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Summary: Don't Be Fooled
Review: I was prompted to buy this book based on the film. I adored the movie. It has become one of my favorites. Imagine my surprise when I opened the book to find not just a bland, slow, tiresome read, but a stylistic atrocity! Neiderman writes like a sixth grader. His use of rhetorical questions and foreshadowing plays to the lowest common denomenator. It boggles the mind that anyone would publish this hack (speaking of which, there are numerous blatant grammatical errors... what the hell was the editor thinking when he allowed this to go to press?) When writing a book about a place where people actually live there is some need to research (Long Island towns don't have small town mentalities, especially in Nassau County). Needless to say, don't waste your money, but definately see the movie. The screen writer deserves an academy award for turning this pedestrian attempt at a novel into such a thought provoking film.
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Summary: Makes you wish for a 0-star rating...
Review: If you have enjoyed the movie, then by all means do NOT buy this book: aside from the movie and book stories being almost completely different, it is poorly researched, poorly written, the characters are uninteresting, the text is full of clichés, and the ending is so atrocious it'll make you want to throw up. Go see the movie, instead. P.S.: Kudos to the screenwriter(s) that managed to turn this book into a very nice movie script...
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Summary: A very well-written novel by an almost undiscovered author
Review: If you haven't seen the movie yet, don't! The movie is very good, the book is much, much superior. The author, Andrew Neiderman, is also the ghost-writer of deceased V.C. Andrews, but his writing under his own name is much better than with hers in my opinion. Everytime I read a book by Andrew Neiderman I am always shocked by the way his characters are developed, and how he are always surprised by their atittudes. More to his credit, I'd say that Andrew has one of the most incredible minds. None of his books are similar to others, and his crazy mind is always working on an intelligent thing. THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE is just a display. It's the kind of book you read in only one seat. Believe me, Andrew is good. And this book is just wonderful. Marco Aurelio
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Summary: the movie is a lot better
Review: interesting book,little bit dull sometimes but the movie is a lot better
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Summary: An awesome ride
Review: It is an awesome book in my opinion--I can't wait to see the movie?
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Summary: A Modern Devil in Film and Novel
Review: My interest in the classics, such as Faust, Paradise Lost and The Divine Comedy inspired my interest in the movie and book versions of The Devil's Advocate. Though it would not be appropriate to compare the modern story intended as popular entertainment with these literary classics, the subject matter is similar and might interest anyone with an appreciation of these works. I saw the movie first and felt that novel might have something more to offer. I felt that the book lacked much of the drama of the film - two-thirds of it is devoted to the saga of Kevin and Miriam moving from a suburb to downtown New York. I had expected it to deal more with the confrontation of innocence with ultimate evil. This is conveyed more effectively in the movie by the character of Satan as portrayed by Al Pacino. The character of Kevin's wife is drawn much more sympathetically in the film than the book. The ending of the movie is more convincing and powerful than that of the book, which tends to rely on theatrical devices. I thought picking on the legal profession as the Devil's chosen instrument of evil was a bit overdone in the movie; the book suggests that disreputable lawyers represent only one arm of Satan, and that everyone has spores of evil within them waiting for an appropriate opportunity to germinate. A reading of the book may stimulate more ideas than the faster paced movie, but overall the film strengthens some of the themes in the story and makes the characters more compelling. One must credit the author with an imaginative idea that was to some extent refined by the screenwriters. Those with an interest in classical literature are apt to be more critical of the book than the film, but both stimulate the imagination.
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Summary: Best portrayal of Satan in a novel!
Review: Never has novel (or movie for that matter) captured the TRUE nature of evil. The book puts the film to shame. It's still the 'ultimate lawyer joke' except with less humor and more irony. I'm glad it has been re-published. Many kudos to Neiderman.
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Summary: A real page turner, you will not be disappointed!
Review: Not since "Silence of the Lambs" have I read a book that was such a page turner. I found myself hiding from my family to finish reading this book. Unfortunetly, the movie was completely different and somewhat of a letdown. If you saw the movie, reading the book will be a much better experience. I thoroughly reccommend this book.
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Summary: come up with a better ending!!!
Review: Overall the story wasn't that bad but it was lacking the ending that it deserved. Great story line, and characterization, everything was believable, except for the ending. Here is a better way to finish the book. Read it up til the last chapter and then fast foward the movie until just after his wife kills her self, then watch it from there. It's more believable and 10x's as exciting.
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Summary: Paradise??????
Review: The author of "The Devil's Advocate" Andrew Neiderman has created a readable story as well as a thought provoking composition.
One of the character's names is "John Milton," which immediately brought me back in time to a college lit. class and the classic "Paradise Lost" by John Milton.
"Paradise" is the prize it seems in this extremely well written tale about a young attorney with his eye on winning and establishing himself as a champion lawyer;headed for all the wealth and status that can come with it: hence, his paradise.
In the pursuit of his "paradise" main character Kevin must come to grips with what he may have lost in his all too quickly acquired "paradise." Is it all worth it?
Reading this novel after having seen the blockbuster movie (inspired by Neiderman's novel), I wish I'd read the book first.
Neiderman's creative genius was a little "lost" on me since I kept seeing actor Keanu Reeves, who played the role of Kevin and Al Pacino in the role of John Milton, instead of being able to imagine freely what the author crafted...but then again, seeing those two actors in my head wasn't all that bad...good job casting!
The struggle between what we believe "paradise" should be and what it needs to be is beautifully tackled in this outstanding tale of paradise(?)lost.....I highly recommend this book.
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