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Summary: PGP - Pretty Good Page-turner!
Review: While I was reading The Blue Nowhere, my daughter picked it up and started paging through it. She gave it back to me and said that she wasn't interested in reading a novel that needs a glossary in the beginning to define the language in the book. To anyone else for whom that could be a turn-off, I'd like to say that you don't have to be a computer genius nor do you have to be fluent in computerese to read this book. Since the glossary is in the very beginning of the book, I read that before beginning the first chapter. I did not have to refer to the glossary again. All of that said, I don't think this book will be terribly fascinating to someone who has no interest in computers and what they, via their programmers, can do. The central character of The Blue Nowhere, Wyatt Gillette, is the embodiment of those who seem to have a natural gift for understanding how computers do what they do and how to use that to his advantage. In Wyatt's case, his advantage is benign. For others, the advantage can kill people. I've read other mysteries which have tried to incorporate the nastier side of computer technology, and I've found most of them to be far-fetched and sometimes ridiculous. Jeffrey Deaver has written a more realistic scenario in which I didn't have to suspend either my belief or my intelligence. I particularly liked Deaver's character development of Wyatt Gillette. I get tired of "computer geeks" being depicted as strange eccentrics who speak a language something like witchcraft. Deaver's portrayal of Gillette as a lonely little boy for whom a computer opened up a world where he called the shots as to how he would be perceived was almost poignant. One of the other reviewers mentioned a sequel. I hope Deaven considers that because it would be interesting to see where Wyatt Gillette goes next. The possibilities seem as vast as The Blue Nowhere itself.
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Summary: Thoroughly Enjoyable
Review: I want to say that I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I have been waiting a long time to find a writer who can write this kind of story. I love the twists and turns. I could not have guessed the ending. Deaver's writing reminds me of why I love to watch CSI. The fact that I love computers and have been envolved with them since the height of BBS days made this book even more endearing. I recommend this book for anyone who loves thrillers, mysteries, and/or computers. That being said (and I read this book in about 3 days), it did take me a few chapters to get used to Deaver's writing style. Which is not to say that it is bad, it is just different. He does over explain all things having to do with computers and the internet, but I was already well acquainted with most of the subjects he explained so maybe that is what made it laborious to read. Some of the descriptions are slightly inaccurate or over-simplified, but I think the descriptions overall are done well for a general audience. After reading this book, I went out and rented the "Bone Collector" dvd. I was so taken with the main character (Rhyme) that I was thrilled to find Deaver has other books centering on him. Happy reading!
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Summary: Better then the Best
Review: This book was pure fun to read. I didn't put it down once, only once my mom pried it from my hands did i finally give in, and go to bed. One of my favorites, just as good if not better as the Lincoln Rhyme series. With the suspence of all his other books, combined with a new technical twist, it was a true page-turner.
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Summary: A Hard to Put Down Book
Review: I bought the hardcover book, and it was worth every penny. A person only needs a healthy imagination to get into this story; Mr. Deaver provides all the computer knowledge a person needs to understand what is going on. The characters are very believable so much so a person can picture what they would look like, and how easy it would be for the "hacker" to become a "stalker". The reader can feel the torment of the main character, Wyatt Gillette, and the struggle he has with relating to the real world as opposed to the machine world. We all cheer when good wins out over evil, but this begs the question, "Who or What won?" Buy this book for your library; it won't go in the "donate" pile.
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Summary: Not very believable
Review: Does Jeff Deaver really expect anyone to believe that a hacker can build a computer out of wood and scraps of wire while locked in solitary confinement? To make matters worse, he has a cop look into the jumbled box of wires and determine at first glance that the homemade PC contained a modem? It's just too far-fetched. I've read almost all of the other Deaver novels and the only ones worth reading were the Lincoln Rhyme novels.
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Summary: Check it out NOW; This will be a movie!
Review: Deaver does it again with Blue Nowhere. While it may not be in the EXACT same genre and class as Bone Collector, it does have its merits. Besides, if for no other reason, you should read it to see how far your imagination will take you. Deaver weaves his story through the Internet and our anti-hero is Wyatt Gillette (definitely a movie name!). Now, Wyatt has to have a bit of bad boy aura or he wouldn't qualify as a consummate codeslinger. Regardless your take on Gillette, you love him by the end of the book. A definite yarn of good v. evil. Gillette battles the psychotic Phate, a man who is only equaled in skill by Gillette yet Phate has an advantage over Gillette. He doesn't have to wear handcuffs and shackles. Huh, you say? Check it out; well worth the read. Phate will have you looking over your shoulder. Don't be scared. Keep repeating..."Its only a book!"
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Summary: Even if you're not a cyber-star
Review: you should enjoy this thrilling story. In my opinion, the hero is Wyatt Gillette, the prison inmate who is asked to help the police catch a serial killer who learns about his victims by cracking into their personal computers. The suspense continues even after you learn the name of the killer. Mr. Deaver builds his characters with care and explains everything so that even us computer dummies can understand. The story has so many twists and turns that you keep crossing off one suspect and adding another to the very end.
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Summary: Non-Stop Excitement
Review: The Blue Nowhere was my intro to Jeffery Deaver and wow, I had a hard time putting it down. Suspense, excitement, chills, thrills and spills! I hope the movie version has Ben Affleck in the role of Wayne Gillette. My only quibble with the book is that the geographic locations seem forced and off the mark, almost like Deaver took a quick ride through the area and said, OK, I'll use this, this and this. Obviously he doesn't live in Silicon Valley or he would never had said Sunnyvale is 10 miles from the San Francisco airport. And Stanford University Hospital is not known as Stanford-Packard Medical Center. Packard is the name of the children's hospital at Stanford. These were embarrassing mistakes. Aside from that, the book was highly entertaining, and after all, isn't that what reading a book is all about?
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Summary: Kept my interest
Review: The first book I ever read by Deaver was "The Bone Collector." That sets an almost impossibly high standard for any books that follow. Blue Nowhere doesn't really measure up to Bone Collector. However, judged on its own merits, I found it to be interesting and fast-paced enough to keep my interest. The main problem I had with it was the constant explanation of computer terms in the first third of the book. I realize that from the publisher's point of view it was probably necessary, but it did tend to get distracting. If you got here and are reading this, you know enough about the Internet to enjoy this book. If you know a whole lot more, you can most likely point out factual errors/inconsistencies. I didn't find that this detracted from the story. Overall, not his best. But even "not the best" Deaver is pretty good.
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Summary: Don't be so nitpicky....
Review: I keep seeing people complaining about the book either being techinically inaccurate, or TOO technical. Lighten up. I'm a forensic pathologist, but I still enjoy "The X-Files" despite errors that'd make a first year med student giggle. Yes, as a fellow geek-girl friend tells me, there are some errors in the book about hacking, et al. But I don't see that as a problem. There were technical mistakes in "The Bone Collector," but I thought it a great read. And for those of you who thought the book was too technical, I enjoyed that aspect. How cool is it to learn stuff at the same you read a great book? I definitely recommend this for some well written ... thrills.
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