Those Who Trespass : A Novel of Murder and Television

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Summary: i don't know what else to say than...wow
Review: there are a lot of writers out there, but from my years taking classes at one of the top collegiate writing programs in the southeast, that should give me at least a shred of credibility. if you like jackie collins, danielle steel, or any other best-selling romance novels with fabio on the cover, then this is your style of writing. it is simplistic, high-school level fiction. if bill o'reilly wasn't the name that he is, this book would never have found a publisher. it's like that pop album oscar de la hoya made. the dialogue is terrible, the transitions are archaic, and his talent for painting the settings wouldn't have achieved a d grade in my freshman writing seminar. if you want good fiction, look elsewhere.

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Summary: Get real folks
Review: The ones who are saying that O'Reilly's book is "sophmoric" are probably the same ones who think that the Harry Potter series is good. Whatever, people. Get real. If it was written by Michael Moore, you'd be thundering your applause.

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Summary: Is this guy looking out for my kids?
Review: TRASH. Someday he may fall off that moral high horse if he keeps this up.

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Summary: good light reading
Review: (3 1/5 stars)

This book isn't great, but it isn't as bad as the people who obviously hate Bill O'Reilly (and have probably never read the book) try and make out.
Unlike some books that are only published because they were written by a celebrity, this book would actually be more widely-praised if it were written by an unknown.

It's fast paced and the dialogue is refreshingly wry. He doesn't take himself too seriously. Like O'Reilly himself, the characters are outspoken, ambitious people, who get stuff done and don't waste time whining.

If you know anything about O'Reilly's career, you'll recognize parts of this book as being almost autobiographical. Only unlike real life, he gets to kill people off here.

This is a suspense novel that tries to present itself as a mystery. Only it's one of those mysteries where the killer's identity is clear from about a quarter of the way in. You figure it can't be that obvious, and wonder if the author ever meant for the identity to be a secret in the first place.

The best thing about the book is that once a victim is marked for death, readers are left in suspense, wondering how the next gruesome murder will take place.



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Summary: Douche
Review: Bill O'Reilly is such a big douche. this crappy book seemed so obviously based on his own fantasies. what a loser. why didn't he write about a loofah or a falafel.

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Summary: the best novel in a long time!
Review: Even though this book came out almovst ten years ago it is the best novel in a long time. O'reilly tells it like it is of course. Very believable characters and scenes. Even though its fiction its also very true. This story talks a lot about the Clintons and proves how stupid they are. I'll even bet the Clinton's are the ones along with John Kerry who made up this whole sex scandal thing to make O'Reilly look bad. The whole sex scandal thing is a joke because everybody knows that O'Reilly is a Christian and would never do these things accused of. As a Christian would he engage in any kind of sexual harrassment? Obviously not. That just proves the whole point that he is innocent. The liberals are just mad because this book makes them look stupid and dumb, which they are.

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Summary: O'Reilly shares his own "Good Vibrations" !
Review: O'Reilly has really outdone himself this time, and that's no exaggeration! He is obviously an author who is capable of probing his own deepest recesses in order to come up with such a literary treasure.
True, there will always be those naysayers who would counter that O'Reilly is only "plugging himself" his books. However, I feel that plugging himself (with a book or anything else) is something that Mr. O'Reilly would only dare to do in the privacy of his own home, at least until that pesky lawsuit goes away...


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Summary: Lurid Sex Scenes
Review: Probably the most memorable scene in the book is when the hero, a man much like O'Reilly himself, pleasures himself with a giant japanese vibrator while conducting 'business' on the phone. There's also a great shower scene involving middle-east food, but I don't want to give too much away. Clearly, O'Reilly has had a lot of experience with kinky sex. A steamy read.

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Summary: For Diehard Fans Only
Review: Believe it or not (and far too many people will not) this review has nothing to do with politics and everything to do with my love of the mystery form. O'Reilly, known primarily for his television and radio shows, decided to branch out into the world of genre fiction and has crafted a functional, but not very interesting, mystery in which TV network execs are getting clipped. It includes some fairly typical characters such as the ubiquitous tough-but-tender Irish cop, a hard-drinking veteran journalist, and an ambitious tabloid reporter.

The interesting part of the novel was Mr. O'Reilly's description of how ruthless TV politics can be. Because of this, I thought it would be far more interesting as a work of nonfiction. O'Reilly, apparently, is not crazy enough to bite the hands that feed him just yet.

My guess is that if you're a fan of Bill O'Reilly, you will enjoy the book. However, if it's a good mystery you're after you've so many other choices. Give this one a pass.





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Summary: Not as good as the lawsuit...
Review: But, judging from the plaintiff's complaint against O'Reilly, I can see where he got the shower scene in the book.