Hayden Carter

Ugh what to say about this book. Disorganized is probably the best word to describe it. The author is all over the place. One second, history of Islam,, then to modern day suicide bombings, the history of Salafism, biography on Zarqawi. It's just a mess really. The book reads like a jumbled mess. Currently crawling through the book. One moment you're engrossed in the author describing a lone sniper taking pot shots from a miniret, and then you're transported to 500 BC. What?! Sadly this is not a very well written book.

Quite honestly some of the worst writing I've ever had the displeasure to read. I'm almost 100% sure the author was intoxicated when he wrote this rubbish of a story.

Did Mrs. Anderson have an editor for this book? It strongly appears not. The writing is atrocious. Grammatical errors, wordy sentences, ideas thrown around with no context. Pg 53: "Her name caught my eye in some documents on my father's captivity Dad requested be declassified under the Freedom of Information Act shortly after he came home" Geez!!! What a mouth full! Get an editor Mrs. Anderson. Here's your edit: "shortly after my father came home he used the Freedom of Information Act to declassify documents on his captivity; documents which included her name."

I have to agree with the other poor reviews. This book reads like a 5th grader wrote it. So many unnecessary elements. Although the political comments (Trump) isn't as prevelent as some of the other reviews would have you think, it was unnecessary and distracting to the book none the less. The book is set in 2021(22)?, and Billy Summers lives in some fantasy world where suburban neighbors still bring cookies and have outtings together. Billy, a complete stranger, also plays Monopoly with underage children in their basement while their parents are upstairs. This part really weirded me out. In what world would this actually happen?!? It's creepy! The entire plot is exaggerated. Hit man who sets up a year in advance pretending to be someone else? What? Why not just pop into town the day of the event and hit the target? Isn't that 1000X easier and less risky?! Literally no one would even know you or your face. Dumb writing. Gave this 3 stars because it's still fun to read, if you want something dumb and easy.