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Summary: Tim Green keeps you on the edge of your seat!
Review: The Fourth Perimeter was my first Tim Green novel and it will not be my last. Mr. Green creates fascinating characters that we get to know as they deal with some traumatic events in their lives. The plot of this book is somewhat unbelievable, but as the story unfolds the believability becomes greater and greater.This is attention to detail with the characters and with their actions. I really felt that the book flowed very well, and was a book that kept you turning page after page wanting to see what would happen next. The twist at the end was somewhat predictable, but still added to the story very well. I look forward to reading another Tim Green Novel very soon!
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Summary: More Than Just Another Assassination Plot Line
Review: The fourth perimeter. The layer of security closest to the president of the United States. Practically impenetrable. Kurt Ford's been a part of that security level as a Secret Service agent. So has his son, Collin. But then Collin's found dead in his apartment. The police rule the death as a suicide. And Kurt begins a personal crusade to find out the truth. The high regards Kurt holds for the government are quickly called into question when a close friend and fellow agent tells Kurt a conspiracy is at work. A conspiracy that leads straight to the desk of the president of the United States. Did Collin see something he wasn't supposed to? Did a man in the position Kurt formerly put his life on the line for have one of his own agents killed? Kurt shelves his grief and begins to plan the unthinkable: the assassination of the president. He knows security inside out and uses his years of experience in the business to prepare an elaborate plan, getting through the three outer circles of security, penetrating the fourth perimeter and still managing to escape alive. Kurt Ford is no madman. He's an intelligent and successful man who's just as much a victim as his son is. That's what makes The Fourth Perimeter more than just another political thriller with an assassination plot. Tim Green's crafted a supercharged novel with plenty of action and suspense. While Kurt's plan may seem extreme, the deep human characteristics of this fictional character easily make you sympathize and even root for Kurt's quest of justice.
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Summary: Unlikable characters
Review: There isn't much "rooting interest" in this book. The main character, Kurt Ford, is (A) simplistically drawn (he has only one thing he cares about), (B) morally suspect (his only response to grief and trauma is a desire to kill people), and, worst of all, (C) kind of stupid: He has unlimited resources, but it never occurs to him to use some of them to investigate a little further before hatching his elaborate revenge plot. Thus, despite supposedly being both a crack former Secret Service agent and a high-tech enterpreneurial genius, he all too easily becomes a patsy for the bad guys. Likewise his girlfriend, supposedly a strong-willed executive, is reduced to being mostly his "enabler." Finally, the underlying political issue supposedly driving events is hugely implausible: An internet tax may or may not be a good idea, but it's not the kind of history-making issue on which the fate of the Republic will depend. On the plus side, the plot moves along reasonably briskly (except for a long, basically irrelevant section about the wife's near-affair with another man), and there are a few good lines. But when the characters are people you wouldn't want to spend much time with in real life, it's hard to feel satisfied at having spent time with them in the book.
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Summary: Good idea - bad execution
Review: This is a simplistic book in many ways. The "real" bad guy was evident within the first few chapters, the plotting seemed to race along with any regard for buildup or previous action but worse of all, the characters seemed totally unrealistic. The hero seemed to have no grief for his murdered son but kept on with appointments, plans, meetings, sex, etc as if nothing had happened. The trick of killing anyone who could possibly contribute to the depth of the story (agents, policemen, bad girl) was pushed to the extreme. I am glad this was a book at the home we stayed at on the beach and I did not fork over any money.
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Summary: Good idea - bad execution
Review: This is a simplistic book in many ways. The "real" bad guy was evident within the first few chapters, the plotting seemed to race along with any regard for buildup or previous action but worse of all, the characters seemed totally unrealistic. The hero seemed to have no grief for his murdered son but kept on with appointments, plans, meetings, sex, etc as if nothing had happened. The trick of killing anyone who could possibly contribute to the depth of the story (agents, policemen, bad girl) was pushed to the extreme. I am glad this was a book at the home we stayed at on the beach and I did not fork over any money.
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Summary: lousy writing, poor characterizations
Review: This may well be the WORST thriller I've ever read. This book's interesting jacket drew me to it, but thats about the only thing this monumental catastrophe has going for it. Over a lifetime of reading thousands of books, I've only put aside a handful as "too lousy to finish" - those decisions were made with 1/3 of the book remaining. For this one, I'm only 17 pages in (10 of them being prologue), and already want every character to die. This writer has managed to throw every trite, hackneyed, overused and worn out cliche into this book. I found myself wanting to enter it into the Bulwer-Litton Bad Fiction contest - I'm sure it would be a sweep. What an embarrassment - if I could give it a negative rating, I would.
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Summary: A great story in search of an editor
Review: This was a fun story: well crafted intrigue and unpredictable plot twists that keep you wanting to see what happens next. But it's badly flawed by the by the lack of a strong editorial hand to help the author with his gushy, fuzzy writing. Two examples: (1) it's riddled with hyperbolic cliches such as "Jill saw the alarm on Kurt's face and her stomach dropped a million miles" and (2) some of the the syntax is terribly tortured such as this sentence "Still that primal tug like a boy feels when he regards his father's gleaming gun mounted above the fireplace left Parkes feeling slightly remorseful at the sound of the carefully chosen words that dropped from his lips." It could have been a great read but the grammar, syntax, and murky dialog kept getting in the way, and left it badly flawed.
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Summary: Page turner!
Review: This was truly a page turner in every sense of the word. Full of suspense, surprising twists and turns, and great character development, this book is definitely one to read if you like thrillers.
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Summary: Predicable .... but worth the read
Review: Tim Green creates an acion pack read that will hold your attention from start to finish.Season eade,however,may guess the ending before the try is over.
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Summary: Outstanding Read!
Review: Tim Green has hit a home run! Kurt Ford will do anything, anything to prove that his son has not committed suicide. He learns a lot about friendships in the process. This books is full of twists and surprises. Green is relentless in building the suspense. The first of Green's books that I've read. I'll be reading the others
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