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Summary: A Disappointing Demille
Review: I rushed out and bought his new book the first day on the stands. I couldn't be a bigger fan! The book was entertaining but lacked the excitement of a twisted plot that to me is the fun of Demilles books. The plot was terribly predictable. The relationship between John and Kate was not developed...from bed to marriage for John Corey was inconsistent for his character. The roles, personalities and dynamics between the FBI, NYPD, and the CIA was tedious and overplayed...enough already! It lacked both plot and character development and intrigue. Corey's humor and banter were entertaining and there are some good story moments. Like one other reader expressed this won't keep me from waiting eagerly for the next book. But this one wasn't the quality of Gold Coast, The General's Daughter or Word of Honor.
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Summary: Demille at his worse!
Review: This book had a great start, a flight of dead people lands at JFK! Libyan terrorist at large! But from there on it goes downhill. Frankly I got sick of the main character, John Corey. His insults, ill temper and overbearing ego got extremely tiresome. If the terrorist had not been insane I would have pulled for him! The best writing in the book were the incidents with the terrorist. The book is too long and the ending was mushy. Wait for the paperback!
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Summary: Total Entertainment
Review: A wonderful way to spend a relaxing weekend just enjoying a great story and storyteller. Sure to please.
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Summary: Avid fan . . . .
Review: . . . but disappointed. The John Corey of Plum Island was not the same John Corey of Lion's Game. John Corey II was trying too hard to be funny and sexy. When I first started to read, I had to carry the book with me everywhere I went just in case I had a free moment; but the middle was .. was ... boring. :o( But it ended okay. Not great but okay. And I'll have to get to know Kate Mayfield better before I can form an opinion - we didn't hit it off right away. But Mr. DeMille is still on the Top Three List of Favorite Authors, though. And I will buy his next book the day it hits the stores.
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Summary: The best DeMille yet
Review: I have not read too many books that I consider real "page turners" but this one is. I truly had a hard time putting it down. I wish he could write them as quickly as I can read them!
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Summary: I know John Corey
Review: John Corey and all of DeMilles characters- Secret Service operatives, other feds, lawyers, cops, investment bankers, neighbors, colleagues, military people, clerks, adversaries, and women - are so real I can put a name and face on almost all of them from people I have known. People like John Corey (and Nelson DeMille) who have been around, and are sharp, quick, perceptive, analytical, cynical, snide, irreverant, indifferent, dry, very funny, self- assured yet self-deprecating, and exciting nonconformists are great fun to be around and observe - in real life and in all DeMille's books. His authentic and always compelling characters take us with them into places and situations which most of us have not experienced which are fascinating, even though frequently freightening. His sexual reactions are realistic without being clinical. He knows and presents his technology very well without the overkill Tom Clancy lays on his readers. I suspect he writes to please himself as much as to please his fans. I don't know any author I'd rather go out drinking with than DeMille. I always thought none of his books had become films because the characters and plots were too complex, until the least likely of all, General's Daughter, was done. Lion's Game screams to become a movie. (Who will be John Corey? Bruce Willis? Nick Nolte?) To me Gold Coast was the best, Charm School next. (But Rivers of Babylon so parochial as to be a very difficult read.) DeMille books generally rank right up there with one of the greatest novels of our era, Bonfire of the Vanities. Lion's Game might have been better at 450 pages than 650 or so, but there was still plenty of fun and building suspense, subtle humor (Guns and Hoses?)and action in those extra 200 pages. I'm glad the ending of this book virtually guarantees that our good friend John Corey will return. Read it and let your own DeMille addiction begin!
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Summary: Excellent
Review: I have read all of Demille's books, and after 'Charm School', this is my favorite. Very exciting.
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Summary: One of DeMille's better books
Review: Nelson DeMille has written good books -- The Charm School, Word of Honor, The General's Daughter, maybe The Gold Coast -- and bad books -- Spencerville, By the Rivers of Babylon and Plum Island, which was plum awful. So I wavered a bit before buying...then they announced boarding and I bought it.It took me 100 pages to get over the fact that this book featured John Corey from Plum Island, but once I finally put that out of my mind, I thoroughly enjoyed the book. You've got to like banter to like this book, but the dialogue was fast and clever. I thought the plot was good and I didn't have the same problems with the ending that other readers had. Under the circumstances and considering the skill of the terrorist Asad Kahlil, it was one of several plausible endings. The nearly 700-page journey was very enjoyable and I would put this in the top three of DeMille's books -- his best being The Charm School and I'll let everyone choose their own number two. For me, DeMille is a hit-or-miss author. This one hits.
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Summary: Stunning
Review: What a delightful surprise- a 700 page book packed with excitement and suspense, twists and an evolving plot line that never slows or faulters. DeMille is always a good read, but this is his best work yet. Enjoy it.
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Summary: Weak Ending
Review: I am a Demille fan and other than the weak ending would have given this book 5 stars. As Grisham added 20 unnecessary pages to "Rainmaker", Demille doesn't finish the job in this one. The first 56 chapters were great, but maybe the ending is setting us up for more John Corey.
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