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Summary: Outstanding thriller!
Review: I noticed a few people expressed disappointment at the ending. I found the ending to be particularly clever. I thought the subject matter had been well-researched, making this a plausible story. It kept me reading enthusiastically right to the end. Now I must get ahold of The Genesis Code. By the way, does anyone know the background of the author? I imagine he must be a journalist...
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Summary: fast-paced, highly forgettable
Review: This book is like a disposable razor. It works for a while, but you can casually throw it out when you're done. My main gripe is that the characters are relentlessly boneheaded. Friend gets death threats and then mysteriously disappears? OH, HE'S PROBABLY OUTTA TOWN! Why doesn't the press report this vital story? 'CAUSE THE FBI SENT ALL NEWSPAPER EDITORS A NASTY FAX! Why does the main character try to free his girlfriend from the cult compound *alone*? HEY, THE FBI SCREWED UP HOSTAGE SITUATIONS AT WACO AND RUBY RIDGE, DIDN'T THEY?! Why doesn't the main character report the whole story in the end? 'CAUSE FREE SPEECH IS OVERRIDDEN BY THIS NATIONAL EMERGENCY (according to a ficticious article of the constitution). Good book for a plane flight, maybe, but that's it.
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Summary: C'mon John, you can do better than this!
Review: After reading Case's first novel, The Genesis Code, I eagerly anticipated his next offering, The First Horseman. Unfortunately, I trusted Case would once again weave together a thought provoking plot with dynamic characters in his next novel. Although Case falters in his pure storytelling ability, in The Genesis Code, Case compensated with an excellent plot and spectacular action. Nothing could compensate for the attrocious plot development and static characters of The First Horseman. The conclusion was predictable half way through the story. Dramatic irony does not explain Frank Daly's foolhardy behavior. He was more irritating than Jar-Jar Binks in Star Wars, and Daly was the main character! Case really disappointed me with this novel, I truly hope he has an excuse. Maybe next time he should create the plot and have someone else do the writing.
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Summary: KEEPS YOU GOING(somewhat) THEN NOTHING IN THE END!!!
Review: While reading this book I found myself just reading to finish it. There are some suspencefull moments but in the end it leaves you wondering why you even finished the book!!! Case was great in the Genesis Code but lacks alot of his talent in this Novel.
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Summary: Hero Saves World From Impending Doom!
Review: I was blown away by this book...A "must read" for anyone interested in exciting thrillers with end of the world possibilities. Our heroine, Annie Adair, travels up to the Arctic circle to do research on the remains of miners who were victims of the 1918 Spanish Flu epidemic. She arrives in the Arctic Circle only to discover that somebody's been there before her...Can she and our hero, Frank Daly, intrepid reporter for the Washington Post, prevent a cult from their attempts to bring about the end of the world? (Hint: the First Horseman in the title being a reference to Plague...) It wouldn't be fair to tell the ending of the book but it is definately the sort of book that keeps you gripping your seat and unable to put the book down until you're finished. READ THIS BOOK!!! IT'S AWESOME!!
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Summary: Weak writing makes for dull reading
Review: This books tries to hard to scare, doesn't try hard enough to involve. Mr Case may have an impressive resume, but he doesn't write well enough for readers who require to be persuaded that what they have in front of them is more than a collection of overblown nonsense.
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Summary: disappointing ending
Review: The book was good until the end.A very disappointing ending.I hate when you think you are reading a good book,then you read a one part of the book and at that point I wanted to throw the book out the window!!!!!
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Summary: A let down read.
Review: I loved John's first book and gave it five stars. This one started out fine, but lost creadability as I read. He paints a picture of bad guys with great resources and intense desire to eliminate all foes, but the leave him alone to do his thing. no way. The story smaks of the Millenium Group's doomsday virus plan. I gave it three stars because John still has great visual description skills and the book had some intresting moments. But I think he got lazy, didn't plot out the thing very well...it was pretty predictable...and he forgot about plain good story structure. Sorry John. -P-
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