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Summary: Not up to Morrell's usual standard
Review: Pace, character, plot, everything was less than I have come to expect from Morrell and I have read them all. One nagging nit to pick. Much of the technical photography details were just wrong. Then the author defined "circles of confusion" almost completely backwards, and went on to use the photographic term metaphorically in several places. This led me to have questions in the back of my mind about the accuracy of details in his previous books.An interesting read and I probably would have been happy with it as a first novel. But not at this stage from David Morrell.
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Summary: Not his best book, but still classic Morrell
Review: Sure this was not his best book, but I loved every second of it. I read it twice just to catch every detail in its twisted and mind boggiling plot. The suspence kept me on the edge of my chair so thats why I say it is a classic Morrell.
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Summary: A new thriller twist from Morrell
Review: The plot is a stalking, wrapped in a stalking and wrapped in a stalking. If that sounds like a serious plot twist it is! This book is not typical of Morrells' other thrillers and is quite a departure. Much more romantic than his earlier books and I think that this book will appeal more to women than some of his other thrillers. However, the Fifth Profession remains my favorite Morrell.
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Summary: forget the reviews--this book is great
Review: this book is great--the segue from one predicament to the next by the no-John-Rambo hero is very well crafted--this book is more in the vein of Fraternity of the Stone and Covenant of the Flame than straight action like Rambo--Morrell does a fine job in this book--I read it straight through -
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Summary: Good effort falls short
Review: This book left me going, "Huh?" Basically it is two seperate plot lines very loosely tied together. One of them ends partway through and is not at all plausible (I'm sure foreign militants leave their country and stalk photographers that caught them in the act all the time--I've just never heard of it). Too much graphic sex and violence with not enough story to back it up. It doesn't work, and I'm not sure the war crimes-stalking thing would have worked anyway.. it's way too bizarre. The other plot line was okay, and with some more fleshing out, could easily be a book of its own. I do see what he was trying to do with this, but I, personally, found it convoluted rather than complementary.
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Summary: Slick entertainment made for a movie script!
Review: This book was quite a departure from Morrell's previous works (most of which I enjoyed) but I liked it much better. There was a little of everything to enjoy from action to romance to psychological suspense. The plot twists were excellent and I had to discipline myself not to peak ahead. The only negative was the length of some of the action scenes. Excellent book, I think you will thoroughly enjoy it.
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Summary: War Crimes, Romance, Coincidences, Love, Fear and Suspense
Review: This was a great book by David Morrell, in fact a double book as it had two distinct halves, one almost mirroring the other. The story begins in Bosnia during the violent years of the mid-nineties. Professional, award-winning photographer, Mitch Coltrane, is hiding in a pit, three feet wide, seven feet long and three feet deep which smells of loam, mold and urine. He has already been waiting 36 hours and is prepared to wait longer . His aim is to photograph the evil Bosnian Serb leader Dragan Ilkovic exhuming bodies of innocent victims from a mass grave for removal and disposal elsewhere. The photographic evidence, should he succeed in getting it without being caught, should enable the International Courts or War Crimes Commission to convict Ilkovic and lock him away for a very long time. Eventually Coltrane's patience is rewarded as Ilkovic arrives and the horror of the subsequent events leaps out through the pages. The story then takes on a more sedate theme, giving the reader time to relax and enjoy the book as Coltrane begins a fascinating photographic project back in California with the help of his beautiful girlfriend, Jennifer. However, the tension, suspense and horror gradually return, accelerating through the chapters, to another climax and the conclusion of the first "half" of the book. In this section, the detailed knowledge of author Morrell of cameras and photography is evident and he weaves this technical thread through the story without in any way confusing or boring the reader - in fact the very opposite. As the second "half" of the story unfolds, our hero Coltrane becomes fascinated with, entranced by, obsessed with and ultimately seduced by the irresistible new heroine Tash. The unstoppable development of their relationship and the vivid descriptions of the inner and outer beauty of Tash are described in the most convincing way. It is excellent imaginative writing of the highest calibre. It is not long before terror and fear return, becoming an overwhelming backdrop to the saga. More and more, the second half of the story mirrors the first half in a coincidental but nevertheless believable manner. It is a very clever book in structure, style, content and presentation. It captures the reader's attention from start to finish and leaves you wanting to read it again for another helping of imagination, romance and fear. Nothing less than true escapism.
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Summary: War Crimes, Romance, Coincidences, Love, Fear and Suspense
Review: This was a great book by David Morrell, in fact a double book as it had two distinct halves, one almost mirroring the other. The story begins in Bosnia during the violent years of the mid-nineties. Professional, award-winning photographer, Mitch Coltrane, is hiding in a pit, three feet wide, seven feet long and three feet deep which smells of loam, mold and urine. He has already been waiting 36 hours and is prepared to wait longer . His aim is to photograph the evil Bosnian Serb leader Dragan Ilkovic exhuming bodies of innocent victims from a mass grave for removal and disposal elsewhere. The photographic evidence, should he succeed in getting it without being caught, should enable the International Courts or War Crimes Commission to convict Ilkovic and lock him away for a very long time. Eventually Coltrane's patience is rewarded as Ilkovic arrives and the horror of the subsequent events leaps out through the pages. The story then takes on a more sedate theme, giving the reader time to relax and enjoy the book as Coltrane begins a fascinating photographic project back in California with the help of his beautiful girlfriend, Jennifer. However, the tension, suspense and horror gradually return, accelerating through the chapters, to another climax and the conclusion of the first "half" of the book. In this section, the detailed knowledge of author Morrell of cameras and photography is evident and he weaves this technical thread through the story without in any way confusing or boring the reader - in fact the very opposite. As the second "half" of the story unfolds, our hero Coltrane becomes fascinated with, entranced by, obsessed with and ultimately seduced by the irresistible new heroine Tash. The unstoppable development of their relationship and the vivid descriptions of the inner and outer beauty of Tash are described in the most convincing way. It is excellent imaginative writing of the highest calibre. It is not long before terror and fear return, becoming an overwhelming backdrop to the saga. More and more, the second half of the story mirrors the first half in a coincidental but nevertheless believable manner. It is a very clever book in structure, style, content and presentation. It captures the reader's attention from start to finish and leaves you wanting to read it again for another helping of imagination, romance and fear. Nothing less than true escapism.
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Summary: Okay
Review: This was my first book by David Morrell so I didn't know what to suspect. Unlike some people I did see why he had two plots, isn't the name of the book called double image. It wasn't one of the best books I have ever read but it wasn't the worst either. It was quite suspenseful but confusing. If you are looking for a book that has lots of detail and description, this definetly isn't that book. But over all it was okay.
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Summary: A haunting, unforgetable psychological thriller.
Review: This was my first David Morrell novel. According to the other reviews, it is somewhat of a letdown. I think it's one of the best stories I've read. It was so hard to put down, I knew my boss would love it too. She felt the same way I did, and read it almost overnight. It would be a great movie. The complexity of the plot was part of what made it that much more than your average story. Alot of people's lives have more than one weird adventure going on at one time. If everything else he has written is so much better, I can't wait. I'm definitely a new fan.
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