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Summary: Unbelievable Trite
Review: It's been several years since I read a Higgins book and it will be several more before I pick up another. The hero's actions are unrealistic, the gadgets fake, (a Howler, give me a break) and the dialog childish. I found myself rooting for the villians.
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Summary: Totally superficial claptrap
Review: What suckers we mortals be! I've no idea whether the author has been or is able to write a good book. Apparently he has developed some following among readers of formulaic derring do. But that aside, every book should stand on its own, and this one was obviously tossed off in a week or so by a bored and complacent writer and produced by an equally bored and cynical publisher confident that the author's fans would shell out once again. This piece, aside from its cardboard characters, ridiculous plot, and total failure to develop any atmosphere for the numerous locations among which the protagonists hop, is replete with grammatical and typographical bloopers that no self-respecting writer or editor should commit. However, this quality of work is becoming more the norm than the exception in pop fiction. The state of modern fiction of this sort may be one good indicator of the state of our educational system.
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Summary: Same Old Same Old
Review: The Jack Higgins for the new millenium is identical to the Jack Higgins of the old. Clear cut heroes and villains. A tale of delicious revenge, exacted by a group of superheroes. But oh, how boring, how incredibly predictable this tired plotline is. Go read some earlier Higgins, or grab some other, newer author's action thriller off the shelf. This one is all washed up.
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Summary: Tired Formula
Review: Unlike some authors, such as Tom Clancy, who bring back the same characters in book after book, Higgins seems to be just going through the motions with his latest offering. Dillon & Co. hopscotch from one adventure to another in an unbelievable plot to avenge the death of Blake Johnson's former wife. At only 295 double spaced pages, Higgins seems to have milked these characters of all they have to offer and his loyal readers for another easy payday. Shame on Higgins.
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Summary: The worst Higgins book I've ever read.
Review: Terrible. I'm embarassed and ashamed that I read the whole thing; I thought of putting it down often, and should have. Save yourself. Cartoonish, hurried, formulaic, embarassing.
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Summary: Pretty Lame
Review: Not very well developed. The plot is shallow and the chararcters (behavior) not very realistic. All in all, mind numbing and predictible.
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Summary: Day of Reckoning
Review: Boring.Not enough development with characters or events. Just when I thought the scene was getting exciting, it was over. Both plots and word usage were cliche' I've just started to enjoy reading. If I was motivated purely by this book, I wouldn't continue.
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Summary: Not the best
Review: I didn't enjoy this book very much. There's a large number of characters in the book. These characters seem very underdevelopped and it can be hard at times to remember who everyone is. Plus, at least to me, the whole plot and series of events seemed rather predictable and not overly exciting. It just seemed like the "good guys" did too much damage before the "bad guys" even realized what was going on and decided to retaliate.
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Summary: Shame on you, Jack Higgins!
Review: This is the best example of adventure book-turned-cartoon Ihave ever read. Hero Sean Dillon can do no wrong, while evil but vainvillain Jack Fox seemingly can do nothing right. Higgins has been giving Dillon his way for the past few episodes and now there is about as much tension in the story-line as in a box of Oreos. It is ludicrous to believe a secret British intelligence cell would take it upon itself to wreak vengeance on a gangster, IRA and Arab terrorist ties aside, on behalf of a wronged AMERICAN operative. This should be the wronged Blake Johnson's quest, but he becomes merely incidental as the story progresses. Like 'Mission: Impossible 2', this is just another vehicle for the central character to display his mastery of daring-do. Worst of all, however, was the abominable editing by G.P. Putnam. Not only are there a number of glaring grammatical errors, but the facts are often badly hashed by a supposed master of the genre and his printers. Helen Black, Hannah Bernstein's obvious replacement in future episodes, proudly shows off her 25 millimeter Colt automatic (page 103). Well, folks, 25 millimeters is about an inch, so she was wearing a cannon with a one-inch bore, which is more than twice the caliber of Dirty Harry's .44 Magnum, "the most powerful handgun in the world". If the editor doesn't know the difference between millimeters and caliber, he or she shouldn't be editing books of this nature. Later there is a reference to the pistol stuffed into her right boot, "the Colt .25 hollow point"(page 229). A Colt .25 perhaps, or maybe loaded with hollow point bullets, but this vague phrase has no meaning. Why can't they get someone knowledgeable on the subject to read these things for accuracy before they get to the readers? This will be my last ride on the Sean-Dillon-drinks-Krug-champagne-and-the-bad-guy-dies-on-the-last-page train. There are no surprises, and no tension, so why keep reading them? Yo, Clive Cussler, write faster! END
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Summary: This was disgusting
Review: Normaly i like Jack Higgins but this was terrible. The characters were under developed and the plot was unbelivalbely far fetched and completely nonsensical
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