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Summary: Not adding to book collection
Review: EDJ is an amazing modern author who had me hooked from the first book I read of his. I was in sort of a let down reading TP. My disappointment mainly came from the female characters in the book. The only positive female book was Big Slim's slain girlfriend. Sabrina, Pam, Sierra, and all the other females characters were immature. They relied on a man way too much. EJD is still an awesome author, but this book was not that great. Not everyone can hit a homerun everytime.
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Summary: He actually let me down!!!
Review: I love EJD but this one left me hanging. Probably because i'm already use to his kind of writting...Although he wrote the story very well. I just didn't like it period...
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Summary: Honestly it wasn't that Great...........
Review: I read this book during Hurrican Charley and it took me two days to read it if it wasn't for the weather and the black out I would of put this book down a long time ago. This wasn't his best and I was a bit bored with it to say the least I wouldn't recommend it at all espically to the EJD readers. It wasn't that entertaining to me.Dante was a low life, Pam needed to get a new career change, Jackson needed to get his life in order, and Scamz was just as bad as a person including his business that he runs. If I had to choice a likeable/interesting character I would of choosen Big Slim if you choose to read it. Still your fan EJD.
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Summary: A Thrilling Experience
Review: I very much enjoyed the addition of thrill and suspense to this author's writings. It was a pleasant alternative. This writer is awesome at creating unpredictable twists and turns and did not fail in this novel. Awesome plot! For me, this was a definite pageturner.
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Summary: Not his best
Review: I was very disappointed with this book. It was not something that I was use to from Mr. Dickey. I read it because I am a true fan, however it could have been better.
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Summary: eric jerome dickey improves
Review: I've read ejd previous book and I wasn't very impressed with some most recent one so I had serious reservation about getting Thieves' Paradise and also because a lot of people I spoke to didn't think the book was that great. I got it anyway and I was hooked from the first page til the very last. It's a page turner to say the least. Ejd has really improved since his last books about love affairs & characters you could care less about. I loved the fact that this story takes place in a whole another world a world that weekly paycheck dependent,9 to 5-ers like average people don't live in. Ejd makes you cheer for these people and understand you got to do what you got to do. I'm looking forward to reading more from Mr.Dickey
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Summary: New Genre; Same Remarkable Talent
Review: INTENSE! ENTERTAINING! EXCITING! Thieve's Paradise will definitely give readers a greater respect for Eric Jerome Dickey (if that's possible) because he successfully broke the paradigm without losing the romance/sensuality, excitement, emotional depth and humor elements that have made him a literary icon.
Thieves' Paradise was a story about people from different backgrounds who are now all on the same common ground, which is needing a hustle to make a serious 'come-up'. The reader learns very early that even the characters that seemingly wouldn't 'hurt a fly' would do anything to turn life's tables to their favor. Also, for this to not have been an isloated romance novel, it is filled with relationship drama and is INTENSELY SENSUAL.
Thieves' Paradise was an enjoyably fast-paced story, taking place in three days (and it has to be a gift to be able to fill three days with enough action to write a whole novel!) and I was right there the whole time waiting to see when these wonderfully-developed, unpredictable characters would crack under the extreme pressure put on them by this incredible author.
I am so excited for Eric Jerome Dickey for being able to write such an EXCEPTIONAL story that strays from what his readers are accustomed to without losing his gift of sapid story-telling.
Summarily, Thieves' Paradise was on point and off the hook!
5 stars from me!
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Summary: What's really going on...........EJD????
Review: Let me say that I Love me some EJD.......but I can't figure out what happened with this book. I just could not get into it no matter how hard I tried, I kept saying this is EJD so I know it is going to get better.....but it never did so I have to actually give it 2 1/2 stars because something was definitely missing. I still love your writing style EJD.
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Summary: Can It get any better?!
Review: Mr. Dickey can I just ask, can it get any better? This book was breath taking. During my daughter's stay in the hospital for seven days I was brought this book by a friend and can I just say two days after receiving it, I was on a high! I have every reader I know reading this book. Dante was of course a weak point for me, I loved his character. I didn't care to much for Pam but EDJ story writing was exceptional. Even if you are not a fan of EDJ you will become one behind reading this book!
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Summary: Reader's Paradise!
Review: Oops.I've done it again. I rarely fall in love with a writer on their debut effort. 'Thieves' Paradise', if I'm not mistaken, is Eric Jerome Dickey's 7th novel? I've been asleep at the literary wheel. With the exception of the prologue (which was a dramatic and necessary bit of background - though I would rather have gotten it a little later in the story), I was hooked from chapter one by his cool, gritty style. From 'cool hand' Dante & Scamz, to grotesgue Big Slim and the sad Pam; from smokey and murderous dives to lifestyles of the rich Cribs & Clubs . . . the characters and settings in Thieve's... are so real you can see them, smell them, and feel their pain. I don't know if anyone else has ever experienced this---a moment when you simple must make eye contact with the writer and say, 'You go, Boy!' or 'You nasty MF!'---but at least once in every chapter, a certain scene, turn of phrase or just SOMETHING caused me to flip the book to EJD's picture on the back cover and express some sort of dramatic emotion. The book is THAT GOOD! Now I'm not one to ruin a plot, so simply put . . . it's about crime, scams, and the things that we sometimes must do to make a buck. But it's the fullness and richness of the characters (mostly Dante & Big Slim, some of the other's are less 3-dimensional... but that's OK 'cause it works), which makes 'Thieves' Paradise' my most engaging read of 2003 . . . to date. The good thing about getting my teeth into E. J. Dickey at this stage of his game is that I can now backtrack and absorb the first six novels.
Big Ups to Eric Jerome Dickey, you've got one more fan, not that you need it, I'm sure.
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