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Term Limits | 
 enlarge | Author: Vince Flynn
Publisher: Pocket Star
Category: Book
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Rating:  217 reviews
Sales Rank: 1741
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Pages: 656
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Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 4.1 x 1.3
ISBN: 0671023187
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780671023188
ASIN: 0671023187
Publication Date: July 1, 1999
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Taking America back...one politician at a timeTERM LIMITS In one bloody night, three of Washington's most powerful politicians are executed with surgical precision. Their assassins then deliver a shocking ultimatum to the American government: set aside partisan politics and restore power to the people. No one, they warn, is out of their reach -- not even the president. A joint FBI-CIA task force reveals the killers are elite military commandos, but no one knows exactly who they are or when they will strike next. Only Michael O'Rourke, a former U.S. Marine and freshman congressman, holds a clue to the violence: a haunting incident in his own past with explosive implications for his country's future.... "Ingenious....Outpaces anything recently published, including Baldacci and Clancy." -- Florida Times-Union Includes an excerpt from Memorial Day, Vince Flynn's electrifying new hardcover
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 A story with a sickening political message October 4, 2008
Navaratnam Pradeepan
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
Term Limits has a sickening political message. The novel is based on the assassinations of members of Congress and other political figures. The characters are silly; the protagonists are kept weak throughout the novel (if not comical) and the antagonists develop split-personalities - some becoming heroes and others villains. Bizarre justifications are given for assassinating the politicians and the attempt to capture the killers is half-hearted. The book will appeal to rightwing extremists - with "extremists" being the key word. For the rest of us looking for a good book, I would strongly suggest bypassing this one.
A great read, hard to put down September 2, 2008
Robert Turk (Dallas area, TX)
I bought this book while on vacation. I don't normally get to read books because I have enormous amounts of professional journals and magazines to keep up with. But I was interested in the "teasers" and wasn't disappointed when I began to read. The plot and characters may be somewhat out there to many. But I've known people on the fringes of these communities and the characters in them and Flynn does a great job of describing their worldview. Hopefully we won't get to where we accept assassination as a way to deal with political gridlock, but Flynn knows the buttons to push to get us thinking about the questions arising in our declining republic. I think this book is a great read for fun and for thinking about our country.
I've enjoyed Flynn before, but couldn't finish this book July 28, 2008
Bill Garrison (Oklahoma City, OK USA)
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
I've read two of Vince Flynn's thrillers (Transfer of Power and Third Option) and found them both mildly enjoyable. I started Term Limits and soon realized this was the first book he'd written. I was excited to find out about the origination of some of the reoccurring characters such as Congressman Michael O'Roarke and CIA operative Irene Kennedy.
This book still has the cluncky point of view problems that existed in the Third Option and Flynn's writing style in general is bland, but I the plot started off with a bang. Three well-known politicians were murdered by expertly trained assassins. Their demands are simple. The congress must not pass the president's bloated budged and must instead do what the American people want and enact needed spending cuts. Now, this sounds like an agenda I could agree with, but I certainly don't believe in killing congressmen to get it done.
Imagine my surprise when, early in the book, freshman Congressman Michael O'Roarke (a character in future books) agrees with the killings and believes they are justified. Imagine my surprise as I continue to read and find out O'Roarke may know who was behind the killings but refuses to go to the FBI with the information.
I wanted a hero to get behind and its hard to get behind a hero who advocates killing Senators. Flynn wanted this to be a plausible military thriller, but it fails at every corner. The omniscient point of view definitely detracts from the enjoyment. I also kept waiting for O'Roarke to save other Senators from assassination, but page after page O'Roarke stands behind the killings because he believes the killings are just what Congress needs to stop wasting our money.
Now, I'm a right winger who believes 100% Flynn's message that spending is out of control and must be stopped and that politicians of both parties are more interested in power than helping the country. I found it ludicrous for Flynn to expect me to buy into a hero that, as a congressman, advocates the killing of his co-workers to advance a political agenda.
After 350 pages, I have had enough. I kept reading, thinking O'Roarke would change. But it is obvious he won't and thanks to other Amazon reviews, I know I've made the right decision. I may read other Flynn novels featuring Mitch Rapp, because the first two I read were good, but his first novel is horrible.
 SERIOUSLY INTENSE May 22, 2008
Roland Daniel (usa)
This book was given to my by a friend,along with several other books by this author. And i have to say that i was blown away! This has to be one of the most intense books i have ever read. And if someone doesn't pick up the movie rights to this book, I may have to take up a collection and do it myself.
Top Notch May 13, 2008
Jeremy Doan
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Great Book, Vince Flynn is the king of the political thriller, then in his other books once Mitch Rapp is introduced, all great
Great Great reads, I highly recommend them, I have read all nine of his books
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