fully understand this book. This lack of knowledge could detract readers who are in the same boat as me from fully understanding this book. There are also a few obvious editing errors (huge, random line and word spacings) that distract from the reading. Winnick does a great job building the main characters so the reader can relate to each of the main characters on one level or another. However, there are several characters introduced in the beginning of the story that seem to me like they would be major parts in the story, but they are never heard from again. This confused me throughout the first third of the book.
I truly enjoyed learning more about Middle Eastern cultures and learning how blind Americans can be to obvious issues that can arise because of terrorists. I also enjoyed watching the romance of Lara and Uri develop. This book does briefly detail once bedroom scene, but it isn’t graphically described. I would recommend this book to adult readers because of the graphically described violent scenes and the briefly described bedroom scene. I feel it would benefit the reader to also have a good amount of knowledge of Middle Eastern countries and cultures before reading this book.
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East Wind, 2nd edition
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