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Summary: GOOD & FAST PACED, AN ENJOYABLE READ!!!!
Review: REMINDS ME OF A MATTER OF HONOR. WELL WRITTEN, flows great and interesting. A little far fetched, but enjoyable.
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Summary: The man can tell a story
Review: I have read all of Jeffrey Archer's novels and short story collections. Some have clearly been better than others, and most of the later efforts have been relatively disappointing. He tends to sandwich shorter, faster moving novels like this between his more "serious" efforts (e.g., Kane & Abel, As the Crow Flies). Some of these "filler" novels didn't make the grade. This one, however, was different. It was just plain fun to read. Nobody tells a story quite like Jeffrey Archer. He can even make us idolize a professional killer! Of course, it also helped that the President of the United States was from Wisconsin and a lifelong Green Bay Packers fan!
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Summary: A great page-turner, but Archer has done better.
Review: When a novel opens with the precision and suspense of The Eleventh Commandment, you know that you're in for an exciting read. And if an exciting read is what you're looking for, this book delivers. I had a hard time putting it down. The Eleventh Commandment includes car chases, detailed murder schemes, escapes, government conspiracies, great characters and a timely story line. Unlike The Fourth Estate, it also has a hero in Connor Fitzgerald that you can really root for - an underdog trying to beat the system.Unfortunately, if you are a Jeffrey Archer fan, you have read better novels. This book just doesn't stack up to Honor Among Thieves, First Among Equals or Kane and Abel. There were two scenes that bothered me. The first is midway through the novel, when Fitzgerald's family is kidnapped. Archer is intentionally vague about who is doing the kidnapping until the very end of the chapter. I know he was trying to mislead the readers, but I found the whole thing confusing and irritating. Mislead me for a page or two, but don't make me keep track of characters without names for 10 pages. The second scene is at the end, and I think most readers know where Archer is going when the last chapter starts. Again, he takes forever to get there, and it's just annoying. He gets to the red herring quicker at a gallows scene, and that worked for me. Those two things aside, it's really hard to overstate Jeffrey Archer's talent as a writer. His characters are vivid and rich rather than cardboard plot-drivers. The story moves quickly and is gripping. Finally, he doesn't tie up everything neatly at the end. Fitzgerald does not solve all of the world's (or even the country's) problems by the end of the book, and that's OK. Or at least that's realistic.
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Summary: The perfect companion on a rainy afternoon.
Review: As with all of his works, Archer makes no attempt to do anything except entertain the reader. His in-accuracy's in referring to the Remington 700 rifle, as a break-action (it's really a bolt-action), his choice of a hollow point round, notoriously inaccurate , and being able to identify a boattail slug from seeing the full round, can all be forgiven as long as he keeps writing great fiction.
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Summary: Archer is Incredible Truely Understands What Readers Want!
Review: Right from the first paragraph he had me. I would have given it 5 stars but was a little disappointed in the ending, justice didn`t completely prevail.A MUST READ! I can`t wait for his next one.
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Summary: Fantastic! A Real Look Into the World of Spies!
Review: What more can I say? It's FANTASTIC! I can't wait to get his latest issue
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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: Very good story, but disappointing end.
Review: It was a very good story that kept my attention right up to the end. Unfortunately, the ending was a big disappointment. The bad guys didn't get the punishment they deserved and justice was not served. Not what I expected at all.
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Summary: A fun read
Review: Okay, why take everything seriously. Some of the people who wrote reviews need to stop being such stupid pendantics. This book is great fun, and had a very sad, touching moment. Although a lot is far-fetched and crazy, its still quick, interesting and engrossing.
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Summary: Good and well-entertained
Review: I will have to admit that it is a very good book although it didn't meet up with my expectations. It's too short, too fast, and the plot is utterly rediculous. Netherless, it's a joy and would make a definitely good lunch.
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