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Book Review of Orphan X (Orphan X, Bk 1)

Orphan X (Orphan X, Bk 1)
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There are somewhere around 150 books on my want list, and a few less than that already on the TBR shelf. I don't always remember why I add particular books, and sometimes I'm surprised by what I chose. So it is with Orphan X. A testosterone-infused fast-paced thriller with lots of twists and turns, lengthy martial-arts fight scenes with every blow lovingly detailed, and pages of weapons jargon. Not to mention several paragraphs about very pretentious vodka. I did like the plot, I mostly liked Evan Smoak, but I'm not one to enjoy all those technical details. I should have guessed this at the beginning because I very much enjoy the Jack Reacher and Jason Bourne movies, but the books leave me cold. I think Hurwitz did a good job adding to the genre (just a little segue here, how many series are there with little kids trained as assassins?) and I see there are several more in the series. Orphan X has one mostly complete story arc; I admit I'm a little curious about what Evan will learn in the future, but not enough to keep going. If they make a movie though, I'll watch it.