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Summary: Very nearly perfect! Movie material?
Review: A fantastic thriller, great narration and just the right volume of description to keep it flowing properly all the way through. Quite simply could not put it down. The ending was quite disappointing though... Nevertheless, this would make for a great movie. How about Russell Crowe as Roger, and Cameron Diaz as Francie?
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Summary: Better than most movies. Solid thriller.
Review: A good solid thriller that moves and builds suspense. Worth the price of a paperback, which is about the same as a movie of the same kind of thing. But it becomes predictable at the end and you can see the plot twists coming miles away. But at the same time Abraham's writing is very good and minimal which speeds the plot along. I stayed up late to read it, and I'd buy his next book whenever I'm in the mood for a good suspense thriller. Although, if you liked this book, I highly recommend Peter Staub's `The Throat' as a true contemporary masterpiece of thriller-horror.
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Summary: A Novel of Coincidences and Twists
Review: A Perfect Crime is a great psychological thriller that races away at the beginning but becomes slightly derailed at the end. The basic premise is: Francie and Ned are having an affair. Francie's vile husband Roger finds out about it and plans to kill them both. However, the twists and coincidences that occur are startling and exciting and make this thriller into something very original.I especially loved the backdrop to this thriller. The weather is always cold and icy and the house where Francie and Ned meet in centred on an island and can only be reached by rowing across in a small boat. These elements provide great atmosphere and originality. Roger is diabolical and I enjoyed the contrast between how he viewed himself (clever, self assured) and the way others saw him (strange nutcase!). Overall A Perfect Crime is a competent thriller with short sections and snappy dialogue. The characters are well developed although certain aspects seemed unlikely such as Roger thinking he'd be able to control Whitey Truax so perfectly that he could commit the perfect murder where he couldn't be implicated. However, this book is filled with suspense and surprises, so you'd be wise to give it a go. I'm glad I did. JoAnne
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Summary: A Novel of Coincidences and Twists
Review: A Perfect Crime is a great psychological thriller that races away at the beginning but becomes slightly derailed at the end. The basic premise is: Francie and Ned are having an affair. Francie's vile husband Roger finds out about it and plans to kill them both. However, the twists and coincidences that occur are startling and exciting and make this thriller into something very original. I especially loved the backdrop to this thriller. The weather is always cold and icy and the house where Francie and Ned meet in centred on an island and can only be reached by rowing across in a small boat. These elements provide great atmosphere and originality. Roger is diabolical and I enjoyed the contrast between how he viewed himself (clever, self assured) and the way others saw him (strange nutcase!). Overall A Perfect Crime is a competent thriller with short sections and snappy dialogue. The characters are well developed although certain aspects seemed unlikely such as Roger thinking he'd be able to control Whitey Truax so perfectly that he could commit the perfect murder where he couldn't be implicated. However, this book is filled with suspense and surprises, so you'd be wise to give it a go. I'm glad I did. JoAnne
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Summary: Romance, thrills and deceit
Review: A Perfect Crime is my favorite book by this author so far. I enjoy the female characters that he depicts as strong, career minded and yet vulnerable and sensitive. I think that the way he weaves several stories together is great! I am always driven to finish and then wish I had another book by him to start!
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Summary: Glad I borrowed and didn't buy.
Review: Although the book did manage to keep me interested enough to reach the end, I was disappointed. The plot has many flaws; the characters are stereotypical and therefore predictable, most of them, including the heroine, having the morals of cats. Excuse me, I just insulted my cat.
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Summary: Poor plotting, coincidences as cheap gimmicks.
Review: An excellent writer wasted his gift on this poorly plotted piece that appears to be a make-it-up-as-you-go effort. Instead of devising a "perfect crime" and creating a plot to carry it out, Mr. Abrahams simply allows his "genius" villain to bumble along, bouncing from one idea to another, in simple-minded reaction to events. And the author's laziness is manifest in his reliance on so many bizarre coincidences to get characters into and out of situations. Perhaps he's just playing with us, intending the title to be a sarcastic commentary on his villain's ridiculous, inflated ego: That he could think that this is a perfect crime? What a dimwit! Either way, I felt cheated as a reader. Still, his characters are well-drawn and his writing skills obviously superior. A shame to waste so much. It's as if a great Shakespearean troupe were saddled with presenting "Beavis and Butthead do America" -- with Neal Simon to rewrite the script.
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Summary: Outstandingly vulgar.
Review: Don't make the mistake of trying to read this book. In the first thirty pages, three sex scenes occur, all in detail. No plot whatsoever. This book is also very illicit and immoral. Not worth your time.
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Summary: i was right in the thick of the book
Review: For a first time author Mr. Abrahams was able to bring all the players in the book to life at the very begining. It seemed funny to me that I thought which way the story was going but was taken down a different path altogether which keep the pages turning until the end. Thrillers are not my first choice of pleasure reading but I am glad I took a chance with his book.
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Summary: A frustrating muddle of coincidences
Review: For me there are few things worse than a supposedly 'tightly plotted thriller' that has holes and inconsistencies in the plot. Plot development hinges on outrageous coincidence and there's nary a likeable character in the book. This is final proof that a Stephen King cover blurb is no indicator of quality!
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