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Summary: Tremendous Read
Review: This was my first David Baldacci book and I was very impressed with Split Second. I have never really been so involved iwth characters before, as I was with this book. The twists and turns were so brilliantly created by Baldacci I was practically guessing the whole book.
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Summary: Couldn't believe it!!
Review: I am such a huge fan of David Baldacci that I don't even bother to read the synopsis on the book jacket, I just buy the book. Not any more! I slogged my way through this poorly written, unbelievable plot. By the time I got to the last chapters I was speed reading just to say I finished it. My daughter asked me if I liked it. I told her it was as if he wrote it in college and no one would publish it so he waited until he was a bestselling author and dug it out of the closet, dusted it off and his editor jumped on it. Next book he writes I'll check it out of the library just in case he's got more junk in that closet.
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Summary: This Baldacci fan was very disappointed.
Review: He is one of my favorite, and although this looks like an exciting book, it was actually boring and even dumb! I was really disappointed. I hope his next is better.
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Summary: a good book, until...
Review: I'm a fan of Baldacci's books. This one is a real page turner and you spend a good moment, until you arrive after de 2/3 of the book. Then you realize something is wrong with the story, that is a bit artificial... This feeling is confirmed by one of the most ridiculous "end-revelation-solution" that I have read in my life. I told myself: "He's kidding"... But no, Baldacci is not kidding.
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Summary: Average for Baldacci
Review: I am a huge Baldacci fan, and after "Last Man Standing" and hearing this was the 1st in a new series I was really anticipating this book. Although pretty good, it certainly isn't his best work. I recommend it to any fan of his, but do not expect too much. It is a good read and think it is better than most author's work, just not his best.
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Summary: Middle-road Baldacci
Review: Baldacci is going to have a hard time topping his first four books ("Absolute Power","Total Control","The Winner","Simple Truth")After that, his plots weren't as devious or slick and the revelations seemed tired. With "Wish You Well", nice try, good intetions but ZZZZZZZ and "Last Man Standing" his storytelling just evaporated. "Split Second" is a return to the style of the first four books. And it's very fast reading. But his skill has always been having all the plot threads unravel quickly as you get closer to the end. This time, those revelations aren't as exciting as the setup that proceeds them. Instead of thinking "Cool!", I thought "Oh." However, it's still above average compared to other contemporary suspense novels, just below average for Baldacci.
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Summary: Excellent thriller -Ending was a little too unbelievable
Review: Secret Service Agent Michelle Maxwell let a presidential candidate out of her sight against her better judgment. He disappears with a trace. Eight years ago, Sean King's career as a secret service agent was derailed when the presidential candidate he was protecting was killed in front of him when his attention was diverted for a split second. Michelle and Sean's lives entwine when the circumstances of their respective screw-ups appear to be related. David Baldacci has written another winner. This was book had me hooked from the first page. The plot was skillfully written interweaving past and present facts. We have two very compelling protagonists that look like they were set up for a sequel, at least I hope so. This is the kind of thriller that keeps you on your toes from the first page to the last. It would have been a 5 star book, except the climax was a bit too unbelievable. It was almost like a light bulb went off and suddenly the case is solved. It all unraveled a little too fast. I don't want to give too much away, but the first 4/5 of the book was so good that the ending really did not detract from my overall enjoyment.
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Summary: "Ignore the bogus slams...this book is terrific!"
Review: I loved this action-packed page-turner! Don't believe the bogus slams of this talented writer's jealous rivals...SPLIT SECOND is one terrific story! Once I started the story I couldn't pull myself away from it until after I had finished the whole book! I know you will be blown away with this story too!
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Summary: What an ending!
Review: Most of the reviews I've read here by other customers seem like they only read the first half of the book. I'm a big Baldacci fan, a big mystery/suspense fan and I really enjoyed the first half of this book...maybe even the first three quarters of it. But the ending and plot unveiling is just so ludicrous, so insipid and so filled with "who gives a damn" moments that this book went from a 5 to a 2 in about 20 pages. Very disappointing.
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Summary: First Class Suspense
Review: David Baldacci's current thriller is another winner. It follows the investigations of two highly skilled but disgraced secret service agents out to find the answers to the mysterious events that have been haunting them. Sean King was an accomplished secret service agent until his attention wandered for just a 'Split Second' that changed his life. Now a successful attorney he's living a quiet life in Virginia while continuing to dabble in law enforcement as a part time deputy sheriff. Suddenly King discovers the dead body of a man in the witness protection program in his office and now he must find some answers before he becomes the lead suspect. Michele Maxwell is the quintessential over achiever. She's a Harvard grad, an attorney, an Olympic silver medalist, and a rising star in the secret service. Then she makes a small error in judgement. She allows her protectee to enter a funeral home alone, to pay his respects to the widow of his former mentor, and he is abducted. With her career in ruins Maxwell seeks answers which lead her to Sean King and some uncanny connections between two incidents almost a decade apart. In 'Split Second' Baldacci has once again penned compelling characters and intriguing suspense. He managed to take three seemingly unrelated events and seamlessly weave them into a spell binding mystery. Maxwell and King are extremely likable and convincing. They reluctantly make a great pair of detectives with just a hint of romantic interest. It is impossible to put this one down until the final culprits are revealed. I was glad to read that Baldacci is working on another book that will bring back King and Maxwell.
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