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Summary: Not Nelson's best work
Review: Not up to Demille's usual lofty standards. This book is about 100 pages too long and doesn't satisfy you at the end. Nelson gets a little carried away with the details in this one, and also lets the main character (John Corey) get a little too slapstick. Still worth reading, but if you've never read Demille before, start with one of his better novels like The Gold Coast, The Charm School, or The General's Daughter (the book's way better than the movie).
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Summary: Lion's Game was more work than play
Review: I started this book on a flight and learned it's about terrorism on an airplane. If you have any qualms about flying I suggest you don't start this until you have landed. It was a real page-turner in the sense that I couldn't wait to finish it, but the main characters were not likeable. The protagonist is a sarcastic, racist ex-cop who had me rolling my eyes more than chuckling. The author gives the antagonists equal time so we can understand his actions, but he comes off as a nutcase, which I guess is a good way to think of a terrorist. There is a forced romantic relationship which is contrived and doesn't add anything to the story. I read as often as I could just so I could get to the end of the book. When I did, the end was abrupt and incomplete, as if someone said, "OK, Mr. Demille. Time's up. Put your pencil down and hand in your paper". While I like Nelson Demille's courage in not ending the book as I might have hoped, he did leave me feeling like I might have been missing some pages at the end of my book. Made me want to go back and read "Cathedral", "The Charm School" and "By the Rivers of Babylon"
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Summary: Letdown at the end
Review: As suggested by others this was a good page turner. Enjoyed it til I got to the end. At the end I almost felt like I did when I watched a made for TV movie that I didn't know had been a pilot for a never made series. They didn't logically end it and I felt I had really wasted 2 hours. I don't feel llike I wasted time reading this book, enjoyed it quite a lot til the end. Come on , Nelson, you really let us down. .Khalil could have been caught and you could have still brought the characters back in the next novel. There are several ways to get him back on the loose. As it is I fell I just finished part one and have no opportunity to finish part two. Also, btw, if you're going to detail driving down route 95, it does not take anywhere near an hour and 20 minutes to get from the Philadelphia airport to the Delaware border - more like 10-20 minutes and there is not one, let alone several rest areas in that stretch (at least going south) Sorry to be picky
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Summary: Great!!
Review: Just one more for to add to his growing list of awesome books, I do hope the main character "John Corey" is in his next book as well as Asad Khalil. This is the best good guy and bad guy combo to come along in a long time.
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Summary: A Masterful Thriller
Review: This is the exciting sort of thriller that only comes along infrequently. It grabs you from the start, with a transatlantic passenger plane heading toward Kennedy Airport in total silence. All attempts to contact it on radio fail. The plane carries an alleged Libyan terrorist who is defecting to the US, but something has gone terribly wrong, and the plane has a ghastly cargo. From the moment it lands, there is non-stop action and suspense as Khalid, an assassin from the plane, begins to kill American Air Force officers. Joining the FBI in its pursuit of Khalid is Detective John Corey, the cynical quipster we met in DeMille's Plum Island. But Khalid is as slippery as he is ruthless, so the story takes you on a breathtaking ride across the country. If you like thrillers, this is must reading. They seldom come any better.
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Summary: Page Turner
Review: If you're looking for an entertaining read, this is it! It's a page turner from the very beginning. A lot of adventure, suspense and action with a bit of romance. Definitely recommend it.
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Summary: Not as good as his others
Review: I am still reading this book and must say aside from the humour I was quite disappointed especially I thoroughly enjoyed The Charm School, this is a bit of a let down. I liked Plum Island and General's Daughter. Shall give him another try.
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Summary: A Disappointing Read.
Review: The Plot of this novel held much promise and since I enjoyed reading some of DeMille's other novels (The Charm School, The General's Daughter and the Talbot Odyssey in particular), the decision to read this book was a no-brainer. After a while, however, I lost interest in the novel. The problems were mnumerous. Firstly, I found the relationship between Corey and Kate Mayfield poorly thought out, difficult to swallow and felt that it detracted from the story. Besides that problem, the story was WAAAY too long. Although to its credit the book began with a bang and moved along at fast and furious pace, DeMille was unable to maintain this initial momentum. As a result, I lost interest about half-way through the story. As for his wisecracks, most times his wisecracks were quite funny and on the mark. But sometimes they really were just annoying and not funny in the least. Finally, the ending was quite disappointing; it was an obvious prelude to a sequel that I think I will avoid. However, I must say that it was a plus to gain some understanding into the mind set of the antagonist, but such revelations were limited. This book does not compare favorably with DeMille's other works. The Talbott Odyssey, The General's Daughter, and The Charm School were much better. Plum Island was a little better. I would rate this book 2 1/2 stars.
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Summary: Wow...Nelson DeMille has surpassed James Patterson!
Review: What a thriller! It's almost scary to think that this book is available world-wide. It should be labeled "Top Secret". I hope the feds consult with Mr. Demille on actual government terrorist threats, as he seems to have an uncanny ability to understand their whacked agendas. The best parts of the book, to me, were the personal thoughts and comments boldly offered by Detective/Special Agent John Corey. I rarely laugh-out-loud while reading, but I couldn't help it. What a great book! I'll proudly pass this one on to friends!
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Summary: Fairly disappointing
Review: After the fantastic 'Spencerville', 'Charm School' and 'Plum Island' reads, I was anxious for DeMille's latest. Unfortunately, after a great beginning, it turned out to be much like 'Gold Coast' in that not a whole lot actually happened in the book. And the ending was a complete disappointment. Obviously, he's left himself open to write a sequel, but at the reader's expense in this case, I'm afraid. Seven-hundred-and-some-odd pages, and you're just left hanging! I think the author's actual reason for writing this was to see if he could set a world-record for beginning paragraphs with the word 'Anyway'! He's had so many good books, though, that I'll give him another chance...
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