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Summary: Son of Grisham
Review: Book was recommended to me--I'm glad I borrowed it from the library. Like Mr. Grisham, Baldacci takes a superb plot and gums up the works with fifth-grade prose.I guess some would consider this stuff excellent beach reading, but the writer, aside from poor sentence structure, flat bad usage ("he placed the letter in the envelope"--are there any editors out there?), makes it sooo tough to align oneself with any character. A lawyer is portrayed as a crusader, then a bumbler. A Supreme Court justice waffles, then becomes a hero. Cheese, at least most of the bad guys stay bad. Perhaps a better title would have been "The Yellow Mile," if only our prisoner had been on death row.
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Summary: Two stars
Review: I know this book word by word... Well, actually, I translated it into Polish. It was my first encounter with Mr. Baldacci's work, and as an introduction it was rather disappointing. The book itself is at least very predictable. Several twists of action is based on pure bit of luck, and sugar-sweet Rufus Harms looks like a character from another story. Moreover, before one-third of the book I knew pretty well who is the Big Bad Guy. Two stars: one for the real surprise (McKenna), and one for fast-paced action. That's all.
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Summary: Characters, Characters, Characters
Review: Initially, I thought "how in the world am I going to keep up with all of these characters! " However, as the story progressed I found that Baldacci did an excellent job of 'helping' the reader keep track and become very familiar with all characters. I enjoy mysteries, particularly those set in the legal genre, therefore, this book was a natural choice for me. It is real page turner. I found myself reading it at every opportunity. It is not perdictable. Just when I thought I knew the bad guys, Baldacci threw in some unexpected, yet nice, surprises. This book made me think more indepth about our judical system and who truly cares out justice and who receives justice in our country. I highly recommend this book.
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Summary: Not up to Baldacci standards
Review: In keeping with the trend that his odd number releases are superb, while the even number releases are solidly average, this book is an average read at best. It never grabbed you from the start like Absolute Power or the Winner, and developed as a fairly predictable story. Being an avid Baldacci fan, I was disappointed by this showing.
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Summary: Don't give up on this book!
Review: Although it was difficult identifying characters initially- I kept getting the Fiske brothers confused- the last 150 pages more than made up for it. Baldacci paints a vivid picture of action and suspense, which is worth every page turn. A very good read.
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Summary: An enjoyable read
Review: I enjoyed this book. I could really imagine each of the characters and enjoyed their personalities. Poor Rufus...
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Summary: Good read but things could have been a little better.
Review: I thought the book was good. I like these kind of "thinking books" because of depth of the characters and plot. I thought the ending could have been a little better but I was satisfied. It's so worth staying up all night to read. Baldacci has churned out a hit! I could very much see this as a film.
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Summary: The Simple Truth
Review: Stepping into this book is like a Disney World vacation, you know it will end but wish it would last forever. Rates with the best.
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Summary: borrow it from someone else!
Review: It takes about 100 pages to get into the plot and there are more than a few characters to learn. The relationship between Sara and John is a little cheesy. With that said, the action (and sex) sequences are classic, and the complex plot development makes you wonder how even Mr. Baldacci keeps it straight when writing it. A good book if you can borrow it from a friend, but don't buy it. If anything, go to the library :-)
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Summary: Quite good, but predictable
Review: I enjoyed the book but I thought the plot was was a little too obvious.. It's not that much fun when you figure out who the bad guy is before the ending! Very well written though, I would certainly recommend it.
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