Sacred (Bookcassette(r) Edition)

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Summary: A star dropped off for each book, "scattered" not "sacred"
Review: Not much story to describe, just alot of poorly stuck pieces. A carpet woven with silly string. I was happy to see I'm not alone in my disappointment with this fantasy rendition. However, I see some who liked it, but thank goodness for Spencer and Hawk Boston will remain. Bubba Rogowski, indeed. I felt Lehanes beginning statement that he saw no story here was an extremely accurate one, the friends who said otherwise were not. No, Elvis Cole here, only a foulmouthed crybaby, with a bimbo for a partner and an imprisoned scuzzball lowlife as a friend. "Baby I'm gone", too many great writers await and time is too short.I suggest Lehane use his creative writing degree and apply it toward fantasy science fiction, or comic books.

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Summary: Stupendous. Lehane is an extaordinary mystery writer.
Review: This is masterpiece within itself. I seldom find mystery books that hold my interest. I usually find them boring. Lehane's style of writing is quite captivating. It grabs you from the beginning and won't let go. This is the first book I've read by Lehane, and I couldn't wait to get my hands on the next one. I now have read them all, and can truly say that Dennis Lehane is a gifted man!

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Summary: Good Fast Read
Review: Hey folks....It's a BOOK. Fiction. Mind candy. Fun. I once wrote Lawrence Block about factual errors in one of his novels (He had the bars in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn on 4th Avenue, when they're mostly on 3rd and 5th Avenues...Okay, so I had a lot of time on my hands then); and he was kind enough to write back and explain the above. I couldn't tell you (before reading these reviews) whether or not "Positively Fourth Street was a single or an album. But I can tell you (after reading this BOOK) that it was a great fast fun read. Nice plot twists, good action, and enough noir introspection to keep the reader engaged without heavy lifting. For those with the magnifying glasses: calm down and enjoy the ride!

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Summary: Disappointing.
Review: The characters, especially, Desiree, are cardboard cutouts compared to those in his previous books. The overblown plot simply careens to an end. It sort of reads like one of those Bruce Willis movies, cars crashing, people screaming. I let the book sit around with only ten pages left to read. Thats a bad sign.

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Summary: Absolutely Terrific!
Review: I would have to strongly disagree with any nay sayers on this book. I loved it as much, if not more than the previous two Kenzie and Gennaro books. Lehane writes believeable, and very often funny as well as smart-ass dialogue that I get a big kick out of. The plot here has twist after twist, it's as Kenzie and Gennaro find out, up is down, down is up, black is white and white is black. Thank you Dennis for moving Patrick and Angela in the right direction (towards each other), I hope they continue. Lehane's books are not tame, and if you have a problem with violence these may not be for you, I happen to think they are completely engrossing.
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Summary: Not as good as Lehane's previous books
Review: Am I the only one getting the impression that Dennis Lehane is running out of steam? His main protagonists - Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro - are sympathetically portrayed; but that's about it in a book with a threadbare plot and unbelievable villains and setpieces. For example, was Desiree Stone really a victim of incest? There are too many loose threads in this book, unlike the tightly constructed plots of his previous works. I have more sympathy for Bubba Rogowski than for Kenzie's philosophical meanderings!

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Summary: THERE'S NOTHING SACRED
Review: The characters were immature and boring, and like the plot, too much formula. I was disappointed reading "Sacred", especially because it was the Mystery Editor's choice! The reference to Dylan's album was incorrect, but no big factor in the book. Sometimes facts are misstated; however, the content made me "yawn" and I could barely get through Lehane's latest effort. I doubt if I will ever read another of his books. Since the Mystery Editor chose this title at Amazon Books, I doubt if you will print this. Where was his head? Really bad stuff, but at least I got it off my chest. I hated this boring book...

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Summary: You can use torture to get information if it's important.
Review: The author continues his semi-hard-boiled private eye series set in the tougher neighborhoods of Boston. In this, the third novel of the series, we learn that it's okay for the good guys to use torture and the threat of torture to obtain information if they >really< need the information. This is not a popular position, and the author does little to support it, although in the first novel he displayed a thoughtful approach to other tough questions (such as race relations). I was disappointed. Perhaps he should not get the new novels out quite as fast.

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Summary: Steve6 from NYC: Errors don't invalidate content
Review: It's frustrating to find errors in books we like. However, the fact that Bob Dylan never did an album called "Positively Fourth Street" does not invalidate the plot point. The plot point actually depends on the fact that the song is called "Positively Fourth Street." The clue was contained in the title, and does it really matter whether it was the title of an album or of a song?

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Summary: get the facts straight
Review: Okay, so I'm a fan, despite all the ludicrous macho and macha. But, after suffering through the lapses in editing and factual errors in the last one, I've decided enough is enough: Bob Dylan never did an album called "Positively Fourth Street", thereby invalidating the plot point which depends on it. Doesn't this author -- or any editor at his publishing house -- believe in fact-checking