Review: #881
Title: Untouchable
Series: Alpha Force – 10th and final book
Author: Chris Ryan
Comments: The final book in the Alpha Force series doesn’t go out with a bang. It’s a bit more subdued compared to previous books. It takes around one-third to one-half of the book before it finally starts getting into the plot, and the plan that Alpha Force has to foil. It spends too much time in the beginning on Alpha Force’s recreational activities and introduces an annoying and useless character that you’d expect would probably become important later on… only for that expectation to be wrong. Once it gets the ball rolling, it doesn’t quite raise the stakes and urgency enough to keep you engaged. It’s still a solid plot but lacks the ingenuity that defines the characters at times. The actual illegal activities were interesting in how the author fleshed out their operations, and how the villains got away with it for so long. The ending didn’t quite provide closure to the team but it gives a light of hope that the characters will not be disbanded forever.
Rating: 6.5/10