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The Target
- Will Robie, Book 3
- Narrated by: Orlagh Cassidy, Ron McLarty
- Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
- Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Mystery
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Publisher's Summary
From the Sunday Times number one best-selling author
Will Robie, from The Innocent and The Hit, returns in his toughest mission to date. A time to kill - or a time to die?
The mission is to enter one of the most dangerous countries in the world. The target is one of the toughest to reach. The result could be momentous - or it could be Armageddon. There is no margin for error.
US government operatives Will Robie and Jessica Reel have to prove they are still the best team there is. But are they invincible when pitted against an agent whose training has been under conditions where most would perish?
An old man is dying in an Alabama prison hospital, it seems there is one more evil game he has still to play. And it's a game which comes close to home for Reel and Robie. But this time the stakes might be way too high.
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- Archer
- 30-06-14
Best Will Robie book. Very Entertaining.
Well I'll keep it short this time. After the second Will Robie book "The Hit", it was safe to assume that we will see more of Jessica Reel. And to make one thing clear: that's a good thing. The two characters simply work well together and dragging a 15-year old teenager (the character "Julie" introduced in "The Innocent") around as a potential victim wouldn't have worked indefinitely anyway.
However that brings me back to a deficit that plagues many authors who write a large amount of books and/or different series: the main characters become too similar, and the stories tend to show a pattern. That's also true this time to an extent. Will and Jessica in many respects have become similar to Sean (King) and Michelle (Maxwell) and the story basically is something that could have happened to them as well. Without saying too much: If I remember correctly the ones who become a target in this book once were a target in one of the King and Maxwell books as well ;-)
What I especially liked, was the author's focus on the North Korean assassin and her life. That decidedly made the story better and had a nice "two sides of a coin" feel to it.
So if you like Baldacci I believe you will be well entertained this time too. The story is fast paced, shows some nice twists (and one strange twist, as well as some things that could have been a little less obvious) and has an interesting sub plot that gives some background knowledge about Jessica's past. As with King and Maxwell the male character's past remains largely obscure.
Performance is great as always. Orlagh Cassidy and Ron McLarty make the story come alive very nicely and I also like the sound effects thrown in from time to time.
It seems I didn't keep it short after all but I hope this helps you decide.
Have fun
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- Carly
- 02-06-14
Pushes credulity too far
Baldacci stories always push the boundaries of credulity to the limit - and the first two Robie stories most of all - but this goes way too far. It's also poorly put together, with two separate stories that have no overlap other than the highly contrived. There's also way too much unnecessary back story on the North Korean side - and when those characters hit US soil the story just gets even more painful. These narrators are always decent but htere wasn't much they could do with this, I feel sorry for them. Oh and the sound effects are always highly unnecessary but they seemed particularly grating this time.
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- Anonymous User
- 14-10-20
Thrilling!
Another thrilling Baldacci story! After finishing it, I felt I had listened to two books, so intelligently interwoven. A great listen, well performed.
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- Dejan
- 21-11-14
First two were way better
What made the experience of listening to The Target the most enjoyable?
I liked the narrators. They're always great.
What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)
Didn't really like it. As if the author didn't have enough ideas.
Have you listened to any of Orlagh Cassidy and Ron McLarty ’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
I always found them very good.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
No.
Any additional comments?
Well, Will Robbie series was the one of three I was the most fond of. But the third book is just too much of a mix of stories...At least one was too many. I love thick stories, believable characters, but Baldacci did that in less words and more persuasive in first two books.
Also, Jessica's character wasn't as firm as in second book (I don't mean firm as in tough, but in believable).
This was the first book I preordered. And I am disappointed.
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- N. D. Holt
- 27-04-14
Fabulous!
Would you consider the audio edition of The Target to be better than the print version?
No idea ... but the Ron McLarty and Orlagh Cassidy are (again) masterful at bringing the book to life. David Baldacci's writing and Ron and Orlagh's narration is a hard to beat combination.
What did you like best about this story?
The Target seems to be a collection of shorter stories woven together into a whole ... David Baldacci has created a great thriller which doesn't really let you relax much at any point. Start to finish in 2 days ... I just couldn't stop.
What does Orlagh Cassidy and Ron McLarty bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?
Ron and Orlagh bring the characters alive for me ... this is the 3rd Will Robie book, and the 5th I've listened to with them working together. I get lost in the characters and the story and forget it's an audiobook ... it becomes more of an audio play.
If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
Don't know ... but I'd definitely be at the cinema to see it!
Any additional comments?
I think I'd have preferred a different ending to the book ... but I can tell I'm still pumped full of adrenaline - I hadn't really noticed it until I sat down to write this review.
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- Jenny Elliott
- 11-12-17
The Target by David Baldacci
Love this book as all Baldacci books are brilliant. Narrators as always were excellent. Many thanks.
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- Adrian Austin
- 17-07-17
The Target
Far too many sub plots and at times almost boring I was tempted to abandon it . I stuck to the bitter end but only enjoyed it in parts. Gets the thumbs down from me.
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- foxyfilly39
- 12-02-17
another great listen in the series
Brillant story and listening, can't wait to start the next audio book in this series
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- M J P
- 28-10-16
Brilliant Action/Thriller
I like the occasional strategic sound effects.. Really adds to the story. Both narrators are fantastic.
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- Bar54bar
- 10-12-20
Good but not Robie’s best
We love David Baldacci and have already thoroughly enjoyed the Memory Man series and definitely hope for more. We are now working our way through Will Robbie series and have also enjoyed them. This one has been a good listen but my husband and I (we listen together) both felt that towards the end it was a bit contrived and not a situation which could have ever happened. Nonetheless a well constructed book beautifully preformed.
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- Richard OJ.
- 17-06-20
Excellent read
This novel was great the narrator’s did a great job in telling an very exciting story well.
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- L T Rees
- 10-11-19
It's a the and a half, I'd say. Good, not great.
Enjoyable and entertaining, but falls short of some the other books I've listened to recently. Well produced and well performed.
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- Kelly
- 04-10-19
wow
great story and very well narrated. I like that Reel is alongside Robi. Looking forward to the next one
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- UK Fiction Review
- 24-08-19
Close to being a Bull's Eye!
Nicely paced, well written book. Good presentation too. The plot was almost as good as other Baldacci books, the performance likewise.
I don't think anyone who knows this author will be disappointed, it just doesn't excel where Baldacci does usually.
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- Waymax
- 13-01-18
Enough of this diatribe
Struggled through. The deep and meaningful conversations are banal, action moments are brief nonlogical, unrealistic
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- Anonymous User
- 05-12-20
fabulous
i can't believe how David Baldacci keeps coming up with story after story which are all fabulous. thank you.
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- Anonymous User
- 08-09-18
Brilliant isn’t enough for this
Really enjoyed the book. Orlagh and Ron are fantastic I felt it All as something new happened I thought oh know what are we going to do?
I laughed at my self and found out.
Great entertainment on my long journey
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- Nessiebee
- 28-05-18
Master author
I am in love with this author and series it keeps you listening and guessing I found the make female performers blended well great performances
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- susan Rossiter
- 29-07-17
continuing excellence
loved it. so sad that it finished. roll on the next in series. can't wait