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Summary: Tedious!
Review: I started reading the book full of expectation. After the first hundred pages or so, I could not take the slow pace and multiple digressions with the occasional sexual references (probably to keep readers going) any longer.The plot is simple: make everybody a suspect; include the basic sleaze, power and money ingredients; and end up with the least suspect of all characters as the guilty one. To make the whole thing more palatable, a couple of hundred pages would have been more decent.
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Summary: GREAT book,
Review: This book makes me want to SCREAM out the resolution, but I'll let you discover it for yourself. All I can say is, READ this book. It is one of the best of all time!!!
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Summary: Great story, cursory reading for audio
Review: Despite a severe abridgement down to only two cassettes, PRESUMED INNOCENT in audio is gripping right down to the end. At times, the reader, John Heard, seems a little rushed, distracted even, but the story is so powerful I can only dock it one star.
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Summary: Simply the best novel ever written
Review: I read this novel about 8 years ago and savored every moment....The writing is so good, the visual images so vivid, you want to savor every word. I was completely blown away at the end. It's ruined me because since reading this book, I have been disappointed with every other novel I've read, including Turow's others. READ THIS NOVEL!!!!!!!!!!SIX stars!
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Summary: Great Thriller
Review: I loved this book!!! It takes a reader on twists and turns that actually make sense and don't come from left field. Though I figured out who the murderer was by page 100 (you just have to look at the clues, and then automatically the killer just jumps out at you), the revelation at the end makes for a satisfying read.
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Summary: Haven't read it? I envy you...
Review: This is one of the few books I've ever read where I actually envy the person who who will read it for the first time. What a treat you have in store for you if you came across this nearly-perfect novel. Click that "buy" button...you won't regret it.
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Summary: ABSOLUTELY THRILLING!
Review: Amazing, I can't believe I didn't read Turow sooner. The plot is awesome and moves very quickly. Pay close attention to all the clues, if you're careful you can figure it out, though don't rule out the obvious! I also watched the movie after finishing the book and this was one of the rare book to movie translations that I was not disappointed with. Read the book, watch the movie.
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Summary: I couldn't put it down....
Review: I just finished this book last night, at 2:30 am, less than four hours before I have to get up to go to work. It's that good. It took me two days to read the first third, and one day to read that last two-thirds....I could not put this book down. At the end, I felt like, I should have guessed who the murderer was, but I never had a clue. I even had to re-read the pages over again to make sure that what I was reading was real. Amazing how I, in the end, felt sadness for people I had loathed the whole time and then felt compulsions for people I originally felt sorry for. Nothing is as it seems and everyone is suspect. There were times when I actually laughed out loud at something a character said, and then felt like crying over some other scene. The words and characters just lept from the page. It pains me to hear everyone say that this is the best of this kind, since I am just now returning to reading mysteries after years of "not having enough time." I want more! Please tell me that there are other books this exciting out there, because anything less will be too disappointing!
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Summary: Crime of passion
Review: This is, in all probability, the best mystery I have ever read, or ever will read. "Presumed Innocent" has so much to recommend it: compelling characters that seem to leap off the page, motives from every possible angle, interconnecting subplots that keep you guessing, and a passionate writing style. Scott Turow has created a masterpiece. To add to the intrigue, the mystery is narrated first-person by Rusty Sabich, the deputy DA. His latest case is the murder of his co-worker, a strikingly attractive attorney by the name of Carolyn Polhemus. Carolyn has been killed in a manner that suggests she was quite closely involved with her murderer, and as an added twist, she has been "involved" with several members of the DA's office, including Rusty himself. Rusty, in spite of his marriage vows, found himself obsessed with Carolyn, even long after Carolyn ended the affair. Turow provides so many interlocking plots and peripheral characters that spotting the "red herrings" is a virtually impossible task. Each character, including Carolyn , is so sharply drawn and three-dimensional, that there are a number of possible scenarios. What may seem like "obvious" solutions are not so obvious at all. Turow has also managed to create a number of memorable characters: Rusty, whose eagerness to please rarely gets rewarded. His wife, Barbara, a silent, uncommunicative woman who continues to smolder with resentment long after Rusty's affair with Carolyn has ceased. Carolyn, the coldly opportunistic "user" who has learned from her abusive past to hurt others before they hurt her. Raymond, Rusty's slave-driving boss whose selfishness prevents him from looking out for anyone but #1. Sandy Stern, the brilliant soft-spoken defense lawyer whose theatrics are the high point of the novel. Dan Lipranzer, the cop who's a street punk at heart. Nico Della Guardia, who finds himself having to live up to his shameless self-promotion. Larren Lyttle, the judge who still falls into "street jive" even while seated on the bench. And so many more--even the minor characters are standouts in their own way. Definitely a "stranded on a desert island" selection.
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Summary: One of the most interesting novels I have ever read.
Review: The opening chapters of this novel are a bit slow, but they catch up to you towards the end. I just could not put the book down. I read it on the way to school and back. I believe that this is one of the most compelling books ever written.
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