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Summary: A Wonderful Thriller
Review: An appeal received by the Supreme Court from Rufus Harms, a convicted murderer from 25 years in a military prison revealing names cause an unchain reaction from those people who want the prisoner Harm silence forever to cover a mind control experiment with drugs that the US Army experimented with the prisoner and its terrible consequences for him and many more soldiers used as human guinea pigs without their knowledge or consent. An interesting thriller that give us a lot of details about the role of the Supreme Court and the gaps and failures of the criminal justice of USA.
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Summary: Scooby Doo Mystery
Review: While I found the setting in the Supreme Court fascinating along with the technical explanations of how appeals are reviewed, the story is hinged upon implausible memory recovery and characters that do anything but what is appropriate at every turn. I was disappointed with the way the characters acted unrealistically from the beginning of the book, but the ending takes the cake with the most embarrassing to read uncovering of facts along with surprise (gee whiz!) bad guys and good guys since Scooby and Shaggy were on the case. The writing style is fast-paced (my first experience with this author), but the plotting went well beyond ruining my suspension of disbelief and in the end I really didn't care what happened to the characters because I couldn't identify with any of them. I can't recommend this book and doubt I will try the author again.
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Summary: Baldacci's Best
Review: In this Book, Baldacci dives into the workings of the Supreme Court. The book deals with an appeal sent to the Supreme Court by a prisoner named Rufus. A young clerk looks at the appeal and decide to take it from the mail room. Little did he know that this would set in motion a chain of events that would take on some of the most powerful people in the Governemnt.
Filled with great information about the Supereme Court and the way things get done in our country Baldacci, a lawyer form Virginia, take you on a ride to unravel an old conspiracy in our government's history. One of Baldacci's finest.
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Summary: A New Favortie Author
Review: The Simple Truth by David Baldacci, is one of my new favortie books. Although I have just gotten into mysteries and such, I've already read 3 other of this books. His books always hold such a plot, or some complicated twist that can throw u off balance. In this book a man Rufus Harms is in jail, now supposively he's an innocent man. It starts out as one of these kind of typical" innocent man framed" stories, but as I got into the book, it shows a totally new view. I can't really explain this book well, because I'm afraid of giving away something. But honestly if you want a good read, and need a challenge this is a book. I spent half the time guessing what's going on.
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Summary: Not the best of Baldacci
Review: This is an interesting book and is worth to read it, but many parts of the book are unreal, or at least is very difficult to believe, for example, at the end of the book the FBI agent knew everything and didn't do anything to solve the case until the end of the book. John Fisk hated his brother and he really didn't know why, and other things that if I write them here you will know the story before you read it.
On the other hand the book will keep you reading almost all the time but is not the best of Baldacci.
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Summary: My First Baldacci Read
Review: This was the first book of Mr. Baldacci. After having read all of Cornwell's books, I was looking for a new author. Mr. Baldacci got me hook, line and sinker with "The Simple Truth." I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys suspense and scandal.
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Summary: A Great Book
Review: Baldacci knows how to write about family. The two sets of brothers appealed to me greatly. Their inability to fully understand each other was understandable and the way he had the various characters working with each other made the story one that you will never forget.
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Summary: Another simple truth
Review: If you're like me, you will continue reading a book out of sheer grit or because one glimmer of interest in plot resolution still remains. That is why I read "The Simple Truth" to the bitter end, although I came to resent the investment of time in following this hackneyed, predictable and ho-hum story. This Baldacci "thriller" is not thrilling, believable, or the kind of good read you expect from a purported blockbuster.
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Summary: The Supreme Court is pristine
Review: David Baldacci mixes several lines of interest and plot very convincingly. Very convincing is the military plot of some people who performed experiments on privates without their knowing and agreeing with various drugs like LSD or PCP. The result is an interesting case, approached both through its sexual dimension (raped women in the armed forces) and the experimental dimension at the level of the Supreme Court whose functioning and even function are explored in details, particularly how a decision is built and agreed upon. Here the interest is to know if the armed forces are above the law and if personnel can suit them for compensations and damages when something wrong has taken place. Very convincing too is the career of a defense attorney who started as a cop and resigned after a shoot-out with young drug dealers. He wants the truth in the case that led to the death of his brother, a Supreme Court clerk. His procedure and the plot that builds the novel is very precise and credible. Convincing too is the love affair that develops between this defense attorney and another clerk of the Supreme Court. Both want the truth and are ready to fight and even endanger their position to get it. At this level the book is a perfect example of the rights of a citizen and the dangers and perils for being one to the end, to the dire and bitter finish. To be a citizen is to refuse any compromission with evil and evil elements in society, even if your livelyhood or welfare may be endangered by this action. It is this that is the real dimension of democracy and freedom, and those two values of ours are not untouchable in our societies. They always are the result of a fight within the society for them to be respected by everyone, including the institutions who should uphold them from the very start and by principle. An excellent book because it goes beyond a simple action plot.Dr Jacques COULARDEAU
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Summary: Quite entertaining, except for the "love story" aspect
Review: The Simple Truth is about an ex-con serving a life sentence in a military prison for a murder that he did not commit. As is typical, but completely acceptable, in this type of book there is the expected coverup and mix of unexpected bad guys. I won't go into more details about the book, as it would simply be reiterating what so many other reviewers have already done. I found this book to be a very entertaining read, with pretty good characters depth, and enough plot twists to keep things interesting and not too shallow. In fact, I read it over the course of one day (I was sick and had nothing else to do). The only problem that I had with this book was the manner in which the author chose to construct the "love story". It was so far outside the realm of likely that I just found it laughable. Indeed, I wish that many authors who write these types of books would simply get over the need to construct elaborate and unlikely love stories. Even with the two main characters being male and female, it would have been perfectly okay, even somewhat refreshing, if there was no romantic relationship between them at all. Otherwise this was a highly entertaining read that I would recommend to anyone looking to kill a day or two.
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