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Summary: Forget the movie; book is far superior
Review: This is a griping tale of the military, power, crime and the criminal justice system all rolled up into one memorable book. The characters are ones that the author makes the reader care about right from the onset. It is a large book but it is a fast read page-turner.
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Summary: A commanding military murder mystery
Review: A murder, a mystery, a military coverup. The orderly world of a tight little Army base is turned on its head when a woman's body is found on a rifle range. This strange case involves the base commander's own daughter, a respected officer in her own right. Beneath the surface lurks scandals and secrets that destroy more than just a military career. With every twist and turn, you'll be captivated by this mystery.
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Summary: Don't watch the movie! Read the book.
Review: I made the mistake of watching the movie before I read this book. The movie could not be furtherer from the book. I loved the author's use of humor throughout. Instead of using this book to kill time while the kids played at the park and such, I got wrapped up in it. I could not wait to finish this book to see how the case was solved. I hope for future projects the author demands that the movie stays closer to his work.
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Summary: Love the book...hated the movie
Review: For those of you that watched the movie and was disappointed, the book is great! I'm usual not a very attentive reader, but I couldn't put this book down. It kept me guessing to the end.
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Summary: Good, but not great.
Review: I read the book because I saw the movie trailer. I wanted to read the book first, then see the movie. I have heard so may wonderful things about Nelson Demille that I have a pile of his books in my home waiting to be read. I did enjoy the generals daughter. Did the ending dissapoint me? Yes, I could have thought of five other people that would have killed her and given the reader a real shock. I am not, however, an author. Just a reader with an opinion. I would recommend this book. But not enthusiastically. I am reading the gold coast now, I hope its better or I am going to be out of alot of money for bad books!
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Summary: The General's Daughter
Review: Demille did a very good job with this book. I read it within 36 hours and found it exciting and believable. After reading the book I had the misfortune to see the movie which I found a total waste of time. Demille is a much better writer than whoever directed the movie is a director.
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Summary: Not his best work
Review: After reading this, I had one question: "How did this thing hit the big screen?"After reading the book, I watched the movie. The visual version was plain awful, while the book had some decent qualities, but was still less than satisfying. The book is about a General's daughter that is murdered in shocking style. CID officers Paul Brenner and ? (I actually forgot Madeline Stowe's character name already) get the case. Of course, they are former lovers that hate each other first, but soon start getting along. It doesn't take them long to find out that the General's daughter has romanced everybody in the state of Georgia, and therefore the suspect list is long. The premise is okay, but the overall story is weak. The motives behind what happened are implausible at best and downright silly at worst. Worse yet is the killer all but introduces himself to you in the early going, and by the time it is made "official", there is no mystery or suspense at all. The book drags at times, and I found myself skipping pages. All in all, it was on the level of your typical Grisham tale, which is to say it was pretty weak. I wouldn't recommend it. This was my 3rd Demille. Plum Island was so-so, and The Charm School was awesome. I am trying Babylon now and I have Gold Coast on the shelf. If Babylon stinks, then I won't bother with Gold Coast or anything else by him.
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Summary: Disappointing Demille
Review: This Demille thriller seemed to get lost in typical bureaucratic red tape. Too many characters, not enough plot. One dead daughter & all her sexual conquests. Strangely this is the one they made into a movie. Read "Spencerville", "Plum Island", or "The Gold Coast" for true Demille devilish pleasure.
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Summary: About as fast-paced as a government project.
Review: Occasionally, a so-so book (like JAWS and THE FAN, to name just two examples) comes along that Hollywood turns into an even better movie. THE GENERAL'S DAUGHTER is just such a case. As murder mysteries go, the denouement comes absurdly early (with almost 100 pages to go we're told that the main suspect is so and so, based largely on a conversation at the Officer's Club that was inconclusive, at best). The majority of the book drags on like a 200 foot-long snake and the only saving feature is the witty Nick and Nora Charles-like dialogue between Brenner and Sunhill. The obvious references to and flavor of THE TAMING OF THE SHREW notwithstanding, the book falls flat on its figurative face. It seems to have no beginning or end, just an endless middle. Reading the book was less a labor of love as a love of labor. Hollywood had taken some daring liberties with this book, obviously, and anyone who's ever read and seen THE GENERAL'S DAUGHTER will readily see that. However, this is one case where Hollywood's vision deviated from the novelist's, resulting in a better story. No wonder DeMille was pleased with it. Perhaps he saw that it was, indeed, a better and more thrilling denouement.
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Summary: Just a comment...
Review: Good piece of fiction, but not for the weak of heart, in some points, due to the explicitness of the material.
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