The Informationist (Vanessa Michael Munroe, #1)

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Vanessa Michael Munroe deals in information expensive information working for corporations, heads of state, private clients, and anyone else who can pay for her unique brand of expertise Born to missionary parents in lawless central Africa, Munroe took up with an infamous gunrunner and his mercenary crew when she was just fourteen As his prot g , she earned the respect of the jungle s most dangerous men, cultivating her own reputation for years until something sent her running After almost a decade building a new life and lucrative career from her home base in Dallas, she s never looked back Until now. Free Read [ The Informationist (Vanessa Michael Munroe, #1) ] Author [ Taylor Stevens ] – kino-fada.fr Honestly, I m only halfway through this but I have absolutely no idea why this book is rated so highly everywhere Not to be that guy here but did anyone else READ the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo First of all, the main character Michael who is actually a woman named Vanessa is such an almost painfully blatant poor man s version of Lisbeth Salander that it s almost ridiculous HOW IS NO ONE CALLING THIS OUT And ok, not that every intelligent, super gifted, socially inept main female chara Honestly, I m only halfway through this but I have absolutely no idea why this book is rated so highly everywhere Not to be that guy here but did anyone else READ the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo First of all, the main character Michael who is actually a woman named Vanessa is such an almost painfully blatant poor man s version of Lisbeth Salander that it s almost ridiculous HOW IS NO ONE CALLING THIS OUT And ok, not that every intelligent, super gifted, socially inept main female character should automatically get tagged to Salander but COME ON Michael speaks TWENTY TWO languages That in itself is pretty damn ridiculous Granted, most of them are briefly explained away as dialects , as if the author...The Informationist has one of the most daring and distinctive heroines I ve personally read about Vanessa Michael Monroe is practically a force of nature Her personality is hard to pin down, even if you know her very well, which few people do And she makes a very bad enemy While some characters might go to Africa to run away from their past or to define a new life for themselves, Monroe is the opposite She was born in Africa and raised there Although she is Caucasian American descent, Afri The Informationist has one of the most daring and distinctive heroines I ve p...Bought this book because of the reviews and it s title Started and stopped couple times Vanessa character is one hard woman, learned somethings about Africa But overall story didn t much entertained me Parts were really slow and bloody As always money and how to dec...I m reviewing the audiobook version and although I threatened during the experience to tear my stereo from my car, I am happy to report that it is still intact within its housing.What would push a gentle person such as myself toward such automotively destructive fantasies a commuting in general b an author who uses the same descriptive phrase for every character s posture while sitting over, and over, and over again WTF Where s the editor How many times can a person sit with ...She s a tool A weapon Like Jason Bourne or James Bond Able to blend into her surroundings She speaks 22 languages, and she s damn near deadly with a knife And she s androgynous She s Vanessa Michael Munroe Or Michael for short.Revenge might as well be her middle name, though She reminded me of Lisbeth Salander with the way rage completely consumed her And yet she still managed to show some heart, or at least her slightly abbreviated version of it Emotions seemed to fill her, consume he She s a tool A weapon Like Jason Bourne or James Bond Able to blend into her surroundings She spe...Overall, I bit weird, a bit different though engrossing The strategic part was with way too much emphasis And the emotional line rather crazyish You get employed by a guy 1 You run from him You screw lots of guys implied You screw some stranger somewhere on a business trip 2 You turn to guy 1 for help You use the guy 1 You manipulate the poor SOB 1 You love the 1 Overall, I bit weird, a bit different though engrossing The strategic part was with way too much emphasis And the emotional line rather crazyish You get employed by a guy 1 You run from him You screw lots of guys implied You screw some stranger somewhere on a business trip 2 You turn to guy 1 for help You use the guy 1 You manipulate the poor SOB 1 You love the 1 You get into a love triangle with the initial, brainy, 1 guy and another, hulkier, one 3 The poor brainy SOB 1 dies You go crazy over his death Take your revenge, scaring half the jungle Q Where is she Fuck if I know If we re lucky, she jumped overboard c You go to Morocco to rescrew the guy 2 Nice approach to replacement, huh What a downerWhat I don t like fro...Absolutely absorbing thriller At times, Michael s character is just ludicrous in her abilities but that s okay This was still one of the most enjoyable books I ve read this year Dark, violent, kind of sexy That s what s up.I can t say that I liked it I thought that it was boring, over written, and unbelievable to the point of being silly To be honest, I couldn t even enjoy it on the level of fantasy or escapism.It reminded me of your standard, second rate, mildly ridiculous gun for hire novel only this time written with a tormented female lead, instead of a tormented male lead I m guessing that one is supposed to like the book largely because of the gender switch If you enjoy ...This is the worst book ever The writing is boring, the plot is brain dead dumb, and the character Vanessa Michael Munroe is the stupidest genius I ve run across since the biker Eric Von Zipper in the Beach Blanket Bingo movies starring Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello Munroe, the main character, unfortunately, is the dumbest one of all No one is SUPPOSED to be dumb in The Informationist This is supposedly a serious thriller Really Really This novel is such a stinking piece of du This is the worst book ever The writing is boring, the plot is brain dead dumb, and the character Vanessa Michael Munroe is the stupidest genius I ve run across since the biker Eric Von Zipper in the Beach Blanket Bingo movies starring Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello Munroe, the main character, unfortunately, is the dumbest one of all No one is SUPPOSED to be dumb in The Informationist This is supposedly a serious thriller Really Really This novel is such a stinking piece of dung Can anyone do a phrase count on how often Munroe thought, she fought down the urge to cut his throat What a douchebag moron Her focus IS rather amazing However, if y...Note, Sept 14, 2017 I just edited this review to correct a slight misspelling of one word.The Goodreads description for this book simply quotes the first paragraph of the jacket copy, which gives the impression that our heroine s adolescent career as part of a gang of gunrunners lasted for years It didn t she fled from Africa at the age of 15, after about a year with the gang They also weren t mercenaries, and their smuggling operations included drugs as well as guns Otherwise, the info Note, Sept 14, 2017 I just edited this review to correct a slight misspelling of one word.The Goodreads description for this book simply quotes the first paragraph of the jacket copy, which gives the impression that our heroine s adolescent career as part of a gang of gunrunners lasted for years It didn t she fled from Africa at the age of 15, after about a year with the gang They also weren t mercenaries, and their smuggling operations included drugs as well as guns Otherwise, the information is accurate as far as it goes We meet her nine years later, when she s 24 years old Before we do, though, we re treated to a two page, attention grabbing prologue, set somewhere in West Centra...

The Informationist (Vanessa Michael Munroe, #1)
  • English
  • 04 May 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 307 pages
  • 0307717097
  • Taylor Stevens
  • The Informationist (Vanessa Michael Munroe, #1)