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Summary: The Editor's Day Off
Review: One of the great pleasures of reading a good book is to forget that you are actually reading. Not so with Jinn.
Jinn is a humans vs. a consistent, not-too-human opponent throughout most of the book, that is until the end chapters. Suddenly the opponent is a "shape-shifter" that while still in possesion of certain "powers" is now something entirely different.
There were many delicious ways that this book could have gone, but the road this book took was the one titled, "Dead End".The editing was horrific. For example a character takes a final drag off his cigarette, grinds it out under his shoe, and in the next paragraph takes another drag off his cigarette! As the book drags to the rediculous finale, you will find that this book is full of these grammatical speed bumps.
All in all a confusing, poorly edited book that either should have ended 60 pages earlier, or tacked on 6 extra pages of explanations. A REAL TIME WASTER.
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Summary: Outstanding
Review: One of the best books I have read in years. HIGHLY recommend. Great summer read.
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Summary: a excellent first book
Review: I read this book after hearing a lot of good reviews on it. Needless to say I loved the book. if you like horror or sci-fi this is a must read for you
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Summary: Wow! Great First Book!
Review: This was a great first novel! I was hooked by the first few pages. I love that the story jumped back and forth between 1943 and 2008. Both Brogan and Jefferson were well defined characters. I enjoyed their interaction. The editing, however, was HORRIBLE! Looking forward to the next novel and a different editor.
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Summary: Good horror
Review: Excellent read. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes horror. Will keep you up at night. I enjoyed the author's writting style. Wounderful first novel. This is a good book to read if you are looking for a good thriller.
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Summary: You have to read this one
Review: I loved this book. I enjoyed reading the beautiful construction of sentences setting the scenes throughout the book, never mind any typos one might run across. Delaney has a genius for description and scene setting. I thought the story to be well orchestrated, intriguing and wonderfully well written. Very suspenseful and original. My recommendation is if you are going to try a new author, read this author. Excellent! I am hoping for many more books in the future. Trust me, if you love Goingback, Koontz and Lincoln-Childs, to name a few, for their intricate, exciting plots, you'll love Delaney's novel.
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Summary: Nice start, but...
Review: This novel starts well, with WWII combat descriptions that suggest a good read ahead. Unfortunately, the plot becomes a convulted combination of Predator, Body Snatchers, and reincarnation. Characters are all stereotypes. The writing also weakens as the book continues; a lot of "Suddenly it happened" one-sentence paragraphs, always a bad sign. Very disappointing after an interesting opening.
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Summary: Captivating book, detracting errors
Review: This novel is great; well-written, tight, intelligent, and creepy in the best sense. It is a terrible shame that it is also one of the most poorly edited books I've run across. In addition to the missing articles, hanging sentences, dropped plots, and poor spelling, there are content errors as well. A small example comes in the opening pages: chimpanzees are apes, not monkeys. And this point is moot anyway, since they live only in Africa, and not Southeast Asia. It's as jarring as describing polar bears roaming freely around Arizona. I do not hold Mr. Delaney responsible; the onus for professional editing rests squarely with St. Martin's Press. Delaney's fine work deserved better than it got, and here's hoping these errors are corrected by the time the paperback comes out. Grit your teeth and read this book anyway, it's well worth it.
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Summary: Scary first novel
Review: "Jinn" is a scary, intriguing story and a great first novel for Mr. Delaney. I found it a little slow getting started, but after a few chapters it was hard to put down. The only problem I found with the book was the poor editing. There were many typographical errors, incomplete sentences and some loss of story continuity. I don't blame the author for this since overall the story was intact. I look forward to this author's next novel.
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Summary: It drew me in like a fish on a hook
Review: This book had some unbelievable twists and turns. It kept us guessing all the way untill the end. At one point I was expecting one thing to happen and then something totally different would happen. The beginning action scene was unreal. The description painted a picture of all the things happening. I felt like I was right there in the book the entire time.The beginning had some similarity to saving private ryan but the rest of the book was sheer originality. I liked the mix of real and fictional events. I could picture this being something that has actually happened. It made it much more easy to read this way. I loved the guessing game. I kept trying to guess what would happen next. I would most definetely recamend this book to a person who likes a mix of action and mystery all put together. This was a sensational book I enjoyed reading very much.
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