Total disappointment actually, which is why I swore to myself to never go and see it. Up until now I still haven't seen it. But, I did read the book! And this was right after the movie came out.
I said to myself that if the book turns out to be bad, I thought that wasting my life reading this pages wouldn't hurt much. So I read it, and I actually liked it! The book felt like I was actual As a fan of the Hitman game series, I always wonder what it would be like if this turn out to be a movie? The book felt like I was actually doing a walk-through in all of the game series, but too bad it was told in a very short manner.
It could have been easily made into a trilogy collection. Agent 47 was a very private man, with nothing much to talk about, which is why every scene always cut to the next one in just seconds. But the story foretold about his quest through countries and fighting bad guys was just breath-taking! It's a good action-fiction book, but by the time I felt my adrenaline rised, immediately I went back to null mode.
I could have read this book in less than a day. But since each scene was cut short, I always stop reading, and waited till later hour to continue reading it.
Good, and could have been better.. Sep 01, C. Phipps rated it it was amazing. Much like the movies, it attempts to add much-needed depth to the character of Agent 47, the International Contract Agency ICA , and the universe which our anti-hero operates. As much as I've come to love the Hitman universe in the short time I've been a fan, I've got to say I was very grateful for some expansion beyond the role of killer and killed. The premise is one of the ICA's board members, Aristotle Thorakis, is close to bankruptcy despite being a billionaire.
A thinly-disguised Aristotle Onassis, Thorakis seeks out a means of maintaining his lavish position and this unwittingly leads him to the Agency's enemies in Puissance Treize "Power Thirteen" in French. Aristotle is given a million euro loan in exchange for information which will allow them to eliminate the Agency's top earners, including the inhumanly gifted Agent William C.
Dietz has a good grasp on 47's character with a man who is the consummate professional in all things. Much of the book focuses on 47's love of food and local culture, which is an interesting take but makes sense given he's not interested in sex or companionship.
Perhaps because Agent 47 isn't the most talkative protagonist, we get him from the perspective of his antagonists to get the bulk of the novel's emotional core.
I was very fond of Puissance Treize assassin Marla who, after failing to kill 47, decides to do anything to survive his wrath. This leads to some rather despicable decisions on her part but, by the time 47 catches up with her, your sympathy is as much with her as our erstwhile antihero.
Much of the novel tends to treat 47 like the Terminator, an unstoppable force no one can really impede from his target and that's a really interesting take on the character. I also appreciated much of the supporting cast, including well-realized takes on series mainstays Father Vittorio and Diana Burnwood. Diana, in particular, gets portrayed with a strong will that never bends even when in an extremely compromising position. The character doesn't play a big role in the novel but from what we see, she's sexy, intelligent, confident, and charismatic.
I also liked Mister Nu, another ally for 47 in the Agency, and wish he would show up in the games. Dietz realizes that ninety-percent of 47's skill is in staying hidden, though, and the best part of the book's action sequences are when he's planning his elaborate takedowns.
These include some truly interesting ways of dispatching his foes, straight from the video games, like a piano-wire decapitation of a motorcycle gang member, and the all-too-realistic peanut allergy poisoning.
Watching 47 plan his meticulously crafted hits is much better than a novel focusing on him pulling out his pistols to go John Woo on his enemies. The book makes a couple of missteps. For example, not believing we're going to hate Puissance Treize enough to want to see them destroyed for being assassins out to get our protagonist, they make one of their leaders a pedophile running a ring of them.
While it's gratifying to see 47 do an almost-afterthought rescue of the tykes, the entire thing smacks of trying too hard. Likewise, when 47 doesn't kill one of his targets belonging to this child-slavery ring, you think he's being too merciful.
There's also a few plots left hanging, which seem to be setting up a sequel which never came. This is unfortunate since I really enjoy Dietz's writing style. Some readers may be put off by the fact 47 is portrayed as a man who has almost no redeeming features other than his professionalism.
His only decent act occurs almost toward the end of the book and his perspective is of a man devoid of any sympathy for his fellow human beings. This is strange as the book references Father Vittorio and shows Agent 47 still maintains strong feelings toward his former mentor. Despite this, I don't think this is an inaccurate portrayal of 47 as he's always displayed a near-total amorality. In conclusion, this is a really fun book and I think fans of the franchise will enjoy it.
Much of the world-building absent from the main games is present here and I wouldn't have been averse to seeing characters from this book return.
Sadly, this is a "one and done" sort of deal and the only other legal Hitman novel is by a different author. Jan 10, Breezalee rated it it was amazing. Hitman: Enemy Within is about Agent 47, who is on a mission for The Agency, a top-secret organization that employs only the best of the best hitmen in the world.
And, of course, Agent 47 is the best of the best. Unfortunately for The Agency, there is a rival organization, called the Power Thirteen who has been able to infeltrate the company with turning one of the members.
When The Agency finds out, suspicion is thrown on Agent 47's controller, Diana. Agent 47 doesn't want to believe that his on Hitman: Enemy Within is about Agent 47, who is on a mission for The Agency, a top-secret organization that employs only the best of the best hitmen in the world. Agent 47 doesn't want to believe that his only human contact is the traitor, and given the assignment from the superiors in The Agency, Agent 47 embarks on a mission to find the leak and plug it.
Without getting into too much detail what would totally spoil the book, he succeeds in ways that I would have never guessed. It was well written and extremely well thought out. There was times in the book that I acutally learned stuff because the author obviously knew what he was talking about.
The book was fast paced and every page was a fount of information and interest. Even the non-action moments were build-up because you just knew that it was leading into another explosive climax.
Agent 47 is just what you want a hitman to be; cold, calculating, but has some sort of weird sense of justice within his hardened heart the scene with the orphans was great and I had to grin at what he did.
I have to admit that I am a total girly girl and only got this book because I thought that it would be like the movie. If you're like me and love to read books that were made into movies, this is not the book for you. It's better! While Timothy Olyphant is smoking in the movie, and it's not hard to imagine him as Agent 47 in this book, and as much as I love the movie, I have to say that this book is MUCH better.
That almost pains me to say it, but there it is. Dietz did not understand the source material. Agent 47 is supposed to be the best assassin in The Agency, yet his covers were consistently blown throughout the entire book. This book was written as if the Hitman series is supposed to be an action packed thrill ride.
The games are about being as discreet as possible, yet this book is filled to the top with wild shoot outs and explosions. This would be all fine and good except for the fact that it betrays the spirit of what the series is supposed to be.
Jan 31, Carlos Trevino rated it really liked it. A few pages in, I quickly realized I'd actually read this book back in my high school years. A bummer because the book draws you in to the Hitman universe rather quick. I loved how the book stayed loyal to the game but was saddened by the fact that A: it's too short and B: it took five years for another Hitman book to come along.
I'd have loved if this had been turned into a lengthy book series A few pages in, I quickly realized I'd actually read this book back in my high school years. I'd have loved if this had been turned into a lengthy book series Apr 06, Kristopher rated it it was amazing. Captures the feel of the games very well. Buy this book u will not be dissapointed. If i could rate this a ten it would have got it.
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The Libyan guide suggests al-Fulani is headed to Quadi Doum, an abandoned airfield, which turns out to be correct. During a hectic firefight, all of al-Fulani's guards are killed and 47 knocked Cassandra Murphy unconscious by hitting her with a car.
ICA agents storm Diana's hotel room at the St. Nu is prepared to torture her, until she successfully convinces him that she was set up and wouldn't be stupid enough to accept a bribe in such an obvious way. The Chairman requested that Diana be spared and placed aboard the Jean Danjou to guide 47, until more substantial evidence comes from 47's questioning of al-Fulani.
He immediately confesses that Thorakis betrayed the ICA to Puissance Treize, after which 47 left him at the mercy of the Sudanese slaves whom he equipped with his torture knives. They fly to Noto, Sicily, where 47 entrusts Father Vittorio with the Sudanese children and donates a large portion of al-Fulani's money to him. He is honest with 47 about suspecting Diana, as is 47 regarding what he learned about Thorakis. He prepares to stake out Thorakis' vacation home in Sintra, Portugal, posing as a paparazzi photographer.
Legard, the leader of Puissance Treize, is noticeably paranoid of his second-in-command Douay, but congratulates him on a job well done. He also takes up work in Thorakis' favorite restaurant, and finds out Thorakis has a potentially fatal peanut allergy.
Posing as a journalist again, he pays Thorakis' maid for info on Thorakis' daily habits. Nu back, now aboard Jean Danjou with Diana, and tells him that a controlled leak across the ICA board will make Thorakis react in a way that implicates his guilt. Pierre Douay is back in his castle on the Rhine River, throwing a 7th birthday party for his daughter Nicole.
Thorakis calls to beg for protection. Douay reassures him before bringing his daughter's party to an early close out of paranoia. Just as 47 planned, a team of assassins were sent by Douay and Thorakis. He successfully kills Pruter, and appears the next morning at Thorakis' house as an ICA inspector with an appointment.
He sprays peanut oil on Thorakis' mistress's food, and he dies of his allergy when they kiss.
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