Vertical Run Final Review

I recently finished this book and all I can say is WOW!!! There were some crazy plot twists at the end that I could never have seen coming in a million years. I can't say much about the end without giving spoiling it for my readers. I don't want to spoil it because I want everyone to read this novel, seriously its worth the read! This book really went beyond the physical actions and really dove into Dave's mind while he racked his brains about why these men were trying to kill him and even his wife would be on their side (sorry I couldn't help a little spoiler). As a reader you find out the reason and reason behind all of Dave's actions and I realized that if a whole bunch of men came and tried to kill me I'd be dead very fast. I jus hope I am never in such a situation.

There are many themes that can be taken away from this book, but the one that stuck out to me the most is that one should never ever give up no matter what is opposing you. In this novel the opposition was trained men with guns and a target on your head. Other opponents could be an addiction you are struggling with, a family member that is battling a terminal illness, or your darkest fear whatever that may be.  Dave Elliot used his intellect most of all to deal with his conflict and I think that people should always think carefully about going into a situation guns blazing (punny).

I hope that everyone who has read this blog (about 5) are all intrigued by this book and hopefully pick it up one day, and hopefully actually read it. I have really enjoyed this book and it was nothing short of a page turner. King Klamm out for now.

Vertical Run Blog

I am on page 106 of Joseph R. Garber's book Vertical Run. I guess you would call this book a thriller and an adventure story. The conflict of this book starts almost immediately on page one and keeps building. The main character David Elliot is a Vietnam war veteran but those days are long since behind him. Elliot now works in a big corporation downtown. One day at work a man wight he code name of Ransom and a whole team of men came into the office and started trying to kill him. Now thats some conflict! I won't say much more because I hope I've inspired all of my blog readers to read this novel.
David Elliot is the narrator of this book and it is first person limited. So far he has been racking his brains of why these guys are out to get him and all of his old army training and skills are coming back to him. I think he is very believable as a character, granted that he has already escaped death few times. Elliot has gone through thinking about this whole situation logically and sensibly. Well as sensible as anyone can with random guys trying to kill you at work. The whole situation with the killers at work is a little less believable because when would that ever happen?? I will just have to wait until I finish the novel.
In the novel Elliot keeps thinking about his days in Vietnam. I just read The Things They Carried which is a novel of vignettes all about the Vietnam war. That novel was fiction but the author was a Vietnam war veteran himself. So far in both books portrayals of the war they are fairly similar.
I can't wait to finish this novel and find out why all of these killers are after him! Stay tuned for the next King Klamm blog post!