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Summary: Sean Dillon is back...
Review: Sean Dillon is back and this time he is helping Blake Johnson avenge the murder of his wife. It is a good read but it is not up to Jack Higgins' usual best.I read all of Jack Higgins' books and anxiously await each book. I especially love the Sean Dillon series.. This was good but I was hoping for more development of the characters. Disappointed that there is not alot of Hannah Bernstein in the book. but all in all it is still a good read..
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Summary: Exhausting poor Dillon.
Review: Jack Higgin's character Dillon was very entertaining character in previous books. He was calm and knowledgeable with a dry sense of humor. In this book I think that Higgins has underplayed Dillon's character to the point of insignifigance. The plot itself was a bit calm with the same idea as a lot of earlier books. Higgins is stretching his star character so much that you have to wonder if Dillon is ready to retire.
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Summary: Was Jack a Ghost Writer on this one?
Review: I, like most people who have read and reviewed this latest novel by Jack Higgins, have read and own every previous story he has published. This one confused me, and it was almost like someone else was the author of this one or he was in a hurry to finish it. None the less I will be looking forward to his next one and wish that he would get back to his WW11 scenerios.
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Summary: A good read, but short
Review: Jack Higgin's latest book is a good read, but very short, taking at most 5 hours to complete. Sean Dillon's fearsome reputation is alluded to often, but rarely seen. The book contains 273 pages. But there are 3 blank pages between each chapter, of which there are 16. 16 x 3 = 48. 273 - 48 = 225 pages of reading material. Each page only has 28 lines; most novels have 40, or more. Each line has an average of 11 words; most novels have 13. So what we end up with is about 135 pages of regular novel sized pages, which in reality makes this a short story (but costs the same as a regular novel). Mr. Higgins' prevous novel was also very short. Perhaps he is running out of material? Or adjectives? Since he has written a lot of novels over the years, perhaps Mr. Higgins should think of retiring. His stories are beginning to show his tiredness.
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Summary: Hate to say it - disappointing
Review: Like others who have reviewed this book, I have read every Higgins book, no matter what name it was written under. This is the first time I was truly disappointed. The story was incredibly predictable, the dialogue trite. In general, the novel was thrown together without his usual flair. I thought his twist at the end concerning Hannah Bernstein was sadly out of character for the person we've seen in previous books. How old is Feguson at this point and when will he retire? On the positive side, it's an easy read and filled up my time flying cross country.
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Summary: One Book Too Many
Review: I must preface my remaks with two facts. First I have read every one of Jack Higgins books and two I always buy them when they come out, I don't wait for the deep discount. That being said, Mr Higgins has always written wonderful adventure books without the need for graphic sexual descriptions or terrible violance, just what was needed to make the plot work. I am by far no prude I love descriptive books. Day of Reckoning is so sad. Here is an author who has had it all. He should have quit period. He lumps all the characters from his previous book into a series of impossible plots. They happen so fast that they make no sense. Had I not read his other books all these characters would be meaningless, he introduces them with, I guess, the premises that the reader has read all his books. There are so many new characters that the reader can't remember who goes with what. Irish, English, Maffia, American, Arab, Jew and so forth. They just keeping turning up. The saddest is the lack of skill in the plot and the horrible dialogue that is all through the book. You get the impression that he wants it over, I don't blame him. Who could not figure out who wins and who loses in each mini adventure. One "hero" gets shot in the arm other then that the good guys always win. The first chapter doesn't make sense in relation to the book. Why is it there? Please don't waste your money and encourge Mr Higgins to write any more. For me it is like losing an old friend. I saw how fast it hit the best seller list and his name was what did that not the book. That is the advantage of fame, it's too bad he used his to sell this disaster. I am sure that his reputation was the mittigating factor with his publisher.
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Summary: bombs again!
Review: In this pathetic effort the "good guys" are all"bad guys" gone good; Mafia types, IRA terrorists, Massadgoons. Officially sanctioned murder is the only solution to every problem. Nothing bad ever happens to the good guys, and everything bad always happens to the bad guys. There is no tension, no suspense, and the double spaced wide margined format has succeeded in squeezing 200 pages of mediocre text into nearly 400 pages. If you want to read Higgins at his very best, I strongly recommend Storm Warning, one of his less known earlier efforts. In that he engages the reader with three separate and distinct plot lines inexorably converging on a single point in space an time with no hint of the outcome until the very last. By contrast, this dud telegraphs every plot move, every outcome with the panache of a cortege of police cars with their lights and sirens in full action. These matchstick characters don't even enjoy the fire of emotion that was common in earlier efforts. Perhaps it is time for Mr. Higgins to try his hand at writing a cook book. It would have a more gripping plotline. END
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Summary: Boring
Review: I can't belive that a grown man has written this. It's stupid and the caracters are thin and boring. This is the nearest I have come to ask my money back for a book. It's just typewriting. And I'm a thriller fan and I have enjoyd Mr Higgins books before. But this...
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Summary: It is time for Higgins to retire
Review: I began reading Higgins's books more than 25 years ago before he became a best selling author. I have enjoyed his many books, especially his very early works. But, as with many authors who reach the best sellers plateau, he does not know when to retire. He now has seemingly joined the ranks of former best selling authors who are merely writing for the sake of publishing a book to trade on their past reputation. His new books, including this one, are poor examples of his former novels. The plots are oversimplified, uninteresting, and entirely predictable. The characters are poorly depicted. In particular this book even carries the wrong messsage of a lack of respect for the rule of law. Higgins has the protagonist,Sean Dillon, simply executing many of the gangsters he encounters without the usual justifications in the author's prior books (i.e., self defense, war time, etc). Higgins depicts some of these killings by Dillon as whimsical and revengful. Jack, we enjoyed your past work, but unless you can go back to your prior plots, it is time for you to give it up and enjoy life on your island.
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Summary: Not Up To Higgins' Standards
Review: As a long-time fan of Jack Higgins, I can only think that someone else must have written this dreadful book. The story lacks the depth and tension, so evident in earlier books. The characters are shallow and their dialog adolescent. Higgins fans are advised to avoid this book.
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