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Summary: Why Do People Give Poor California Such A Hard Time?
Review: It would seem that the dashing, all-intelligent, all-powerful male protagonist might be passe. Ken Follett now shows up with a courageous, smart, female FBI agent who makes her fellow male agents look like self serving, incompetent idiots. Would this have been the character set up in an FBI story of 10 years ago? If J. Edgar Hoover hears about this he will be doing some serious rotating in his grave.Can the terrorists fulfill their threat to create California earthquakes if their demands are not met? It would seem they could, although Judy Maddox's brainless boob fellow agents scoff and publicly embarrass her. Well we all know what will happen don't we? It's a fun ride though, and I enjoyed it. As someone who lived for years in the San Francisco area I had an extra pleasure in seeing if a British writer would make any mistakes describing northern California. He did pretty well, making only a few trifling errors, like calling the well known Cala Foods supermarket "Gala" Foods. Well recommended, although I still think Follett's best books were his first ones.
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Summary: One of Follett's best, I think
Review: I see this book has gotten quite a few negative reviews on this forum, but I really liked it. This, along with Jackdaws, I think are my two favorites of Follett's. I can't comment on either the realism of the earthquake scenario or the realism of the FBI office, but only experts will nitpick at that anyway. This was an exciting page turner with interesting characters & especially a villain you love to hate -- the evil psychopathic old hippie, Ricky aka Priest. If you are a Follett fan, definitely give this one a chance.
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Summary: Action and suspense
Review: I started reading this great book while on the john one day and it riveted me to numbness. I couldn't put it down and then I couldn't stand up. I know, just a little more info than most of you probably needed.
There is plenty of action and suspense. I haven't finished it yet but I can tell that Ken Follett is going to be an author that I will enjoy picking up about any of his books and reading them.
I was given this book by a very strange individual and the moral here is Never Judge a Book by it's Cover! I thought she was giving me some kind of religious book and I don't do those, well wasn't I most pleasantly suprised when I finally started reading it and I am sure that if you like a little mystery, intrigue and a little suspense with lots of action right from the very beginning then this will be a book that you may very well enjoy.
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Summary: It's not War And Peace but I liked it.
Review: Ken Follett's novel "The Hammer of Eden" is a good novel about terrorism, love and suspense. Follett has also written some great stories, his "The Pillars of The Earth", "The Man From St. Petersburg", and "Eye Of The Needle" are all generally regarded as excellent. It could be that this story does not measure up to his earlier works but "The Hammer of Eden" is fun to read and fast paced. It took me 2 days to read the entire story. The plot is pretty straight forward; members of a commune in California's wine country try to prevent construction of a power plant near their property. Lead by a brilliant but illiterate criminal called Priest they devise a plan to create earthquakes. The FBI is called in to stop the eco-terrorism and story takes-off. Overall the characters are standard fare and they react pretty straight forward to very unusual set of circumstances. What I enjoyed the most while reading this story is the writing. Follett is a master and the novel is very well written. The action is crisp, situations and descriptions are well illustrated. If you are looking for a well written fun novel, look no further.
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Summary: Hard to put down
Review: Having read a few of Ken Follett's books, including Eye of the Needle, Pillars of the Earth and a Place Called Freedom, I have to admit to already being a fan of this author. I was not disappointed with this latest read, a book which I found difficult to put down from the very beginning. The idea, although completely fictional became quite plausible as the storyline unravelled. (It also helped to have been in San Francisco last year) When I read a book by a new author and thoroughly enjoy it, I try a few others and often find the storyline becomes very similar. Other author's I fell into this trap with were Jean Auel and John Grisham. Now I realise these are quite different genres, but in each of these instances I became quite bored after reading a few of each of these authors books. With Ken Follett though, each is completely different in content, but very easy to read and difficult to put down. I look forward to reading some more. Thanks Ken. Well done!
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Summary: very interesting story
Review: THis is a slight departure from Follett's other books. It's not about a particular event in history, it's not a spy novel. To be honest, it reminds me of a James Patterson cat and mouse type of book from his earlier days. As usual, i won't give away any plot points other than a cop you can't help rooting for and a villain who you hate (but can sympathize with) match whits in a battle of high stakes! The method of crime employed by the villain is odd at first, but as the chapters go by, the characters and events suck the reader in pretty strongly. Definetly worth checking out.
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Summary: a good weekend read
Review: not a bad thriller, see for yourself.
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Summary: Long live the 'Cuda!
Review: Ok, so it might not be Follett's best books, but it's not that bad!I enjoyed it, pick up a copy and give it a chance!
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Summary: A below par Follett novel
Review: This story is good, but certainly not up to Mr. Follett's usual tales of suspense and intrigue. There was too much emphasis on the romantic interest in the story which bogged the plot line. The environmental terrorist concept was chilling and could have been better developed. It is difficult to believe that a seasoned FBI agent would let her personal feelings intefere with a serious investigation. Mr. Follett usually writes great stories but this was not one of them.
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Summary: ho hum
Review: not follett at his best. the idea is good but the book didn't develop well-would've liked a slower buildup to let me get into the characters and that would've helped me accept where the story was going - very creative; but got there too fast.
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