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Summary: Pretty bad
Review: "The Simple Truth" has a lot of Baldacci's trademark derring-do and excitement. Alas, what it lacks is a believable plot and three-dimensional characters. The thriller genre requires a certain amount of suspension of disbelief, of course, but there is little that is believable here. Baldacci's first book, "Absolute Power" was outstanding but nothing he has done since has come close to its quality. Because of its utter preposterousness, I almost stopped reading "The Simple Truth about two-thirds of the way through but I finished it. I should have trusted my instincts.
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Summary: A Wonderful Thriller
Review: An appeal received by the Supreme Court from Rufus Harms, a convicted murderer from 25 years in a military prison revealing names cause an unchain reaction from those people who want the prisoner Harm silence forever to cover a mind control experiment with drugs that the US Army experimented with the prisoner and its terrible consequences for him and many more soldiers used as human guinea pigs without their knowledge or consent. An interesting thriller that give us a lot of details about the role of the Supreme Court and the gaps and failures of the criminal justice of USA.
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Summary: Food for your mind
Review: "The Simple Truth" is the second book I read of David Baldacci's. Previously I'd read "The Winner" and recently I've finished "Saving Faith". All three books have much in common: the beautiful heroines, the evil masterminds who try their very best to kill those innocent angels and, of course, the big, muscular overachievers unexpectedly taking the role of the women's saviors. Whether they succeed, that's left to the author's imagination, Baldacci's novels are suspense thrillers after all.Having said this, I preserve to myself the right to object.Even considered Baldacci's simple formula, it's still pretty clear that Baldacci writes great books.The women of his books are not only good-looking, they're all beautiful persons in their own right. The other characters are not less compelling, which makes for a tense read. From all of Baldacci's books, this one particularly stands out. With all its heart, "The Simple Truth" fights against prejudice in the reader's mind and offers a fresh sense of humanity. You can easily identify with all characters, each of them resembles a part of yourself. "The Simple Truth" is by far not a timeless book, but it's a contemporary's view on our time worth reading and arguing. Enjoy this delicious food for your mind!
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Summary: Scooby Doo Mystery
Review: While I found the setting in the Supreme Court fascinating along with the technical explanations of how appeals are reviewed, the story is hinged upon implausible memory recovery and characters that do anything but what is appropriate at every turn. I was disappointed with the way the characters acted unrealistically from the beginning of the book, but the ending takes the cake with the most embarrassing to read uncovering of facts along with surprise (gee whiz!) bad guys and good guys since Scooby and Shaggy were on the case. The writing style is fast-paced (my first experience with this author), but the plotting went well beyond ruining my suspension of disbelief and in the end I really didn't care what happened to the characters because I couldn't identify with any of them. I can't recommend this book and doubt I will try the author again.
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Summary: Baldacci's Best
Review: In this Book, Baldacci dives into the workings of the Supreme Court. The book deals with an appeal sent to the Supreme Court by a prisoner named Rufus. A young clerk looks at the appeal and decide to take it from the mail room. Little did he know that this would set in motion a chain of events that would take on some of the most powerful people in the Governemnt.
Filled with great information about the Supereme Court and the way things get done in our country Baldacci, a lawyer form Virginia, take you on a ride to unravel an old conspiracy in our government's history. One of Baldacci's finest.
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Summary: A New Favortie Author
Review: The Simple Truth by David Baldacci, is one of my new favortie books. Although I have just gotten into mysteries and such, I've already read 3 other of this books. His books always hold such a plot, or some complicated twist that can throw u off balance. In this book a man Rufus Harms is in jail, now supposively he's an innocent man. It starts out as one of these kind of typical" innocent man framed" stories, but as I got into the book, it shows a totally new view. I can't really explain this book well, because I'm afraid of giving away something. But honestly if you want a good read, and need a challenge this is a book. I spent half the time guessing what's going on.
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Summary: Not the best of Baldacci
Review: This is an interesting book and is worth to read it, but many parts of the book are unreal, or at least is very difficult to believe, for example, at the end of the book the FBI agent knew everything and didn't do anything to solve the case until the end of the book. John Fisk hated his brother and he really didn't know why, and other things that if I write them here you will know the story before you read it.
On the other hand the book will keep you reading almost all the time but is not the best of Baldacci.
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Summary: My First Baldacci Read
Review: This was the first book of Mr. Baldacci. After having read all of Cornwell's books, I was looking for a new author. Mr. Baldacci got me hook, line and sinker with "The Simple Truth." I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys suspense and scandal.
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Summary: A Great Book
Review: Baldacci knows how to write about family. The two sets of brothers appealed to me greatly. Their inability to fully understand each other was understandable and the way he had the various characters working with each other made the story one that you will never forget.
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Summary: Another simple truth
Review: If you're like me, you will continue reading a book out of sheer grit or because one glimmer of interest in plot resolution still remains. That is why I read "The Simple Truth" to the bitter end, although I came to resent the investment of time in following this hackneyed, predictable and ho-hum story. This Baldacci "thriller" is not thrilling, believable, or the kind of good read you expect from a purported blockbuster.
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