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Summary: Fairly interesting but nothing new here.
Review: It was nice to have Dillon back, but this was the most predictable and underdeveloped Higgins book yet. Dillon and company were too mellow and simplistic in my opinion. If you are a fan of the other Sean Dillon series of books you will probably enjoy it, but it's nothing spectacular. I think Higgins needs to work a lot harder on developing his characters and finding some new plots...
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Summary: The White House Connection
Review: Jack Higgins did it again. This book like all of his had me turning pages all day and all night. I could not put the book down. Sean Dillon is almost catching Mike Hammer as the baddest good guy around. The only trouble with the book was that it ended. I have to wait again for the next one.
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Summary: Fast read.
Review: Jack Higgins is a terrific storyteller. This was my first Higgins novel and the pages flew by. Reading this book was like eating peanuts...I could not stop and finished in two sessions.An absolute complete suspension of disbelief is the best way to approach this one as it stretches credulity to beyond the max...but it is great fun. And, what is fiction all about, if not for suspension of disbelief? Some of the situations the protagonists get out of would make James Bond proud. In the setup, the first quarter of the book is pretty credible and then the fun begins. The action switches between Washington, New York, London and Ireland...lots of Concorde flights, tony parties and champaign between the gun shots. The good guys are interesting characters and the bad guys seem a match for them due to their mole inside the White House. The reader is clued into the mole's identity early on, so we know whodunit...so we have to watch the clock to see if the good guys can figure it out in time. It was an enjoyable read all in all. The protagonists are continuing characters and it appears their ranks increased by one in "The White House Connections." That's good news for Higgins' fans as he is a prolific writer. That said, it was "too Brit" and "too IRA" for me to become addicted to the series. It was a fun one-time interlude for someone who prefers the good old American hardboiled mystery. For those who like the British touch, this series is a keeper.
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Summary: Mediocrity from one of the genre's best
Review: Jack Higgins returns to the present, with Sean Dillon, Charles Ferguson, and Blake Johnson starring in a thriller about a vengeful killer of a bunch of Irish thugs. I have liked his WW2 era thrillers much better. THE EAGLE HAS LANDED and the recent FLIGHT OF EAGLES were both outstanding. THE WHITE HOUSE CONNECTION was the worst of the 10-plus books that I have read written by Higgins -- predictable, overly simplistic, and, in the end, rather boring.
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Summary: An action-adventure par excellence
Review: Jack Higgins' newest novel starts off fast and never loses speed. It's enjoyable all the way through. I read it over a weekend because I couldn't put it down. The good guys are all good and the bad guys are all bad. Even though Higgins tries to introduce the moral ambiguity of politics, it doesn't really come off. That's the only thing that keeps this from being a great novel. To first-time Higgins readers, "The Eagle Has Landed" probably remains his best work. In that, the moral ambiguity is clearer and shapes the plot in special ways. Over-all, though, "The White House Connection" is vintage Jack Higgins and well-worth the purchase price.
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Summary: Decent light reading
Review: Lady Helen, a geriatric British aristocrat, gains revenge on people involved in the killing of her son. While not very believable, and not one of Higgin's better works, it's a quick and mostly enjoyable read with familiar characters. The two major annoyances throughout the book were: 1. EVERY character talks about the joys of smoking. It appeared to be a paid advertisement for Marlboros and the emphasis he placed on the dialogue related to smoking detracts from the story.
2. EVERY American character uses British phrases and discusses their love of things British from meat pies to Harrods. If a friend gives you the book and there isn't anything better to read, it will pass the time.
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Summary: A nice book if you want some mindless entertainment.
Review: Maybe Higgins has a contract that needs to be completed. I read this book in one sitting - but not because it was a page turner. Well, it was a page turner because there were hardly any words on the page! This was a weak effort. Parts were very corny, the plot had no depth, as did none of the characters who we have met before but learned nothing new. It's time for something new and different Jack. Sean Dillon is over the hill!
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Summary: Just started reading ....
Review: Never read one of Higgins' books before, but I wanted to give it a try. It appears, though, that Jack has quite a bit in common with Snoopy when it comes to writing. He began this one the way Snoopy begins all of his. I read the first sentence and laughed, so I'll keep going and write an update later. That first sentence? "Manhattan, with an east wind driving rain mixed with a little sleet along Park Avenue, was as bleak and uninviting as most great cities after midnight, especially in March." Or, as Snoopy would write: "It was a dark and stormy night!"
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Summary: Very slow reading; boring; not worth the time
Review: not even worth the time to write a lengthy revie
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Summary: Great suspense, but uneven quality
Review: Only "The Triumph and the Glory" was as intense and suspenseful, but The White House Connection lacks continuity, a believable plot, and the style we've come to expect of Jack Higgins. Suspense is only worthwhile if the payoff is great, and it isn't in this one.
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