First Blood: Library Edition

from lassiter

If you watched the movie "Rambo" you owe it to yourself to read the book. There is a different insight given.

from wodfest

I intended to read the book in it's own right but I just couldn't help making comparisons with the movie the whole time. Never having been a supporter of the Rambo franchise I was all geared up to loathe my way through this book but it defied me the whole way. What the book is much better at than...

from CymLowell

David Morrell is credited by the International Thriller Writers Association as being one of the founders, if not the founder, of the current genre of thrillers. I had not read his work until my current campaign to read the work of all recognized thriller writers. David received the Thrillmaster a...

from Bridgey

Unlike most people I have never seen the film Rambo, so although I knew the basics of the plot I starting reading the novel with no real knowledge of what to expect. My favourite type of books are those where someone is being pursued through the wilderness, where they have to pit wits against nat...

from Whiskey3pa

A really superior book. Written from parallel perspectives. The characters are deep and interesting. The savagery and casual violence give it a unique tone. A far superior story than that presented by the movie, not surprisingly.