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Summary: Next best thing to being there yourself
Review: I have had the pleasure of reading 12 Red Hearrings and this was even better. There was enought turns to keep even the best CIA readers behind the wheel. I did have one big fear through the book, could this be how it really is in the real world? If so I would rather have my President chase skirts. Great book
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Summary: not to the high standards of his previous novels
Review: the latest from Archer is not his best nor does it show his interest.the thrill of Kane and Abel,the determination of Prodigal daughter,the well researching of The fist among equals are all missing.Archer should not have written in haste. The book could have taken an interesting turn if Connor had successfully assasinated in his first attempt and we would have seen a nuclear stanoff.
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Summary: I expected more of Archer
Review: Having read virtually every Archer book, The 11th Commandment fell short of all expectations. Its a far cry from Kane & Abel (my all time fav. Archer book). A simple plot and preditable ending. I do hope the next book will get better.
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Summary: A disappointing effort from Mr Archer.
Review: HAVING read and liked "Kane and Abel," we were expecting much more from JA. Instead, he gives us a poorly written, inadequately researched and contrived thriller. The opening paragraph of Chapter 35 goes as follows: "The snow was falling heavily as Zerimski climbed the steps to the waiting Ilyushin 62, creating a thick white carpet around its wheels." Where was the editor? As for research, JA acknowledges the help of every current and former national security bigwig but William Casey. Impressive, yes, but he might have employed a few less prestigious types to check his facts. For example, the Spanish phrases he uses are often awkward if not wrong. Also, Helen Dexter becomes CIA director after leaving a NYC law firm after "a dispute with the board" over the lack of female partners. Of course, US law firms don't have boards of directors--they are partnerships. As to the plot being contrived, the idea that the CIA director! would unilaterally order assassinations of world leaders, then try to cover it up with a string of murders at home and abroad is, well, pretty implausible. Things get sillier as the novel progresses. Fans of international political thrillers may still want to check this book out. But we advise waiting for the paperback edition!
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Summary: unbelievable thriller
Review: This is the first novel I have read by bestselling novelist Jeffrey Archer - and it will likely be the last. "The Eleventh Commandment" stretches credibility to such lengths that I lost all trust in the book. The first assault on credibility is the fact that the main character, Connor Fitzgerald, an assassin for the CIA, is a regular boy-scout kind of guy much admired for the content of his character as well as his chillingly efficient professional skill. Give me a break! Nice, normal guys, I don't think, go around murdering people in cold blood as a profession. The author is clever at setting a good scene with authentic details and he might have sold me on the notion that nice guys can be assassins - but he couldn't sell me a wholesale lot of plot twists and turns which add up to implausibility. Connor is so smart and has so many friends that leap into the story to help him out at critical points that he outwits everyone - the CIA, the Russians, the Russian Mafya (yes, it's spelled that way) -- evading capture and execution and effortlessly finding opportunities to stalk heavily-guarded world leaders. Thus, about half-way through the book, I began to lose interest in the story and from then on I just turned pages quickly to get to the end.
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Summary: Archer hits bull's eye yet once more!
Review: I was in Australia when I first saw this book. It was selling very well then and it was my first encounter with the name Jeffery Archer. Before I read the book The Eleventh Commandment, I read "Twelve Red Herrings"(I'm not sure about the title) and "Abel & Kane", they were really good. They were truely able grab the reader as thrillers should, it was different from any other I've read. Then I read this book. I could see that it was good! Currently I'm reading "Not a penny more, not a penny less".
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Summary: Absolutely Enthralling
Review: I'm a 16 year old Australian reader and this being the first Jeffery Archer book that I have read I found it totally entertaining. Since then I have purchased A Matter Of Honner and As The Crow Flies, I found them just as thrilling as The Eleventh Commandment. I have also had all of my Jeffery Archer books signed by Jeffery.
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