Was really excited to read this book, due to the movie coming out this year. With thrillers, if they don't captivate me from page one, I find it hard to connect with the book properly and unfortunately this book was one of those cases. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. We really enjoyed it. One that leads her all the way to learning the identity of the bomber — Reza — only for underground antiterrorist organization Magenta House to kidnap her before she can kill him. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of, Published I'd read this 20 years ago. I get that her family died in a plane crash that was really a terrorist attack. Ready to see some of your favorite stories come to life? Your email address will not be published. January 2020 is bringing a variety of movies for all ages and tastes, though there's a generous amount of horror and suspense. Sadly, only the last 40 pages were my favorite part of the book. Interesting read. The Rhythm Section is a 2020 action thriller film directed by Reed Morano and written by Mark Burnell, based on Burnell's novel of the same name. Without spoiling the book, can someone tell me if there are musical references in the story? She agrees to the latter, faking her death and taking on numerous other identities. While I would be hesitant to call this a good action thriller, it is a great spy thriller. The origin story here is a bit like Full Metal Jacket but never feels derivative. But I just can't muster any sympathy for you; even after you become part of a secret assassin organization. But I do think Stephanie can carry the story relatively well on her own. The book is terrific and I will read the continuing series of books about the heroic character, Stephanie Patrick. Language. book started off well but got bogged down and got boring. She murdered him in cold blood. Later, Stephanie —who's living under a false identity, but has found love with Frank — puts a stop to Alexander's meddling, threatening to kill him if he continues. This story works best when it's about Stephanie's struggle as the espionage plot is old hat even for 1999 when this was written. And while the novel was a fan favorite, The Rhythm Section's book ending highlights why this is the kind of story that will really sing on the big screen. The Rhythm Section bombed horribly at the box office in its opening weekend, setting a new all-time record for commercial futility. I’ll be curious to see the movie. (Spoilers ahead.) The main character is absolutely fascinating and makes up for not being James Bond by being something 180 degrees from him. Consequently, secret services became more answerable to politicians than they ever had been, just at a time when they needed to be more furtive.”, “Stereotyping didn’t become stereotyping without being rooted in fact. I was interested at first, it started out with a plane crash that I think drew everyone in, but it got very dragged out and boring. Despite her training, she retains some trace of her original humanity, even slowly falling for her neighbor Frank. There's a whole section where she is described feeling herself up as she's gotten more muscular from the training. Not sure if it was quite enough for me to continue with the series but I don't regret reading the first one. “Politicians argued successfully for cuts in expenditure and more openness. 1) I notice a lot of women read this and did not enjoy it. - Petra Reuter”. The climax is incredibly tense but basically stops short and then we just hear about what happened, which is incredibly frustrating. The series of four Stephanie Patrick novels (or as I think of them, Petra Reuter novels) are as good as anything that LeCarre or Steinhauer wrote. This story is something like La Femme Nakita and The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. See 2 questions about The Rhythm Section…, The Big Book-to-Screen Adaptations of 2019. When it first started I thought I was going to like it but it is just not my genre and I was pretty bored and uninterested in the story. 2020 Bustle Digital Group. The movie will likely be good though. Didn't enjoy the characters, plot, or writing. I unfortunately lost interest halfway through. Refresh and try again. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. [ There’s a whole section when she is training for Magenta House, when she is daydreaming about having intercourse with her instructor, needlessly sexualizing the situation, when she has PTSD from being abused. The debut of an extraordinary new author – a novel of how a woman, pushed over the edge by the violent deaths of her family, survives only by taking other identities. She settles down with him at the end, leading to Alexander stopping by and Stephanie threatening his life if he came back again, but the only romance Stephanie has in the film is when she hooks up with Sarra. While a success, his irritation at Stephanie for going rogue lingers, and he tries to track her down. I had read the book initially back in 1999 when it first came out. They rated this as the 2nd best book to become a movie in 2020 and I disagree. [ She literally pushes someone onto subway tracks and he didn’t even speak English. A one-stop shop for all things video games. The main character is absolutely fascinating and makes up for not being James Bond by being something 180 degrees from him. I really enjoy these strong but flawed female lead characters. The book spends a long time with Stephanie working and living on the streets, broken following her family's death. Say Your Prayers: Blessed are the filmmakers…, Investigating Enola Holmes: The Case Of The Overthinking Critic, The Devil All The Time: the devil is in the detail, Bill & Ted 3: no Eddie Van Halen but we do get Dave Grohl, She Dies Tomorrow: the meaning of life, and death. All the sex and violence here is grimly realistic and played for grit not flash. I can't remember the last time a book had me and lost me and won me back in such a circular fashion. This book was a great story; I can see it absolutely killing it as a movie. Highly recommended for lots of reasons, Was hyped to read this book because reviews and even the dust jacket compare it to. Geoff Bell. Mark Burnell’s thriller ‘The Rhythm Section’ was a revisit for me. And while Stephanie seems to have settled things once and for all, it's a wild ride right up until the very end. Once her missions begin, the book gets bogged down in the kind of muddl. There was no mark or space to signify it so every time it was super abrupt. Welcome back. I wasn't particularly enthused in many of the characters near the end of the book, after we moved on from Proctor and Boyd. (Spoilers ahead.). To see what your friends thought of this book. All rights reserved. This was a slow read, and I'm not going to bother finishing it. Though both the book and movie follow Stephanie's journey to becoming an assassin, at its core it's a look at a woman who never really had an identity of her own, finding one. Blake Lively stars as Stephanie Patrick, a woman whose world was shattered by a catastrophic plane crash that killed her entire family. Attempting to quit in the face of the monster she feels she's becoming, Magenta House threatens her brother's family, the only family she has left. Relic: it’s coming from inside the house! The main character is woman who’s written by a male author and it’s very obvious. Overall I can see why this book is going to make a good movie, but reading it was painful. These missions build to a finale that offers Stephanie the shot at revenge she seeks. The sheer volume of improbabilities could club to death even the most robust suspension of disbelief. Really not my type of story. Magenta House has their sights set on the mastermind behind the bombing, and either Stephanie walks away and forgets about killing Reza, or gets trained and assigned missions by Magenta House that will allow her to pursue him. This was an amazing story. The book's final chapter jumps ahead, with Magenta House leader Alexander reflecting on the mission. I never felt connected to any of the characters, the main character especially. This could just be an IBooks thing but I was so confused whenever there was a time jump within a chapter. I will not read the rest of the books in this series. I really don't think I will bother continuing the series. Everything changed two years later, though, with 9/11. I chose to read this because it's being turned into a movie. Calyn and I read this book so that we could watch the movie together. I didn't know what to expect going into this book. When she finally confronts Reza — ostensibly to stop his team from hijacking a plane on behalf of Magenta House — Stephanie learns his motives for blowing up the plane were identical to her own, pursuing revenge for murdered family members.

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