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The Killer (Victor the Assassin) von Tom…
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The Killer (Victor the Assassin) (Original 2010; 2013. Auflage)

von Tom Wood (Autor)

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Forget James Bond. Forget Jason Bourne. Forget Jack Bauer. Meet Victor. He's an assassin-a man with no past and no surname. He lives alone. He operates alone. He's given a job; he takes out the target; he gets paid. He's THE KILLER. Victor arrives in Paris to perform a standard kill and collect for an anonymous client. He completes it with trademark efficiency-only to find himself in the middle of an ambush and fighting for his life. Pursued by determined enemies, a woman too beautiful to be safe, and intelligence agencies from both sides of the Atlantic, Victor will soon discover there is nowhere left for him to hide . . . and no one he can trust. But he is every bit as ruthless as those hunting him. And Victor will find out who wants him dead and why-one corpse at a time.… (mehr)
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Titel:The Killer (Victor the Assassin)
Autoren:Tom Wood (Autor)
Info:Tantor Audio (2013), Edition: MP3 - Unabridged CD
Sammlungen:Deine Bibliothek, Noch zu lesen, Lese gerade
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Nel complesso il libro mi è piaciuto nonostante vicende e situazioni risultino eccessive ma, alla fine, credo che a convincermi sia stata proprio l’esagerazione e l’esasperazione di quanto raccontato.
È un libro ricco di azione e anche di tante descrizioni molto puntigliose, qualche volta veramente eccessive, ma dove pecca maggiormente è riguardo alla storia personale del passato del protagonista che resta avvolta quasi completamente nel mistero.
Di Victor conosciamo solo il presente, qualche rapido e microscopico accenno sul suo passato che non riesce però a spiegare quasi nulla del suo carattere e del suo essere così “particolare”. Forse è proprio il mistero che avvolge questa figura - oltre che per i personaggi del libro anche e soprattutto per noi lettori - quello che attrae di questo protagonista che si rivela di un’intelligenza fuori dal comune ma, allo stesso tempo, così glaciale, attento, razionale, misurato e privo di qualsiasi emozione e sentimento tanto da renderlo unico e particolare nonché estremamente pericoloso.
L’impressione molto forte è che il personaggio sia stato creato con l’intento di dar vita a una serie e proprio questo lasciare quasi del tutto sconosciuto e in sospeso il passato di Victor sia legato essenzialmente alla volontà dell’autore di rinviare la decisione di che svolta dare a questo personaggio più che particolare.
Effettive quattro stelle e mezzo. ( )
  Raffaella10 | Jan 28, 2023 |
Great asissin novel. Our protagonist, Victor, is very good at what he does. He's tasked to retrieve a flash drive from someone then kill the guy. Once the job is done, Victor finds himself ambushed at his hotel. Who's after him? This starts a chase that hits several spots in Europe and beyond.

There were a few chase scenes that went a bit long, but overall, the book is very good. ( )
  Jarratt | Sep 8, 2022 |
A great introduction to what I've heard is a fantastic series.

There were a few moments where I felt the detail intruded on the story a little too much, however this didn't detract from what is, essentially, an awesome read. ( )
  RachelAmphlett | Jul 23, 2018 |
When you advertise your new book with "Forget James Bond. Forget Jason Bourne. Forget Jack Reacher." you damn well better deliver. Tom Wood's "The Killer" didn't.

I should have quit this book 100 or so pages in, but I held out hope. The core of the idea was good enough, it just wasn't executed very well.

We meet Victor, an assassin, who's been hired to kill someone trying to sell Russian secrets. Once the job's done, Victor ends up the target. After escaping several attacks, he joins up with the woman who hired him as they're now both targets for elimination. They want to find out who's set them up and take them out. Hundreds of pages later, we finally get to the end which is rather unsatisfying. The Russian secrets turn out to be high-tech missiles that have been sitting at the bottom of the ocean off the coast of Africa. Supposedly they may still be usable (which seems highly unlikely.) Russians are after them to keep others from gaining information on the technology. The CIA's after the missiles to keep them from enemy hands. Rouge CIA operatives are after them to sell them. And Victor is after everyone who's trying to kill him. It's a rather convoluted mess that never gets better as it goes. ( )
  Jarratt | May 8, 2018 |
Very exciting story.
I was beginning to think, Victor, the assasin, was a complete robot without any emotions, but as the book progressed, he was beginning to question why he did what he did..
Interesting characters, lots of rotten apples in CIA and KGB and plenty of action and shooting. ( )
  gogglemiss | Feb 22, 2016 |
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The target looked older than in the photographs.
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Forget James Bond. Forget Jason Bourne. Forget Jack Bauer. Meet Victor. He's an assassin-a man with no past and no surname. He lives alone. He operates alone. He's given a job; he takes out the target; he gets paid. He's THE KILLER. Victor arrives in Paris to perform a standard kill and collect for an anonymous client. He completes it with trademark efficiency-only to find himself in the middle of an ambush and fighting for his life. Pursued by determined enemies, a woman too beautiful to be safe, and intelligence agencies from both sides of the Atlantic, Victor will soon discover there is nowhere left for him to hide . . . and no one he can trust. But he is every bit as ruthless as those hunting him. And Victor will find out who wants him dead and why-one corpse at a time.

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