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Summary: Where's Hitler?
Review: Biographer Emily Ashcroft together with friends, search for proof that Adolf Hitler did not kill himself and his wife Eva Braun in April 1945. Sounds intriguing. The author however manages to turn this great idea into a crawling narrative that didn't even reveal why the title is "The Seventh Secret" until only halfway through the book. The characters are stereotyped and flat, the dialogue is stiff, and the whole ending is ridiculous.
There were a number of bizarre instances in the story. Here's an example. An intruder was trying to kill Emily inside her hotel room but luckily, her love interest Rex Foster came to her rescue. He managed to scare off the bad guy and instead of immediately informing the authorities, the two had sex. Ok guys, what if the killer returned? So much for their great concern for security. Another strange example is how the neo-Nazis were dealt with in the end. It's really unbelievable.
The only reason why I didn't stop reading the book is that I was curious at what the story will have said happened to Hitler. I was disappointed.
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Summary: Simply avoidable
Review: I happen to be a WW II fanatic and that prompted me to pick this book. And believe me after the first 20 or so pages I started finding the book thoroughly disgusting.
The plot is miserable - the protagonist never even had to move as much as her nail to solve the mystery. Everything falls into place automatically as if by magic. The characters get added till the last few pages for the convenience of the characters trying to solve the mystery - if there was any.
If you find it hard to believe me just go by the simple fact that the cover of the book doesn't have a single review excerpt from the acclaimed book reviewers or news papers. Or was it that no one found the book worth even a mention.
Last word - Better buy some Famous Five and enjoy. A fifth grader can do a ten times (if not million times) better job of writing a novel.
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Summary: Should be made into a movie, if it hasn't been
Review: I have read a number of historical fiction books about the end of the war and this is one of the better one. I liked the story line; it is believable once you get into the book. The author spent some time developing the plot and because of that you start to believe it. An interesting group of main characters fills out the book so that the pages really fly past you. This is a good effort by this author. If you liked this then I would suggest you look at Fatherland by Robert Harris.
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Summary: Above Average Book
Review: I have read a number of historical fiction books about the end of the war and this is one of the better one. I liked the story line; it is believable once you get into the book. The author spent some time developing the plot and because of that you start to believe it. An interesting group of main characters fills out the book so that the pages really fly past you. This is a good effort by this author. If you liked this then I would suggest you look at Fatherland by Robert Harris.
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Summary: Riveting!!! Wake up wondering if it's real!
Review: I've searched all over for this book because it's out of print. Read it, when you go to bed at night, you'll expect to read about it in the morning newspaper. It's soooooo realistic you will be back in time and experiencing Hitler and the war. It's not a historical novel but fiction written so well you will definitely think you are there! It's addictive and one of the reasons readers love to read! Enjoy!!!
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Summary: Did Hitler survive the war?
Review: Irving Wallace makes you believe that Adolph Hitler could survive the war and that an active Nazi movement is still in existence today. Wallace outdoes himself with this action-filled thriller that presents a realism that can bring chills to any World War II survivors. Great reading.
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Summary: Hitler may have survived after all
Review: My mother was in German Czechoslovaki at the end of the war and one of her fellow town folk was a driver for one of the german high command generals. He told the people that he had seen Hitler in Austria and made fun of the actor portraying him in Berlin.... who knows?
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Summary: Great premise, bad book
Review: The Seventh Secret is a WWII novel written by Irving Wallace 19 years ago. Wallace has since passed away, but his novel stands out in both good and bad terms. Great WWII novels take certain true events in the war and offer a fictional perspective on why they happened, or they tell us that what we think happened didn't really. In the Seventh Secret, Wallace proposes that Hitler and Eva Braun actually survived the war.The strength of the novel is the evidence that proves Hitler and Braun lived. The evidence follows a painting possibly painted after the war by Hitler, dental records, body doubles and hidden bunkers. If only Wallace had surrounded this evidence with solid characters who did things that make since. Instead, Wallace throws in Hitler biographer Emily Ashcroft, American architect Rex Walters, a Russian Museum curator and an Israeli Mossad Agent. These four characters converge on Germany for different reasons and all take turns interviewing Germans (all of who are incredibly still alive and willing to talk) to find out relevant information about Hitler. The four characters have no depth and seem bonded together for illogical reasons. Emily Ashcroft seems to be able to get everything done, while the Mossad agent Tovah seems incompetent (after a good introduction to her character by Wallace.) The premise of the novel is great, but Wallace did a bad job of telling the story. He seems to throw in the fate of Hitler as an afterthought. It would be great to see a quality writer pick up this premise and write a good novel about it.
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Summary: Great premise, bad book
Review: The Seventh Secret is a WWII novel written by Irving Wallace 19 years ago. Wallace has since passed away, but his novel stands out in both good and bad terms. Great WWII novels take certain true events in the war and offer a fictional perspective on why they happened, or they tell us that what we think happened didn't really. In the Seventh Secret, Wallace proposes that Hitler and Eva Braun actually survived the war. The strength of the novel is the evidence that proves Hitler and Braun lived. The evidence follows a painting possibly painted after the war by Hitler, dental records, body doubles and hidden bunkers. If only Wallace had surrounded this evidence with solid characters who did things that make since. Instead, Wallace throws in Hitler biographer Emily Ashcroft, American architect Rex Walters, a Russian Museum curator and an Israeli Mossad Agent. These four characters converge on Germany for different reasons and all take turns interviewing Germans (all of who are incredibly still alive and willing to talk) to find out relevant information about Hitler. The four characters have no depth and seem bonded together for illogical reasons. Emily Ashcroft seems to be able to get everything done, while the Mossad agent Tovah seems incompetent (after a good introduction to her character by Wallace.) The premise of the novel is great, but Wallace did a bad job of telling the story. He seems to throw in the fate of Hitler as an afterthought. It would be great to see a quality writer pick up this premise and write a good novel about it.
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Summary: Riveting!!! Wake up wondering if it's real!
Review: This is an excellent read and a damn scary proposition. Hitler and the Third Reich alive and plotting world domination? Taut, exciting and compelling. Thank god it could not be true.
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