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Summary: A terribly dull and stupid novel.
Review: I was looking for a light entertaining read when I picked up this book. Many quotes from critics praising this novel and its author, David Morrell were provided . I found it to be stupid and unbelievable. Because it is so far out, the many action sequences turn out to be dull. It is really a rough patching together of 2 novels. In the first, the prime minister of Bosnia is chasing our hero around LA trying to murder him, his family and all his freinds. In the second novel our hero gets mixed up with the most beautiful woman in the world, She is also rich and exudes (would you believe) static electricity. He gives up his girl to go to mexico with the goddess. She turns out to be a diobolical serial killer. After he puts her away his girlfreind (would you believe) returns to him. I wondered how such poor writing gets published. Then I found out Morrell wrote the Rambo series. If I had known that I wouldn't have read the book in the first place.
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Summary: Disappointed
Review: I was very disappointed in this latest David Morrell effort. I have read all his books and thoroughly enjoyed them, but this one left me wondering why I even finished it. The "hero" is a shallow, uninteresting man and solutions seem to just fall in his lap -- or bed, as the case may be. The "sex goddess" that he dumps his girlfriend (who, by the way, nursed him back to health in the beginning of the book) for is a business tycoon who apparently can't function without him after their first meeting. Lines like: "I'm afraid to sleep alone." and "I've never experienced anything like . . ." are straight out of a daytime soap opera. My conclusion: Don't waste your time or money on this book.
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Summary: How could a book that started so well end so badly?
Review: I'll admit that I'm only an infrequent reader of Mr. Morrell's works, but what I have read, I've almost always enjoyed. Not so with this new novel.What begins as another of his routine thrillers, with a seemingly superhuman villain killing all that the hero holds dear, ends about half-way through and turns into -- I don't know what. The book jacket describes it as a cross between _Vertigo_ and _Basic Instinct_, but it was just garbage. A supernatural explanation would have been better than what we eventually got by way of resolution. The book reads like an aborted screenplay for a really bad movie. Why Morrell felt the necessity to dovetail these two unrelated plots together is beyond me. It's almost as if he had enough material for two novellas and said "Maybe my readers will buy this, they're stupid!" The book is so disappointing, I think, because it hinted at and promised so much more. Avoid this at all costs!
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Summary: Fantastic
Review: I'm a big David Morrell fan and Double Image was a suspenseful and keep turning the page book. I couldn't put it down.
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Summary: I think most of the reviewers here read the wrong book.
Review: I've read Morrell's novels. He's the one author that I can always depend on for exciting and thought-provoking reading. David's the author that got me into reading suspense novels in the first place and it "greatly" disturbs me that most of the critics here are slamming him so hard. "Reads like a soap-opera" -- the dialogue in this book may be trite, but, I believe, there was a purpose for the femme-fatale who used these words. She was lost in theatrics for all her life -- a trait she recieved from her mother (another part of the plot that I found interesting). She was an actor, who used an actor's, typically, simple language to intice and control the men who would so easily be drawn to her. I believe this effect was planned by Morrell. David had a purpose to how he wrote the novel. I have never read a novel by him that lacked a purpose and, I think, that the reviewers out there who had a problem with this book are perhaps lacking depth themselves. I feel very sorry for those people and their disposition over this novel. To all the people out there who loved Double Image. Thank you for appreciating this wonderfully intriguing novel. I, simply, cannot wait 'til we hear from David Morrell again. David, if you're reading this, thank you for your great stories. Thank you for showing me how good a novel can be.
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Summary: Horrible!!!
Review: Is this a genuine piece of work by Morrell, the great writer whose former creative products so deeply engrossed and enchanted me?? Terrible characters, rigid scenario, lousy plots, a bore-to-death read from page 1 to the end that made me really wish Labour Day would come sooner! There is absolutely no chemistry at all in this book, man. A lifeless, charactreless photographer cut out of a cardboard, and the first part of this double image almost read like architecture digest, featuring the "Now & Then" of Beverly Hill (who cares?!) Morrell's typical trademark of pressurized paranoia is totally missing in this pathetic book. I was just fooled by its 1st chapter that looked somehow promising but later proved to be NADA at all. The most ridiculous part of this book is when Coltrane and his woman tried to run away from their Cerbic stalker; bought two airticket, run to Las Vegus, and then came back right away to L.A. I really failed to comprehend what they would do such stupid thing, if they were so assured that during the whole runaway-and-comeback operation, they were not followed by that killer. So, running away to Las Vegus, switching flight and getting back to L.A. was a totally purposeless thing to do. This terrible novel only splitted my brain and eyes into a double fuzzy image, a so-called thriller that couldn't stop me from yarnings. This is one of the worst books I've read in Summer98. Thanks for nothing, man, and I wish that I could return it and get a refund.
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Summary: Scattered Plot but a lot of suspense.
Review: It may not be Mr. Morrell's best book ever, but they can't all be. I hoped the entire book would have been based on the first story. More of the gore and less of the romance. The second half of the book turns into a Sidney Sheldon novel (one of my favorite authors, by the way).
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Summary: A Quick Read? Yes. But Not What it Could've Been.
Review: Like a lot of other readers at this site (and elsewhere), I am a longtime fan of David Morrell. I have read most, but not all of his works and I must agree with some of my fellow readers. There is a lot that iswrong with this book. First, Mr. Morrell seems to have broken a cardinal rule of plotting -- he combined two distinct, but unrelated plotlines into one novel and to what purpose? Second, as others have noted, some of the lines between Mitch Coltrane and his erstwhile lady-love border on the absurd and read like the trashy dialogue used on day-time soaps. It made me wonder if Mr. Morrell actually wrote entire sections of the book. In Mr. Morrell's defense, I will say this to his critics. It's very easy for those of us in his reading public to read his works and then "armchair quarterback" what he should and shouldn't have done with his plot and characters. It's another thing entirely to create something (in this case a novel) from nothing. Remember, Mr. Morrell make his living conjuring up stories to entertain the rest of us. That's a big task. How many of his readers could do half as good a job? How many of us could turn out books that please all readers, all of the time? I'm not a published author and I often wonder if any of my fellow critics are, either. Until such time as those of you who are his harshest critics become as big and best-selling an author as David Morrell, I say give him a break. After all, the only perfect person in the history of the world walked the face of the earth 2,000 years ago. He's gone now, David Morrell isn't him and will make a mistake now and then. So will the rest of us. Stop whining and wait for his next work. Or don't! The choice is yours.
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Summary: A triumph for Morrell. It entertains from cover to cover.
Review: Morrell continues his tradition of excitement. This is another book that's hard to put down. The imagry is rich and satisfying; the characters, multidimensional. Morrell generates vivid pictures and and realism throughout. Unlike his spy novels, this one focuses on an international photographer, romance and intrigue. Mysterious people abound. Like Hichcock, Morrell has lots of twists and turns that keep you looking for more. Why didn't I give this one a ten? Because I still liked Morrell's Brotherhood of the Rose Trilogy best. As an avid Morrell fan, this book makes me anxious for his next work. Bravo David, and thanks.
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Summary: Fantastic.Best book I've read in years; couldn't put it down
Review: Never heard of the author before. But I plan to read all of his novels now. Book full of surprises and an ending that doesn't disappoint.
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