The Simple Truth

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Summary: Baldacci writing on routine this time
Review: The book is a nice reader, but I think Baldacci has made it himself too easy by throwing in the same ingredients as the first books. I liked the first 3 books a lot but this..... As my title says: it's too much hanging on routine, you can clearly notice that ( that is for the readers of the other books of B.) further the plot was to simple. I hope Baldacci does better with his next one

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Summary: Thought provoking and plausable
Review: I have enjoyed all of Baldacci's books. While I still think that Total Control was his best this was a close second. Knowing how our government can work to cover up anything the theme of this book is plausable.

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Summary: Slow start, not enough character development throughout.
Review: I've read all of his books, my favorite being The Winner. I agree with some other readers that the plot was thin and not cohesive...it jumped around such that it was frustrating, not suspenseful. Character development was sporadic too, and I thought there were way too many "important" characters. The sex thing between Sara & John was really not necessary...don't need it in this one and it took up too much story time. Will continue to read his books, but a little disappointed with this one.

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Summary: Awesome! A real page-turner!
Review: This is the first book I read by this author and, I must say, I am impressed. The characters were well designed and easily related to. The subject was one that I could identify with and it was nice the way the story developed. Often times stories are rushed and a lot of things left unclear. I saw Absolute Power and now I would like to read it.

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Summary: Entertaining, but not a sensation
Review: David Baldacci has ever since Absolute Power been one of the best writers I've ever come across. Therefore it was with great satisfaction i started reading his latest novel. I took me only about two days to finish it, in comparison to the months I've waited for its release. "The Simple Truth" was a great book, but it can't live up to its predecessors. This book lacked some of the essential events and characters that made his former book such a joy to read. It also lacked some of the tension I was hoping to find. Nevertheless, it is a good book - but not at Baldacci's best...

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Summary: Another winner
Review: This book was a page turner.No bad language. Thats so great with a book with such bad people. I always enjoy David's characters-so personable.

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Summary: once you start you can't put the book down.
Review: I recently starting reading leisurely and this is the third DB book I've read. It was not quite as good as the Winner but better than Absolute Power. I thought it moved slow in the beginning but picked up a third way through. At that point, only two days to finish it. I look forward to reading Total Control (my wife is reading that now). DB keep up the good work!

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Summary: entertaining
Review: Complex enough to keep my interest but simple enough to not get bogged down. I liked the characters. They were just flawed enough to be real but not too perfect. The reviews misled me into thinking it was much more violent than it was. But I still liked it. This is the first time I had read this author, it won't be the last.

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Summary: David Baldacci is thrilling, suspenceful and amazing!!!
Review: In Virginia a "wrongly" accused military prisoner finally comes out after 25 years of hiding. Rufus Harms initial lwyer is reluctant to help him but subbmited his apeal to the supreme court anyway. A young court clerk bends the system to help Rufus escape the law, but he knows too much! After the mysterious murder of the young clerk Micael Fiske, The plot thickens when his brother John Fiske steps in to find the killer. This novel by David Baldacci is extremley exciting and sucpencful. Every corner that is turned new evidence is is found in this twisted battle to find the "Simple Truth". Left and right people are being framed, fired and killed because they know too much. If you want to know if Rufus will get away or if John Fiske will find who killed his brother, read this absoluttley amazing novel and seek the "Simple Truth" for yourself!

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Summary: Way below par for Baldacci
Review: I was a huge Baldacci fan until I read The Simple Truth. It was "preachy" and obviously attempting to be politically correct; his characters were caricatures of conservatives, liberals, southerners and blacks. Baldacci's women always seem to me to be the weakest part of his novels, and this one was especially bad in that department. For some reason I find his women very hard to like. His old or out-of-the-ordinary characters seem to be his best. I hope Mr. Baldacci finds his feet again because his other novels were very enjoyable to me.