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Summary: The General's Daughter
Review: This book is a good light read, a genuine page-turner of a mystery novel. However, my delight in reading it was its constant education on the Army life, and I find this book along with Hackworth's "ABOUT FACE" worth recommending--if one is interested in this service. Norman Schwarzkopf's "IT DOESN'T TAKE A HERO" could be added to these two. My own veteran experience was in flying Hueys in the Mekong Delta, and I have documented several episodes in my book "OUTLAWS IN VIETNAM" similar to these stories. We are losing knowledge of the military life, as many are not required to enter the service today, as was previously true. Any young people out there who wish to get a refined picture of this existence would be well rewarded reading these books.
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Summary: Is this really based on a true story
Review: The book was awesome. The movie was good also. However, the end of the movie stated it was based on a true story. Can someone tell me if this is truly based on factual events? I would like to read about them. Thanks.
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Summary: Predictable
Review: This is a story of a death of a female military officer. And the motive is that she was trying desperate to get the attention of her father, who is a general, at the same military installation.While I found the book interesting, I found that the story was better as a movie. But, if you are looking for a book that is really a light read, this is an excellent book.
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Summary: For a good time, call...
Review: The bizarre circumstances surrounding the death of a female military officer found at the scene of the crime pale in comparison to the motive and events leading up to her untimely demise. Just when dear reader thinks he has just about read it all and the story should conclude, here comes another strange fact to twist the overall story with perverse circumstance. Unfortunately, Demille fails to know when enough is enough and by the time the story concludes, we are glad to get it over with more so than know the outcome. Having read four Demille books, I must admit that my interest in this author has completely disintegrated. The stories all seem fit for a television screenplay and satisfy the impatient, fast and cheap thrill nature of those who would prefer to see something on television rather than read the book. Even considering the somewhat original nature of this tale, the overall presentation seems mediocre, at best.
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Summary: Superbly written mystery with dark secrets....
Review: Demille is a wonderful storyteller and only receives one complaint from me: too many irrelevant descriptions into the past of lead Army CID investigator Paul Brenner. While some of this detail does help to develop Brenner's character, there is no relevance to the main plot and investigation into the murder of Captain Campbell - The General's Daughter. The main plot brilliantly unfolds as layer upon layer of dark secrets and corruptions unfold on a Southern Georgia Army post. Going by forensic evidence, the initial search of the vicitm's property , and the half truths told by the victim's family and colleagues, the criminal investigation team attempts to recreate the sequence of events the night the murder occurred. The mystery behind the murder will leave you guessing! An intelligent and suspenseful book that I highly recommend to my friends and family.
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Summary: Disappointing, slow, predictable, peurile
Review: Wow I was dismayed by this book. While it had it's playful and comic moments the dialog largely had only brief sparks. The plot was silly and fantastical. Pop-psychology underpinnings with all the depth of an individually wrapped slice of cheese... and ultimately, sorry Mr. DeMille, misogynistic. Despite all breathless attempts to seem otherwise, it's voyeurism is vulgar (I'm so not a prude, this really is a badly written book). The character's were terribly clichéd. Let me guess... the smart alecky, pushy, throw-away-the-rule book male investigator and his former lover, the bitter, by the rules, brilliant but ultimately passive female partner are going to patch things up by persevering in this trying investigation and live happily ever after. Phew! Someone open a window. This is just one step above a Harlequin romance novel with a long haired hunky pirate on the cover. I started reading DeMille with Plum Island, a much better book, then went on to the Lion's Game, Charm School, and then this. Each book progressively worse IMO. I'm debating trying Gold Coast (seems well reviewed) or simply giving up on this author. Seems like no editor can stand up to him.
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Summary: Real close to being the best thing he's written
Review: I am a book snob. I refuse to see a movie of a book I really like. I also seldom read a book after it's been made into a movie. That explains my reluctance to read "The General's Daughter". I was however going into Demille withdrawal and having read all of his other books had no choice. This is a great book. The story grabs you and you can't put it down. It's a fairly complicated story with a lot of villians. If fact almost every character in the book is a real jerk. All of Mr Demille's main characters are the same people with different names. The men are caustic, mid 40's, strange sence of humor. The female lead is about fifteen to twenty years younger and madly in love with caustic 40 year old men. I don't find this to be a problem. This book is a page turner. I didn't expect the ending which is unusual. I thought he laid the ground work for assisted suicide.
Read this one, it's not as good as Plum Island, The Charm School or Lions Game but it's a great book from a great author. Actually read everything he's written it's worth the time.
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Summary: Dark side of DeMille
Review: "Spencerville" and "Daughter" are my two least enjoyed works by DeMille. He has done such an excellent job of entertaining and enthralling me in all his other books, that these two suffer only by comparison. The distinction in my view is the humor. "Daughter" is darker, like "Spencerville". Although DeMille writes about terrorists, murderer and spies, he has almost always left a smile on my face page by page. Digging into a politically sensitive murder, DeMille takes us down a path I'd prefer not to go.
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Summary: Good plot, great characterizations
Review: This was the first Nelso Demille book I've read and I guess it won't be the last. I wasn't sure what to expect but discovered a cleverly written, well plotted story of the search for the killer of a General's daughter. And I was as involved as the investigators in trying to find the truth and discount the lies. The characterizations were brilliant, mostly through the dialog between Paul Brenner (sleuth extraordinaire) and Cynthia Sunhill (sleuthess extraordinaire)! Their own love-hate relationship kept alive many of the flatter parts of the story. The suspense was built by there being a deadline on the investigation, and I admit that I hadn't puzzled out the culprit until it was exposed in the story. Nothing too cerebral, but a good book for easy reading.
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Summary: One of his best!
Review: The right way. The wrong way. The Army way. Those are the three ways General "Fighting Joe" Cambell tells Brenner there are. However, they didn't count on one other way: Paul Brenner's way. DeMille has brought forth one of his best hero's yet; a warrant officer who knows no boundaries. Campbell's daughter is found dead on the firing range, apparently staked out and raped. That simple? Of course not! What follows is a brilliantly written murder mystery set at a Georgia military base. It combines the best of two types of fiction: the suspense novel and the military thriller. Hidden inside this book are some of the wittiest wisecracks around, that give the novel an edge that puts it above the rest. "The General's Daughter" is basically like this: DeMille has blown the dam and the river of suspense is pouring out. You've been warned.
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