Book: ‘Hostage Zero’ by John Gilstrap – March 27th, 2016
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Mar.27, 2016, under Books
Hostage Zero by John Gilstrap
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
The second part of the Jonathan Grave series is as much fun as the first. It is all a bit ridiculous and the story does take itself a bit too seriously, but it is fun to read. Gilstrap reminds me a bit of author James W. Hall.
The premise of a kidnapping and the pursuit is far more than any person might do with so little evidence to work from. Here the story takes a bad turn as so many characters who had been known to clam up, suddenly gush their stories. How benevolent for the story. Grave being wealthy to further manipulate the story in the direction it would be thought to go, is also far too convenient. Garve is almost Batman without the costume.
The settings are well described. Though there are a ton of troubles when the story moves to a point in South America. The rain forest jungles tumble away with ease to further the story’s obvious trajectory.
Gilstrap unfortunately took a number of easy ways out more than the first book, taking away some of the fun. No real twists and too much obvious. Despite all that the story is good and…
Bottom line: I recommend this book. 5 out of 10 points.
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