On Target (Gray Man)

Pretty good writing style but somewhat superficial. Court Gentry is hard to identify with or understand the way he thinks. The book is entertaining enough to keep reading but when I was finished it felt neither enthusiastic about it nor sorry that I read it.

I know it's fiction but this pushes the boundaries whilst trying to be topical with the use of the power brokers & North African despots. How this guy can survive with the entire espionage world holding a shoot on site moratorium stretches the imagination somewhat.

......Read, Ballistic or Dead Eye, they were good and so was this till Court landed in the Sudan and met an ISS airhead and the whole book went south. She was so out o f character for Court and so was he for the rest of the book.

Maybe Mr Greany was just starting out when wrote the first two because The Grey Man, the first book of this series was bad also, but not as sophomoric as this one.

Sorry but it's true. I think Mr Greany knows it too. The next two were far better. I'll try the next one if there is a next one but if it's like this, that will end it for me.

Plenty of action. The lead character is given almost super human capabilities. If your looking for a believable story look elsewhere. If you want to be entertained and don't care about believability gives this a try.

This book will be liked by readers who enjoy reading about lots of violence while they are safe in their reading chairs. It will be liked by readers who like non stop action and much suspense. It will be enjoyed by readers who like heroes who overcome impossible odds.

This book will be liked by readers who enjoy reading about lots of violence while they are safe in their reading chairs. It will be liked by readers who like non stop action and much suspense. It will be enjoyed by readers who like heroes who overcome impossible odds.

The first book was decent, but this sophomore effort was too sophomoric. Gentry, the super assassin, makes way too many mistakes, too many bad decisions, and should be dead several times over. One spoiler - the author makes a big deal about Gentry getting an arrow shot in his back...an arrow dipped in festering bacteria which causes his wound to possibly become gangrenous. And then nothing. We don't have a scene with him finding antibiotics, he just survives and get better between scenes and with no repercussions. Except that I am a bit tired of the loose story telling, dangling plot threads, and unresolved plot complications. That's left for the next book in the series.

The writing suffers and dwells on too much filler such as unrewarding and unnecessary narratives describing commando skirmishes (maybe they prove the author's bona fides...maybe). The author needs to up his game, so if you want a real Gray Man, Try "The Grey Man" as in "The Assassin The Grey Man And The Surgeon," which has it's own weaknesses, but is still a better written, better plotted novel, more enjoyable novel (I am only half way through at this moment, but you can find it in the the store Lending Library for free).

Mark Greaney started off weakly with his first "Gray Man" novel (titled The Gray Man). However, with On Target, Greaney has gotten the formula done perfectly. Extremely hard-hitting but, most importantly, much more credible than his original attempt.

American Special Forces operatives must rely on the moral compass of a drug addicted sociopath on the payroll of the Russian mafia to complete a mission in Sudan. Told from the perspective of the sociopath.

Court Gentry is a three dimensional character. The action is described well. I like to look up the locations in Google Earth to add one more layer. If you are into military fiction you will get into these books.

Action packed from the very beginning. He sure loses a lot of nice weapons. I try to figure out how he gets out of his situations, but I'm never right; somewhat close, but never right. Keeps me in suspense. Great book.

Excellent follow-on to the first Gray Man novel. A bit slower in pace than the first one, but not a problem since the time is well taken to give the reader a better look into the inner thoughts and history of the main character. The author's style of writing is a pleasant read - it pulls you into the story and action and before you know it an hour or two has gone by.