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Title: Knight Hawk by Pat O'Connell ISBN: 0-8439-4253-3 Publisher: Leisure Books Pub. Date: May, 1997 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (17 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: 50 page book drawn out to 368
Comment: I'm on her tail..firing..oops..hit a bridge and killed some commuters, oh well, firing again...oops...hit a oil tanker...firing...oops..hit a refueling tanker...firing..oops..hit my wingman..firing..oops...hit another bridge...firing...oops hit the washington monument ..firing - you get the idea!!! Not special jets, squadrons of fighters nor hundreds of missles could bring this lady down. Give me a break. It's a great book if a storyline or character developement are absent from your reading needs. What confuses me the most is that the author seems to want to make the women the central characters and heroine's and yet, at the same time, finds way to demean them at every turn. Kanada is neurotic, homicidal rape victim looking for revenge and the other seems to be distinguised by her call sign of "hoots" with a subplot of being a fair pilot. To back it all up, you have vapid, testosterone laden men itchin to be the first to splash this black widow who has sent twenty or so of their buddies to their deaths. Do you really think a jet can crash through a building and the pilot still survive? I guess that's why it's called fiction!!!!
Rating: 5
Summary: A Great read! All fun!!
Comment: What a great book!!! All fun and I really liked the ultra resourceful female pilot. I imagine Capt Kim Kaneda to look like the female Marine Corps Jag Officer on the TV show "JAG". Knight Hawk reads like one of the original Clancy novels but without all the convoluted political machinations. It is very believeable that we might have a weapon like the Knight Hawk. Most of all it was such well written, exciting reading I did not put it down!! That's how a good novel should be! Joe Finch
Rating: 4
Summary: Interesting vigilante tale with a woman at the forefront
Comment: "Knight Hawk" makes an interesting spin on the classic action thriller. The book is essentially 360 pages of a single non-stop action sequence, interspersed with anecdotes to set up the backstory. It is unique because it puts a female character as the protagonist (or antagonist, depending on your point of view). Not many authors have nerve to put a woman as the lead in an action thriller. Even fewer are willing to take the risk of making her the bad character. It's a risky proposition, but author Pat O'Connell pulls it off fairly successfully.
The book starts when disgruntled Air Force pilot, Kim Kenada, decides to use skills and security clearances to hijack a state-of-the-art fighter jet (armed with nuclear missiles) and threaten major cities along the eastern seaboard unless the U.S. government meets her ransom demands. "Knight Hawk" follows Kenada on her mission of desperation and slowly unravels the influences that caused her to go rogue. That is where this book excels. Instead of just settling in for nothing but 360 pages of non-stop action which, admittedly, is pretty pulse-pounding, O'Connell breaks it up with stories that deconstruct exactly who Kim Kenada is and reveals what may motivate her. The final motivation is not revealed until the very end and it is very surprising (so I certainly will not spoil it here), but some of the earlier stresses she endures, from false accusations that nearly ruined her career to dealing with an unfaithful husband, reveal how she may have been pushed towards the breaking point.
"Knight Hawk" is merciless on a number of its characters. Aside from the actual fighter pilots (Kenada and those sent to shoot her down), O'Connell spares no quarter in dealing with the upper military command and even the President and his administration. The military brass, with only a couple of exceptions, is portrayed as bumbling, self-absorbed, egotistical morons. These men were caught flat-footed when the crisis began and have done little to distinguish themselves during its execution. The President and his staff aren't treated much better. Instead of providing strong leadership, the President and his advisors act like sleazy backroom politicians whose only concern is how their reputations can survive this crisis and how they can turn it to political advantage. As stated, O'Connell only seems to have some degree of respect for the actual fighter pilots. They are treated with the most respect in the book. His prose in describing the aerial battles is clear and concise. His knowledge of fighter tactics and strategy is deep enough that he can accurately describe what is happening without burying the reader under mountains of technical jargon.
All told, "Knight Hawk" will prove to be a very quick read. The concept and its execution are essentially flawless. The time a reader will spend on this novel will not be wasted.
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