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Summary: Great Read
Review: I was not able to put this book down. The fast pace of this book made the pages fly by. My only regret was that I predicted the hyped "unpredictable ending" about 100 pages before it ended. Oh well, it was still a very good read.
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Summary: Starts with a 5, ends with a 1, thus a 3!!
Review: This book had a very interesting beginning. The convolutions and twists in the plot held my interest very tightly. However, at about the halfway point, it really started to become unbelievable. The "hunters" started drawing the most improbable conclusions, scientific anomalies became everyday events, and the infamous "Fourth Reich That Never Was" ending reared its ugly head. As a result, a novel with an impressive beginning worked very hard to bring about a horrendous ending. As a final note, I would like to say that the editing in this book was the worst I have ever seen.
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Summary: I had to re-read the final ten pages...that's how surprising
Review: I read this back in 1994 and it was the best book I read that year. Since then I have given it as a gift repeatedly. It never fails to enthrall the recipient. It is suspenseful, fun, full of twistes and turns. And the ending was one I never saw coming. I wish he would write another one.
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Summary: A great action-movie read; needs a better ending
Review: The first 500 pages create a picture of a new, big brother-like power, and it made me think it might be possible. Bringing the Organization down in the end takes the chill out of the story. The Hollywood pace of the book is what makes the beginning so fun, yet it's the Hollywood ending that keeps this book from being the great thing it set itself up to be. McVey putting the pieces together is exciting. Scholl and the people working for him (knowingly or not) covering their tracks is chilling. Osborne becomes annoying, and his relationsip with Ms. Monneray is ridiculous. The first 500 pages or so are excellent, but I recommend making up your own ending--it would be more satisfying.
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Summary: With a better editor, it could have been an excellent book.
Review: I can't quite agree with sparks@campfour from Salt Lake but he was pretty close. Folsom wrote a very complex, convoluted novel but he got some of his facts wrong, i.e., absolute zero is 459.69 deg. F., not something over 500 deg. F. In a couple of places, he had the hero remembering faces that he had seen at a distance at night in the rain. He had just too many people acting correctly on impulse, intuition or coincidence. I grant there are probably detectives as experienced and knowledgable as detective McVey but I dare say there are none who have his unfailing sense of what what his next action should be. Perhaps with a better editor, Folsom could turn in a good novel. I got through the book OK but I had some trouble with believablilty.
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Summary: Most fascinating plot by a lousy author I've ever read
Review: I can't disagree with readers who found this plot full of big surprises and powerful twists; a "page-turner" indeed. However, Folsom is a lousy writer. Bad! Careless construction, cliche-ridden vocabulary, and one of my pet peeves - multiple characters miraculously use the same contrivances to refer to things none of them had ever encountered before. As much as I stayed curious about what might happen next, I winced over and over again at the author's clumsiness. Where was the editor?! If you love good writing, stay away; if you love wild, preposterous but entertaining plots, wait for the movie!
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Summary: Incredibly average
Review: Oh please! The superlatives are better wasted on pulp such as "Vanna Speaks." What was all of the fuss about? I enjoyed it as a mindless romp thru spy-land but it was so full of incredibly unbelievable coincidences it was laughable. It was perfect beach trash; a book one can read while tanning, talking, and drinking beer.
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Summary: shockingly bad...
Review: geez, it seems I read a different book than the masses who posted here with 5 stars. This book is one of those that make you laugh out loud...not at the inherent humor...but of the improbable scenario's, incredibly bad writing, and characters that are laughable. My favorite...the 22 year old female with an incredible body "and a brain to match" oh yeah...trained as an exposives expert in east germany...did I mention she was beautiful? Don't believe the hype here just read something else.
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Summary: An amazing ending!
Review: I loved this book! The story was so interesting and the ending is so different. You just can't put it down. I would love to see them make a movie of it.
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Summary: Could not put down this one... Couldn't wait for the next
Review: I picked up this book in an airport gift shop and I did not stop reading til it was finished. Paul went through a whirlwind. I Read this book over two years ago and have been waiting with baited breath ever since for the next. The international intrigue is excellent. Yes, perhaps you could tell what the ending was but it was still exciting to see how Paul would eventually get his hands on the Box. I am looking forward to Days of Confession only two months away. I have my order in you should too.
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