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Summary: Another well-crafted tale
Review: In his latest novel, Day Of Reckoning, Jack Higgins once again weaves his literary magic and displays his mastery of the craft by bringing back the best and most entertaining of our beloved characters from his past novels. Sean Dillon, Chief Inspector Hannah Bernstein and Brigadier Ferguson give us a rich mixture of personality conflicts and deep regard for each other within a superb story line. The cast of villains swirling around our heroes is made up of Mafiosi, cast-off IRA killers and London gangsters. We are drawn into the fascinating plot of Day Of Reckoning, and it is difficult to lay the book down. Bravo, Jack Higgins. Another well-crafted tale. I would expect nothing less of my favorite author.
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Summary: A GOOD BOOK
Review: After reading the other reviews,I was prepared to read the worst book in my life.I was mistaken. It is the usual fast paced Higgin's story.However, I agree that it would be nice to have Jack Higgins take us to some different places.The world is a big place.
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Summary: It's Marvelous darling
Review: I like the book very much I felt the character were very balanced. A fantastic read.
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Summary: Couldn't wait to put it down
Review: I have enjoyed several of Jack Higgins other books but I could not wait to finish this one. Nothing in the story got me interested in the characters or what was happening to them. I am used to, and often enjoy, suspending belief when reading these types of stories but there is a limit to how much one can take. When the "good" guys win every battle, even when teaming up with inexperienced "bad" guys, the thrill is gone.There was also too much dialogue in the book and not enough writing setting-up the characters or the story. It appears Jack Higgins may have run out of steam. Maybe the next book will be better.
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Summary: Day Of Reckoning
Review: Not only is this the worst book I have ever read by Jack Higgins, it is the worst book I have read in recent memory. For such an accomplished author to pen such a terrible unrealistic story must be only for the money he receives from the publisher. Not only is the plot unrealistic, the story moves so fast the characters never get a chance to develop. The main character soon takes a secondary role and soon after all but disappears from the story. The print is so big and inserts of blank pages used to fill up empty space certainly must be meant for the reader to take notes on. A waste of $18.17
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Summary: jack must have been short of cash
Review: Jack Higgins has written some good books and some very good books. this is neither. 1. why does everyone have to "wish they had never been born?" are there no other tough guy cliches? 2. JH has always had trouble with military weapons and procedures. why? must be someone in his circle who could help him out. but two examples: a)p. 193 the s'arnt major has a 25mm automatic. 25mm? for those readers uncomfortable with metric, that's a 1 inch gun. 2.5 times the biggest Dirty Harry ever carried, twice a fifty caliber machine gun. and that's bore; area of a circle (or gun bore) varies geometrially with radius. the thing would have to weigh at least 300pounds unloaded. more like 2,000 (bushmaster). p. 374. a paratrooper would never have an "AK suspended across the chest." suicide, sure to catch the risers. should be suspended from the parachute harness, tied down by a boot-lace, and taped down. release to drop below the jumper as soon as canopy opens. otherwise break leg, not good. sloppy to say the least. a playwright, a veteran, fairfield, ct.
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Summary: Very weak
Review: I really like the Sean Dillon character, but the books are getting worse and worse. There is no suspense. There is total casualness in every character because they know they won't die. They could face the Red Army single handed, any one of them, and come out unscathed. So what is their motivation? None. What is mine to buy the next book? None. Also, I am not what one would call a liberal, but the way Ferguson and Blake Johnson run around like judge,jury, and executioner offends even me. If they think you are a mobster or terrorist they kill you, and apparently the PM and President trust them so much that they would never reign them in. I'd really like it in the next book if Blake Johnson would find dirt on some guy who gave a couple of million to the presidents campaign, and plan to indiscriminately kill him. It would at least show something that I could beleive when then President told him to just cover it up.
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Summary: Terrible, Terrible, Terrible
Review: Day of Reckoning read like a cliff note for a cheap novel. Like the other reviewers, I couldn't read this book fast enough. It still burns me that I shelled out the money. Higgins should of paid me to read it! Feel free to waste your money but don't say I didn't warn you.
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Summary: Day of Reckoning . A nightmare of narration
Review: The story is predictable Higgins. A depressingly bland regurgitation of old worn out plots and characters. This, however, is not the real problem. Whatever residual entertainment left behind in these tapes is strangled by Mr MacNee's astonishingly bad narration. He has never been a good reader and has detracted varying amounts from other novels. This attempt is quite awful. The accents are insulting and the tempo agonizing. This is one of the very few audio publications that I have been genuinely unable to finish. While I doubt I will ever pick up another Higgins effort I can say with absolute certainty that I will never buy another MacNee narration.
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Summary: Very Disappointing
Review: This book was not entertaining in the least. Predictable. Boring. Trite. At times ridiculous. Big print. Almost double-spaced. Much of the plot was just unpalatable. I will not purchase a new Higgins novel in the future if this is what he's cranking out. Ugh, I couldn't finish it fast enough.
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