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The ChemistIntroduction of the ebook: The Chemist
Đánh giá : 3.74 /5 (sao)
In this gripping page-turner, an ex-agent on the run from her former employers must take one more case to clear her name and save her life.
She used to work for the U.S. government, but very few people ever knew that. An expert in her field, she was one of the darkest secrets of an agency so clandestine it doesn’t even have a name. And when they decided she was a liability In this gripping page-turner, an ex-agent on the run from her former employers must take one more case to clear her name and save her life.
She used to work for the U.S. government, but very few people ever knew that. An expert in her field, she was one of the darkest secrets of an agency so clandestine it doesn’t even have a name. And when they decided she was a liability, they came for her without warning.
Now she rarely stays in the same place or uses the same name for long. They’ve killed the only other person she trusted, but something she knows still poses a threat. They want her dead, and soon.
When her former handler offers her a way out, she realizes it’s her only chance to erase the giant target on her back. But it means taking one last job for her ex-employers. To her horror, the information she acquires only makes her situation more dangerous.
Resolving to meet the threat head-on, she prepares for the toughest fight of her life but finds herself falling for a man who can only complicate her likelihood of survival. As she sees her choices being rapidly whittled down, she must apply her unique talents in ways she never dreamed of.
In this tautly plotted novel, Meyer creates a fierce and fascinating new heroine with a very specialized skill set. And she shows once again why she’s one of the world’s bestselling authors. …more
Review ebook The Chemist
Look, I gave it a fair chance, I swear I did.
I was genuinely curious about how Meyer would move from paranormal YA to an adult Spy Thriller. Would I find myself amazed as I typed out a positive review about how far she has come? Would I be rolling my eyes as I ranted about how terrible and offensive this was? Honestly, though, this book isn’t as exciting as either of those options.
For all Twilight’s faults, most people would agree that it’s a thrilling premise for a lot of teen girls – a hot v Look, I gave it a fair chance, I swear I did.
I was genuinely curious about how Meyer would move from paranormal YA to an adult Spy Thriller. Would I find myself amazed as I typed out a positive review about how far she has come? Would I be rolling my eyes as I ranted about how terrible and offensive this was? Honestly, though, this book isn’t as exciting as either of those options.
For all Twilight’s faults, most people would agree that it’s a thrilling premise for a lot of teen girls – a hot vampire who will love you forever, oh my! But The Chemist is just not very good. And it’s also really boring.
It’s about a former agent (and professional torturer) who’s on the run after the agency made an attempt on her life. This former agent – whom I will call Alex for simplicity’s sake – gets called in by her boss for one last case; one which she hopes will enable her to return to her former life and stop running. She’s suspicious of their intentions, but follows their instructions by kidnapping and torturing Daniel Beach. When she realizes that the tall, gorgeous Daniel is actually a good guy, she teams up with him and proceeds to spend most of the following 400+ pages going googly-eyed every time he is in the room, or else talking about dogs or guns.
Every turn the book takes is obvious in advance. Imagine this scenario: you have a photograph of a guy doing something illegal. The image looks just like the guy in front of you only he swears it isn’t him. How could it be possible that this guy didn’t do it and yet someone who looks just like him did? Come up with the least inventive answer to that question and you’ve already figured out the first “reveal” of the book.
The characters are classic Meyer. A nondescript Mary Sue protagonist is a virgin surrounded by a cast of male characters, with no female relationships (never mind friendships) in sight. The love interest is textbook handsome and one-dimensional to the point of disbelief. Daniel is such a good, kind, sappy guy who is concerned for the safety of a person who just tortured him. I honestly didn’t buy it. I don’t care how much of a saint you are, if someone tortures you, you’re not going to sit up and be like “honey, are you alright?”
Don’t get me wrong, I love nice guys. Nice, sweet guys are underrated in fiction. But not mindlessly self-sacrificing heroes who would cut off their own arm to save the enemy. I have no interest in those unbelievable creatures.
Oh, and INSTAEVERYTHING:
But from the second I saw your face, I was willing to leap miles outside my comfort zone to make sure I saw it again.
There is no romantic tension. Meyer gives up everything instantly with the way she writes the first encounter between Alex and Daniel. Despite being a cold, calculating torturer, Alex feels so different about Daniel. And Daniel doesn’t care that he’s just experienced excruciating agony at the hands of this woman because HOT DAMN.
But honestly the worst thing is the huge chunk of the book that is made up of Alex and Daniel hiding out at a ranch with a load of dogs. I’m not exaggerating when I say that so much of this book is made up of pointless chitchat about dogs, guns and cooking. They kiss and watch movies together and sing “Total Eclipse of the Heart” in the kitchen. Maybe this is really funny to some people, but I do this all the time so whatever. Who wants to read a book that is almost entirely about a dull romance that has no drama, no questions, no will they/won’t they?
The main government spy plot is lost behind all this romantic filler, and its questions are not all that exciting. It was hard to care about what was going on because the stakes never felt high enough – I never got the sense that Alex’s life was at risk. Rather, I felt I was reading a comfortable romantic chick lit novel, in which every bit of drama is superficial, and everyone is guaranteed to survive and end up together.
And it’s a small thing, but someone should point it out: why is our amazing, uncatchable, super-spy reading espionage novels for tips? Sometimes I wonder if Meyer is just kidding with us, but I suspect she isn’t.
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