<< 1 >>
Rating: 
Summary: A Very Disappointing Book!
Review: After attempting to read The Target a few months ago, I decided not to waste my money on another Coulter mystery. However, because the cover of Eleventh Hour looked interesting and past books were by Coulter were enjoyable reads (The Maze), I bought the book. I was not able to finish it---and I certainly won't inflict this book on a friend! The characters were weak and one dimensional and the dialogue was stilted, silly and unrealistic. Please, Ms. Coulter--re-read your older books and find out what you're missing now!!
Rating: 
Summary: Fabulous beginning
Review: After reading the story description on the book's jacket, I was truly looking forward to reading this story. However, the more I read, the more I became disappointed with these one dimensional characters and unbelievable coincidences. Two of these incidents occured twice in the story during plot twist, which made me really wish the author had given more thought.
Rating:
Summary: A Toss Up
Review: Father Michael Joseph Carver is murdered while hearing the late night confession of a murderer. Unknown to the murderer, a young homeless woman was waiting in the shadows of the church to speak with Fr. Carver and witnessed the murderer's exit from the confessional. The woman is Nicola (Nick) Jones who is on the run from a mysterious past and who does not wish to be connected with Fr. Carver's murder. Fr. Carver's twin brother, FBI Special Agent Dane Carver, is working with the local police to find his brothers killer. Dane personally takes Nick into protective custody when it becomes apparent that someone is trying to kill Nick. They discover that the killer is using the scripts of a popular television show to commit the murders. Dane calls in fellow FBI agents, Dillon and Sherlock Savitch to assist him in keeping Nick alive and finding the killer. This is the first Catherine Coulter book I have read. The story line is good and there are multiple mysteries going on at the same time that kept me interested and guessing until the end. However, the interaction between the weakly built characters was astoundingly trite. The dialogue was embarrassingly silly and amateurish. It remains a toss up as to whether the plot and story line are good enough to offset the characters and the dialogue.
Rating:
Summary: Give me my money back!
Review: I have read all of Catherine Coulter's books in the last seven years, and spent a good chunk of money on them. Not only was this one chock full of bad dialogue, gruesome crimes and ridiculous cliches, but it didn't even deliver the cheesy thrills and romance I was expecting! To top it all off, Coulter (perhaps related to Ann?) goes off on several vicious political tangents that really alienated me as a reader. Hey Ms. Coulter, your loyal fans give you hard-earned money for some entertainment, not your own views on how immoral public defenders are (thanks so much) or what you think of the impeachment scandal! Either Ms. Coulter has lost her touch, or she needs to hire a new ghost-writer.
Rating:
Summary: One time wonder
Review: I have to say, I use to love Catherine Coulter. She was one of my favorites. I loved the Maze! The Maze was faced paced and you really became to love the characters in the book. But since then I haven't loved her FBI stories. The Cove even seemed a bit off the wall. But the Target really turned me off with the "I" dialouge. But Since I have loved Catherine Coulter in the past I wanted to give this book another chance. I really loved the first chapter everything ran together so well. How the priest, and the homless girl in the church and the serial killer. I had so much poteintal. Then it just went flat and choppy. There were many things in the book like why? It doesnt matter in the scope of the book. For instance when Nick first made contact with the inspector, she called him dective,Well the writer in this book made it point to make sure he corrected her on this. I was like why? not important in the relm of things. I just found this extremely choppy writing. I kept glued to the book because i kept hoping that vintage Catherine would come out to play. But once again I have been let down and dissapointed. The story itself had so much potential but the ball was dropped. I am not sure if I am going to read any more of her books. At least I wont be buying them new. I want my original Catherine Coulter back.
Rating:
Summary: The absolute worst
Review: San Francisco, Father Michael is listening to the third confession of a killer and he can't take it anymore. He tells the killer he's going to have to go to his bishop. The killer shots through the confessional grate, killing the priest, then flees, but is seen by a young homeless woman, Nicola Jones. Washington, Agent Dane Carver learns of his twin brother's death in California and that an anonymous woman had called in to report the murder. Carver goes west to investigate. Back in San Francisco, Nicola finally goes to the police, but she is running from her own past and is afraid to tell them who she really is. Carver offers her protection, romance happens. Nic figures out the murders are following the script of a TV program and the search for the serial killer turns toward a Hollywood television studio and its popular primetime drama. This book has murder, mystery, romance, a fast paced plot and a serial killer, which all add up to give it five stars. Reviewed by Vesta Irene
Rating:
Summary: A Very Disappointing Book!
Review: The dialogue in this amateurish attempt at a crime thriller is laughable. The characters are flat, the plot predictable, and the dialogue is perfectly tedious. Ms. Coulter's expertise is in historical romance, not in this genre. I would like to ask for my money back on this (audio edition) because it was so horrible. If you want to roll your eyes a lot, check it out from the library. Save your money.
Rating: 
Summary: Two for the Price of One
Review: This is a fast moving, well plotted story with two two interrelated mysteries to solve.Father Michael Carver is murdered in his confessional in S.F. and the only witness is Nick Jones, a homeless woman on the run and with a desire to keep her past a secret. Father Michael's twin brother Dane,an FBI agent, of course devasted by the news of his brother's death,immediately rushes to SF from DC and unofficially joins the murder investigation being conducted by the local police.Dillon and Sherlock Savich, Dane's FBI compatriots, soon become involved when evidence of a serial killer develops.(While this is the first book by Coulter that I have read, it is clear that these are characters who have previously appeared in her series of FBI mysteries and readers of those books may be glad to become reacquainted with them.)
This is not an FBI procedural, but rather an action story (potential TV movie) with multiple plot twists and a plethora of suspects.The ingenious device of the murders mimicing a recent TV series adds further complications to the police investigation, as does the unknown relationship of the current events to Nick's past. And, as could be guessed, romance also manages to blossom as Dane and Nick become attracted to each other as they try to stay alive and solve the mysteries they both confront.
I was one for two, as I was kept guessing until the conclusion as to Father Michael's killer but did unravel the clues regarding Nick's real opponent.This had the advantage of being a fast read but still having a complicated plot and good character development. I definitely plan to read another one of the series both for enjoyment and in order see whether the author is simply a formulaic writer or sufficiently varies her stories to keep my interest.
Rating:
Summary: No More! Find a new Genre!
Review: This is my first book by this author, and I have to say that I am quite disappointed. The only reason I labored through it was to learn what not do in my own writing. Filled with cliches, whimsical writing, flat characters, a boring predictable plot, redundancies, unclear motives, silly descriptions, useless information that doesn't add to character development, what appears to be a lack of knowledge of FBI and police procedure (they couldn't act so stupid), forced and childish dialogue, unrealistic situations, unrealistic character relationships, choppiness, inconsistencies ... This books is a parody of a well-written story. I am glad I borrowed it from the library and didn't purchase it. I can back up all of the things I have said above with multiple examples... and I think the worst two things were the forced and ridiculous dialogue which didn't help with characterization at all and the lack of motivation for both good and bad guys. As I said, this is a perfect text to show a new writer what not to do.
<< 1 >>
|
