The List

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Summary: this is mr martini`s best book to date
Review: After reading Mr Martini`s last books I purchased "The List" with some trepidation. However I quickly lost that sense of trepidation. Mr Martini did an absolutely great job with this novel. I have recommended this book to several people as one of my favorite of the year.

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Summary: Awesome page turner!
Review: It might not win the Pulitzer for fiction, but I could hardly put it down! Thoroughly entertaining. If you're interested in an engrossing read, this is it. Interesting portrayal of the publishing world, too.

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Summary: The List Not Worthy of Its Title
Review: The premise of a thriller revolved around the greed and egos of writers and money-grabbers trying to make The Bestseller List was intriguing. Martini ruins it by creating predictable outcomes at every turn, including the best friend turned killer, the man with a dark past turned lover, and the intelligent writer turned brains of mush. The hard-working writer claws her way into the publishing world, creates a multi-million dollar best-seller, then turns everything over to a man she hires as a front, jumps into bed with him, suspects he's trying to kill her, then feels great about him after the real killer is caught! And we're supposed to accept all of this! This book cannot possibly make "The List".

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Summary: Don't waste your time
Review: I bought this book because it was one of the few books in English at a foreign airport, so I did not expect much. It was much worse than I'd anticipated, though. The writing was hilariously bad, and the outcome was obvious long before the end of the book. All in all, a waste of time.

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Summary: Hyperbolic characters.
Review: I felt the Madriani novels were 6's to 8's.This gets a 4 because all the characters were exaggerated...very much like a comic book. Martini is also trying his hand with a little humor, and it doesn't work. He would be well advised to stick to his strength-Courtroom drama. Please Martini, if you're going to fool around with character development and dialogue, read more Elmore Leonard.

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Summary: Never Judge A Book By It's Cover
Review: On the front cover of the Australian version of this book, is what my friends would call an "Italian Stallion". My mother always taught me two things that could have saved me from wasting my time with this book: 1. Never ever judge a book by it's cover. 2. If you have read a book by the same author (The Judge) and hated it, the chances are you will hate their next one. Too true, I was a fool to expect the plot of this book to be as intresting and mind blowing as the sexy stud on the front cover. I probably could have save myself a lot of time, if instead I got my literary kicks out of some trashy magazine, like Woman's Day. Because at least the articles in it, are better written than any Steve Martini book will ever be. Warning: Looks can be decieving, never buy a book because the front cover is apealing. Don't be a fool like me and at least read the burb

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Summary: Interesting, but predictable story line with few surprises.
Review: Steve Martini has authored much better novels in the past. The List had an extremely predictable story line, including the identity of the villain, but I did find it entertaining although not a book I couldn't "put down" but was happy to finish and move on to something with more convuluted of a plot that required a bit of thinking with a few surprises and twists. As a note, on page 293, Mr. Martini refers to the group of the U.S. Virgin Islands as including St. Croix, St. John and St. Martin. St. Martin is not part of the U.S. Virgin Islands and is, in fact, half Dutch and half French in its governing body. Mr. Martini should have included St. Thomas as the third of the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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Summary: The first of Martini's books I've read,I'll be back for more
Review: Very impressive. I'm a very hard to please reader. Steve Martini has done a truly wonderful job with this book. I had to keep telling myself that the book was written by a man not a woman. Amazing insight! And what know ledge of his explosives-he definitely did his homework. Finally, suspence, romance, and best of all a happy ending!

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Summary: Great coconut cracker
Review: Most assuredly this book by Steve Martini would serve you well on a deserted island. Unlike his other works this book is easy to put down and would provide weeks of distraction while stranded. You definitely would prefer to crack coconuts on it than to muddle through his shallow characters and boring descriptions of the publishing world

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Summary: Get ready for a ride!
Review: A peak to the book business! Fast paced action! Unforgettable characters! Surprise ending! Steve Martini has come up with a book that excites at every new chapter. He brings us to the unknown politics of the "LIST". A page turner that will not disappoint