![]() ![]() If all you have is no talk and all action I get equally irritated. If all you have is all talk and no action I get irritated. I’m a bit difficult to please when it comes to my thriller reading to be honest. (I didn’t actually throw the chapter out of the window, just the worries) Any random worries I may have had that this book 2 would suffer “mid trilogy terrible syndrome” went out the window with the first chapter. The writing is taut, exciting and incredibly hypnotic – the kind of beautifully written descriptive scenes and absolutely riveting character drama that meld together to produce a right old page turner. ![]() Conspiracies abound and it is true that you can trust no-one, unexpected allies and sudden betrayals lurk around every corner. The action is all consuming and relentless but the story running through the thrill ride is thought provoking and multi-layered. This trilogy, in its first two instances, are what I call intelligent thrillers. Sadly for them, happily for the reader, supporters of Pendulum’s nefarious doings have more mayhem in store for our intrepid trio, the challenges that face them here are as likely to pull them apart as they are to bring them closer together. No pressure then Mr Hamdy.įreefall turned out to be a banging good read, like Pendulum but better, picking up from where that left off we find Wallace in a war zone in an attempt to make some random amends, Ash fighting the force of an employer that doesn’t believe her conspiracy claims and Bailey wondering where the heck his equilibrium went in the aftermath of being badly injured. Anyone that remembers how excitable and shrieky my good friend Kate of Bibliophile Book Club and I got over the first in this series, the gloriously entertaining Pendulum, will know that anticipation for the sequel, Freefall was high. ![]()
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