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Summary: Not as good as "Savage Day"
Review: If you think that this book has an intriguing or interesting plot idea I would suggest you go to your library or local used bookstore and try to find a copy of Thomas Wiseman's much superior and well written novel "Savage Day". It's basically the same premise but Wiseman pulls it off with great literary flair.
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Summary: Explosive romance and world events
Review: The philosophically chilling and personally poignant effects of one of the 20th century's most important scientific discoveries provides the background to an intricate mystery and passionate love affair. A little heavy in the communist conspiracy, but otherwise beautifully written.
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Summary: Better than nost
Review: I only figured out "who dun it" very near then end of the book. Almost all the details fit together, making this a very satisfying mystery. It may have helped that I was born and raised in Los Alamos and most of the details were right.
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Summary: Mind bendingly dull dull dull dull dull dull dull
Review: What can I say, the only thrill I got was that of finally putting this book down! I only finished it as a test of intestinal fortitude!The characters are dull and uninteresting, the "plot" is ponderous, with long meandering gaps where nothing happens ... Fundamentally the book has no pace, I had no interest in finding out who killed Karl ... no one seemed at all concerned that atomic secrets were leaked to the Soviets ... most of it was predictable, and then ending was weaker than what came before it ... was this a thriller or a love story, either way Z- for effort! If you are looking for a good read ... avoid this book ... go read Richard Feyman's biography far more entertaining and exciting than this crappy mini-series fodder! The author would have done us all a favor by re-writing historty and having the main character crash into 2 sub-critical masses, initiating a fission reaction and wiping Los Alamos off the face of the literary map around the end of the first chapter ...
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Summary: Too bad
Review: Curiously dissapointing. Might have been the hype, the setting, (and the cool cover art), but pretty forgettable all the way around.
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Summary: Better luck next time Joe!
Review: If you need something to help you sleep I suggest Los Alamos: I didn't even "TRY" to finish this one!
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Summary: Good Plot, But didn't connect
Review: Kanon has an excellent idea and plot line for a good book but it just doesn't have the pizzaz I was looking for. At times it was slow but I finished it. I hope Kanon can write something better cause I'll give him one more chance.
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Summary: Though flawed, an engrossing and entertaining first novel
Review: Picked this up to relieve the boredom of commuting by Metro North and it did the job - and then some. Though there was a curious lack of depth to some of the characters and seemed to take too long to get to where it was going, I found it hard to put this book down. A more convincing portrayal of the Los Alamos portrayal than it's Martin Cruz Smith 'cousin' "Stallion Gate".
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Summary: "Los Alamos" drops a bomb on readers
Review: Joseph Kanon takes a great detective setting, Los Alamos during the last hectic days of the creation of the atomic bomb, but proceeds to lull the reader to sleep with his dull and plodding writing. The only reason I give this one star is that it provided the necessary airplane relief from a yacky neighbor.
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Summary: A disappointment of atomic proportions
Review: Los Alamos is truly awful book: cardboard characters, lame storyline, implausible love affair, etc. Kanon has little talent as a writer. Its almost as if he set out to make all the wrong decisions in telling this story. Connelly's character is so flat (we learn practically nothing about him), that it is impossible to care about him or anyone he encounters. I am convinced that the only reason this book was ever printed is because Kanon is a publishing exec. Mr. Kanon, please return to the business world and leave the writing to someone, anyone else.
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