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Summary: Boring - I couldn't wait for it to end
Review: While I have considered Nelson DeMille one of my favorite authors for years, I was incredibly disappointed with this book. There's not much of a plot and, while the main character is laugh-out-loud funny and sarcastic, the story, told as a narrative, misses a lot. Why is the Don so appealing to John & Susan? Why did what happened at the end happen? I just couldn't see it. Also, there's way too much description of places and history - so much so that my eyes tended to glaze over. Half way through the book (over 300 pages, at the halfway point), we had just gotten through introductions of the masses of people and into the basic "plot" of the story. Maybe that was my problem - there was no plot. I'm used to DeMille's books going somewhere - but this was much different. I'm so disappointed I don't know if I want to crack into the 3 other DeMille books that I haven't read yet.
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Summary: As Good As It Gets
Review: What an incredible read, the story is funny, engrossing, and the characters are so well done I WANT MORE! It is abook you can read over and over again, we need a sequel, a movie anything..please..i want to hear more about our WASP Lawyer and our NY MAFIA man!
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Summary: Waiting for the Lion's Game
Review: Nelson Demille is my favorite author. I am looking forward to his new book and thought I would comment on Gold Coast. It is the best Demille book ever. It is a funny and kinky look into the head of a successful, irreverent, sarcastic and self-isolating man. The main character is very similar in personality to the main character in Plum Island and soon to be Lion' Game. There is no writter that can combine humor, characterization and plot like Demille! This book is the finest work of the best writer of fiction today. Only one problem .... if you become hooked on Demille you will have to wait an average of 3 - 4 years for a new book to come out.
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Summary: An all-time favorite!
Review: Absolutely wonderful read from cover to cover. I just couldn't put it down. I found myself laughing out loud at John Sutter's sarcasm and quick wit. What made it so enjoyable is that I think there's a little "John Sutter" in all of us, just dying to come out. A must-read!
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Summary: Characters You Want To Know
Review: Demille creates characters you just want to know! He drags you through their conscious and sub-conscious until you know more than you may want to...he gets to the edge of kinky sometimes, but it's alright. It's within the relm of reality. He makes the reader a part of the story, in that you genuinely care about the characters and can't stop reading - for you must learn their fate! Another benefit of reading Demille is the attention to research and local history of the East. I learn something from all his books.
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Summary: Exceptional entertainment
Review: This is simply a very entertaining diversion. I am baffled by the few (very few) negative reviews that other readers have submitted. I have to believe that they either a). did not really read the book, or b). are trying very hard to appear as discerning authorities (while you have that dictionary out, Sparky, consider the word "pedant"). This book is well written and deftly paints humorous, colorful visuals. I found myself really looking forward to any opportunity open the book - on the plane, the cab, lunch, bed. I think that the book is best enjoyed not as a hurried page turner, but as slow absorption. This is not a suspense thriller; it is a peek into a man's thoughts as he challenges and questions himself, his lifestyle, his sense of integrity and perspective on all that he has known.
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Summary: Excellent book from start to finish.
Review: I picked up this book after reading The General's Daughter, and thoroughly enjoyed it. I found myself waking up at 2AM to find out what John Sutter and Frank Bellarosa were up to next. I never expected the ending. And I can't wait for this to be made into a movie....
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Summary: Avid DeMille Reader in California
Review: I read The Gold Coast on a plane from CA to NY and back again. I found myself laughing out loud more than once at the very well written humor and sarcasm of John Sutter. A Great book!!
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Summary: Gold Coast: Perfect on my Maui Vacation
Review: Nelson DeMille's Long Island swan song to lifestyles of the rich and decadent is an excellent beach read. A Gatsby companion, hardly. Successful at capturing a few moments in time of the late eighties and providing a sense of place, DeMille's "Gold Coast" is a nice diversion and entertaining. It is not great literature; some characters come to life through his exposition, some simply ride on their horses, and some just walk alone, to borrow from Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter. It filled hours in the sun on Maui for me; however, there is a lighter tanned spot on my chest where the book lay when I napped between reads!
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Summary: Boring, unconvincing, and meaningless.
Review: After about 50 pages, I started to wonder if John Sutter was going to quit making sarcastic asides. As someone once said, cynics are a dime a dozen. I didn't find Frank Bellarosa to be a seductive man, so I don't understand why John and Susan found him seductive. Ultimately, what is the book about? Is there any redemption or even any growth in the characters? The plight of Jay Gatsby is universal; how do we handle loss? This book shouldn't be compared to the Great Gatsby.
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