{"id":694,"date":"2013-07-09T15:06:25","date_gmt":"2013-07-09T23:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bukkhead.com\/blog\/?p=694"},"modified":"2013-07-09T15:06:25","modified_gmt":"2013-07-09T23:06:25","slug":"review-the-cleaner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bukkhead.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/09\/review-the-cleaner\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: The Cleaner"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The<\/a>
\n The Cleaner<\/a> by Brett Battles<\/a>
\n My rating: 3 of 5 stars<\/a><\/p>\n

Last week, while I was on vacation in Hawaii, I read Deceived<\/i> (the sequel to The Cleaner<\/i>), a book by Don Winslow, a book by Louis Begley, and a book by Louis de Bernieres. I liked how that went, so although I\u2019m back home again, I thought I do the same thing, starting with The Cleaner<\/i> itself.<\/p>\n

As I mentioned in my review of Deceived<\/i>, I\u2019d actually read a sample of The Cleaner<\/i> a few years ago, so getting back into it was easy. And like the sequel, it\u2019s a thrill-ride, complete with steely-hard commando types who know all the martial arts, all the computer hacking tricks, all the ways to charm and woo. This is spycraft 101. License to kill, issued by the Extenuating Circumstances Department. <\/p>\n

I could tell you the plot, but what\u2019s the point? Good guys, bad guys, really bad guys, on-the-fence-guys. Guns and sex and double-crosses. Exotic locations. This is a thriller-by-the-numbers, but we don\u2019t read this kind of thing hoping for Milton, do we?<\/p>\n

Much of Deceived<\/i> alluded to events in The Cleaner<\/i>, so I knew what was coming, in terms of the big reveal. Still readable, I\u2019d like to say. Still worth your time if this is your sort of thing. If this is not<\/i> your sort of thing– don\u2019t bother. Wait for the movie. Or wait for a similar movie based on a different book. They\u2019re all the same, aren\u2019t they? Reacher, Parker, Spenser… Cruise, Statham, uh… Cruise…<\/p>\n

You get the idea. For me, it was a decent little read. I\u2019ll be reading the third in the series, hopefully next week. <\/p>\n

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The Cleaner by Brett Battles My rating: 3 of 5 stars Last week, while I was on vacation in Hawaii, I read Deceived (the sequel to The Cleaner), a book by Don Winslow, a book by Louis Begley, and a book by Louis de Bernieres. I liked how that went, so although I\u2019m back home … <\/p>\n

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