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Summary: Outstanding change of pace
Review: When most authors try something different it falls flat on it's face. NOT SO with THE BLUE NOWHERE. In a world where computer links us world wide, we isolate outselves in the blue nowhere. The book is spellbinding and far more plausible that we would want to imagine. Could not put this book down. Read it. An A+ for Deaver.
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Summary: Pretty Fair Deaver
Review: Being a devoted fan of Jeffery Deaver, I hold him up to relentless standards that I don't expect of other thriller writers. I compare everything he writes to his own best efforts ("Devils Teardrop," "Maidens Grave"), rather than judging his books against the background of other authors. That being said, "The Blue Nowhere" is imaginative, twisty, and scary. If you have an ounce of paranoia-beware! The computer is king of this novel; I might even say Deity, with all its endless possibilities. It takes the idea of information gathering to the ultimate horror of "social engineering." I was not troubled by its being far-fetched. If I had wanted facts, I'd have bought a manual. Deaver delivers on the plotting and suspense build-up. There are a few too many characters which slowed me down some, and most were prototypes: The Geek, The Nerdy Kid, The Perfect Cop, The Red Herring, and the Comic Relief. I couldn't understand why, when Mr. Deaver provided a glossary of computer terms, he found it necessary to ponderously define each and every one of them in the novel. I was not enchanted to hear for the 42nd time that Good Cop cannot keep his shirt tucked in. I wondered how an eight year-old child could be completely fooled by a man who claimed to be her uncle when she had seen the real uncle only a week before. Never, ever have I heard a computer whiz refer to a hard copy as a "dead tree." That bothered me, just like I wonder if real cops say "perp." The villain, Phate, gets a great deal more sympathy than he deserves, but in certain ways, this strengthens the book. The reader is forced to pause and reflect on Phate's entire character not just his actions. He is the most complex character in the book. Mr. Deaver has tried for a tour de force, how to make staring at a computer screen for 426 pages into a thriller. For the most part, he has succeeded.
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Summary: Read it before you open your e-mail !
Review: I thought a Deaver book had to have Lincoln Rhyme to be a great mystery. The Blue Nowhere was spellbinding and a page turner from the beginning to the end. Two hackers...one not so good but not really a bad guy, and one really bad guy who end up pitted against each other in the ultimate cyberspace game. Social engineering is a new concept introduced by Deaver that explains many other plots where nothing is as it seems to be. The book was a great read.
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Summary: fabulous beach read
Review: Computer "geeks" should not review this book. I am sure that there are many mistakes about computers, but So What?? This is a great mystery, suspense, fast reading book. The characters are real and likeable. There is a lot of information about computers, but its necessary to the story, and anyone reading this review on Amazon knows enough about computers to understand what Deaver is saying. The real story is the tracking down of a serial killer. If one is looking for a great "beach" book they could do no better than this.
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Summary: Edge Of Your Seat Reading Like I've Never Experienced Before
Review: This was Jefferey Deavers first novel that I have ever read, and I'm very glad I did, he is my new favorite author. I could not believe how good this story was. It is not far-fetched, on the contrary it is very realistic. Deaver looks at the power of computers and how vulnerable we are to them, and how powerful hackers can really be. I learned things in this book that I never knew about computers. Deaver definitely did his homework for this story. Every time I thought I had the story figured out, there was something new that would happen and throw me all off. That's the kind of reading I like. The Blue Nowhere has inspired me to read Jeffery Deaver's other books, and I definitely will go see The Blue Nowhere on the big screen when Warner Bros. brings it out.
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Summary: A quick, enjoyable weekend read!
Review: I am a fan of Jeffrey Deaver and he did not disappoint me with this new novel. It was a very fast read, and entertaining until the end. I really liked our two heroes, convict and cop. The villains were not well hidden in the plot, and the ending left one villain out and unpunished, which to me is always a letdown, but maybe it is to leave an opening to bring these characters back in another book. The characters do outshine the plot, especially towards the ending, and the fate of Phate (pun intended) was very anticlimactic. Being a Systems Analyst, I can tell you that it is very true that this book is technologically incorrect, but remember that it is fiction, not a manual, and it written to be entertaining instead of factual and boring. The technical liberties keep the pace of the book moving along and allow for the plot twists and turns that we all love from Deaver. The only actual surprise for me was when it was revealed who Shawn really was, but none of the lesser aspects I have mentioned detracted from the overall enjoyment of reading this novel.
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Summary: Deaver is suffering from popularity
Review: Deaver seems to be dumbing down with each new book. I absolutely loved A Maiden's Grave, and The Bone Collector, but have been losing interest ever since, and I couldn't stand The Blue Nowhere. The biggest problem is that he spends the whole book lecturing about software, he sounds like he's trying to impress people with what he's learned, but I'm sorry, I've been a software engineer for 20 years and Deaver's been taken in by a lot of hype. Even so, I might have been ok with all that, if the book itself was any good. I guess I'm getting sick of books about super-smart psycho killers, its just not believable. The one in this book decides to kill a 15 year old boy just because he's a good programmer and therefore might be competition to him some day, yeah right.
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Summary: Page turner, good read ...
Review: I find this book to be entertaining, page turner and a good read. I didn't mind the jargon, all I'm interested was the story itself. At least, I learned some few computer lingos and that was quite interesting too. I enjoyed reading it, a whole lot better than Empty Chair, that's for sure.
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Summary: No Longer Science Fiction
Review: Twenty years ago this book would have been classified as science fiction and out of the realm of possibility. Now, in the 21st century it is very close to reality and is certainly within the grasp of computer scientists. I was amazed as I read it. The action that occurred in the Blue Nowhere was so expertly written that it did not seem implausible even though Deaver notes that Trapdoor, the computer program that wrecked so much havoc, probably couldn't be written yet. The point is that "The Blue Nowhere" is believable and for me the book isn't science fiction but rather an exciting and creative thriller. There are so many plot twists that I eventually just let it take me where it wanted, rather than try to figure out who was who, especially Shawn, the mysterious partner of Phate, the main protagonist. In addition to being full of action, the development of the characters, their emotional and psychological growth, and the interplay among them was realistic and added a sense of humanity to the story. I loved this book and would recommend it, especially to those readers who have a curiosity about cyberspace and the dangerous capabilities that lurk there.
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Summary: Boring? Really?
Review: This book was far from a bore. Having been raised with computers in my life - knowing just about enough about them to get by and do no damage to them - I didn't find the explanations at all patronising, rather helpful for the people out there who don't have a clue about computers. To be honest I didn't find that these explanations were blocking the plot and they do give some aspect of time. I was a true teenager when I first read this book and it is obviously aimed at us in general. Phate downloading whatever-they-ares in several minutes really meant nothing to me...only that he'd outsmarted them once again and got a lot more than they'd anticipated. I would recommend this book to anyone who was willing to dismis these so-called obvious mistakes - which a mind like mine would certainly miss, being educated in languages certainly doesn't make you aware of specialist terms.
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