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Summary: Another great thriller from Deaver.
Review: Jeffery Deaver is a master of adding twists and turns to the story and specially to the end of his thillers, just as in this book.
Tate Collier and Aaron Mathews are both brilliant with words. One used to be an excellent trial lawyer, and the other is a brilliant psychologist. Mathews is out to get Collier and his family, and is determined to not let anything stop him. Colliers daughter, Megan, disappears and it looks as she ran away. Now Collier and his ex-wife, Bett McCall have to work together to try to stop him.
A psychopath is gifted with a glib tongue can be as deadly as anything, and it doesn't make it any better when he's seeking violence and more important... he's looking for revenge!Maybe not Deaver's best book, but still worth to read if you love thrillers. To some this one might be a disappointment after reading other of his books.
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Summary: A disappointment from one of my favorite authors.
Review: Like one of the reviewers below, I began my love affair with Deaver by reading The Bone Collector. Since then, I've read The Coffin Dancer, The Empty Chair, The Blue Nowhere and A Maiden's Grave and loved them all. However, Speaking in Tongues felt to me like a book that was written when Deaver wasn't yet published and only got published because he is now a popular author. The last 50-75 pages of this book are the only redeeming qualities in my opinion. The story, about a fractured family and a troubled teen who gets kidnapped by a psycho shrink, had potential but the writing quality and characterizations were not up to Deaver standards. Additionally, some of the things that happened in the story were ridiculously outlandish or way too convenient. I certainly won't give up on Deaver because of one disappointing novel, but I do hope that this isn't the beginning of a downward spiral for Deaver as has happened with another of my favorite authors, Patricia Cornwell.
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Summary: "Lets do the Twist"
Review: Jeffery Deaver always pleases. He can move you around just as his title "Speaking in Tongues" suggests although his way is the written word, not the spoken In each of his novels I have read he has the ability to keep you thinking deeper and deeper. Will continue to look forward to all his writings.
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Summary: An enjoyable read
Review: I became a curious Deaver fan after watching the movie bone collector and then wanted to try the novel. Well, I'm a bonified fan now and have since read all the Lincoln Ryhme series books (which are GREAT books!) Although this is not a Lincoln Ryhme series book, this story unfolds and captures the reader within the first 20 pages and continues throughout the end. As always, Deaver's writing style totally capitulates the reader into the story, enticing the reader throughout the book until the end. After finishing a Deaver novel, the reader is anxiously awaiting the author's next novel! A novel I enjoyed adding to my library.
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Summary: Worthwhile thriller
Review: I have known Jeffery Deaver as a good suspense writer who is especially good with plot twists. In this novel, he continues the trend. The plot focuses on the kidnapping of the teenaged Megan Collier by former psychologist Aaron Matthews. Matthews has used his skills from his career to become a master manipulator and now is out to ruin the life of Megan's father, Tate, a lawyer who in his own way is a master manipulator. What follows is a chess game between Tate and Aaron, with Aaron several moves ahead and Tate unaware of who he's "playing" against even as he continues to lose the pieces that he needs to win. Aaron is a formidable villain, even if his skills do seem unbelievably good at times. Tate, who must come to terms with his own bad parenting even as he seeks his daughter, makes a good opponent for Aaron. As stated in the title of this review, this is a worthwhile thriller and can be enjoyed by most fans of suspense fiction. Deaver keeps the story moving and if there are little flaws here or there, they are not enough to keep this book from being good entertainment.
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Summary: Well, I loved it....
Review: I read this book in two days. Does that make me a loser? Anyways, Iv'e never read any of Deaver's books. But i really liked this one. I hear you people ripping on the book because it's not how the author usually writes, and I start to get mad cause I'm gonna defend it right? I liked the book. Well i guess I'd have to be an avid reader of his books to really be dissapointed. Well i know he writes those Lincoln Ryhme novels, yeah...well I'm not much into series' books. And isnt that guy handicapped. No offense, it's probably still interesting. Whatever, i just really liked the book. I guess you just have to enter into the authors works to really be impressed.
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Summary: Did Jeffery Deaver really write this ?
Review: I just discovered Jeffery Deaver, starting with "The Bone Collector" (of course)- loved it ! & have since read "The Coffin Dancer", "The Empty Chair", "The Stone Monkey" & "The Devil's Teardrop". All were well written & suspenseful & had theat all-important dimension of excellent character development. I just finished "Speaking in Tongues" & can hardly believe that the same person wrote this one ! Not only is there a complete lack of any "thrill", the characters are as flimsy as cardboard. I'm glad I've read the other books I mentioned or I'd never have given him another chance. Every author is enttitled to a "misfire" & I guess this is one for the otherwise great Mr. Deaver.
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Summary: An effort not worthy of Deaver
Review: Although most Deaver books without Lincoln Rhyme are barely readable, this one really is bad. It features virtually no likeable characters and a wafer-thin plot that offered no suspense regarding the easily-guessed motive of the bad guy. The only character I found myself rooting for was the villain, Aaron Matthews, because he was the only one who was not one-dimensionally stupid or selfish. The trapped-and-confined sequences were shamefully similar to those in "The Empty Chair", and the ending was something out of a formula B-movie thriller and just as predictable. Reading the book was like watching "Murder She Wrote", as characters were conveniently off-ed by Matthews one by one in unrealistic situations to throw our protagonists off the trail (the teacher, the boyfriend, the doctor, the cop, etc). None of the forensic thrills of LR books, just strange psychobabble that made no sense. I will, however, give it points for building some suspense towards the end, but by then you have read over 250 pages of recycled trash.
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Summary: The Whispering Bears
Review: OOe of the reasons i give this book five stars not four (which is probably a more reasonable assesment of it's quality) is its stunning beginning. The first two paragraphs are spectacular. They grab you by the throat and yank you into the story. The psychology and pace which is displayed in the first 20 pages is stunning. It really gives you a taster of what is to come. We are introduces to Megan Collier, the daughter of tate Collier, as she goes to visit her psychiatrist, in one of the most breathtaking and well-written scenes i have come across in a while. I especially liked the tale of the Whispering Bears (which, essentially, mirrors the entire message of the story.) What follows after Megan is kidnapped (Yes, that is how those first two chapters climax) is a slick, fast paced, action packed thrill ride which should delight all fans of James Patterson. However, why this might not satisfy Deaver fans is that the characters are not always so well developed, nor has the writing such depth as is the norm with Deaver. However, the plot is a steamroller that just keeps on going, as the chilling villain remains one step ahead of tate collier (hero of the piece) every step of the way. Right until the brilliant climax, where things all come to a head in an atmospheric and run down psychiatric hospital (at least, i believe thats what it was. it was about five months ago i read this book). It's very fast, very exciting, and probably the most page-turning of Deaver's books. The plot, whilst being a simple tale of revenge, does work, but feels at times less fleshed out than it should be. In fact, the book as a whole seems a little short. Nonetheless, its a sharp, thrilling, exciting, well written, rollercoaster of a book, with some likeable characters. (Especially Megan's friend.) and a chilling villain. Slightly different to Deaver's normal style, but still, in my opinion, excellent despite it's flaws.
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Summary: 2 thumbs up!
Review: Awesome book! Many twists and turns and a very unexpected ending. Once I started reading, I couldnt put it down.
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