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Summary: Very Good Start...
Review: My sister had raved about how captivating this book was and I suppose my expectations were much higher than if she had said nothing. The very beginning of the book was very interesting, packed with action. The further I went, I found myself getting bored. The constant back-and forth between the good guys and the bad guys was tiresome. I wanted to say to the author "C'mon, move it!"...This book should have been at least 40% shorter.
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Summary: Action-Adventure Material; Where's Hollywood?
Review: Yes, I smell a sequel. And I can't wait till DeMille writes it! I'm going back and reading the earliest DeMille and re-reading his more recent works. The Lion's Game would make a GREAT movie. So would the others I've read. I hadn't read General's Daughter and didn't know it was a DeMille story when I went to see it at the theater. It was the first mystery movie in a long time that I hadn't guessed the ending within the first 15 minutes. So I wasn't surprised when I saw DeMille's name in the ending credits. My question: When is Hollywood going to catch on and make these suspenseful page-turners into edge-of-your seat flicks? Buy this book if you want suspense and humor crafted someone who knows how to write!
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Summary: Too long and too weak
Review: You can almost hear the publisher screaming at Demille to finish this book... which he does, quickly, giving a weak and disappointing cop-out of an ending. Then the editor left in at least 100 pages of rambling character description that served to bore rather than excite. This book equates to the last meaningless chapters of Plum Island that were far fetched and wordy. Only the occasionally clever dialog earns two stars. Read Gold Coast, but leave this one on the shelf.
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Summary: Night of the Hunter
Review: A very entertaining read. This is my first DeMille experience and I will definitely keep him in mind prior to my next plane ride. I liked the sequel set-up. The book didn't quite end the way I anticipated -- but that's a good thing. Corey's wise-cracking did get a little wearisome from time to time and some of the plot elements with him and Kate Mayfield did get sappy. But the 'lion chase' at its best was pulse-pounding.
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Summary: Suspense filled
Review: A suspenseful, terrorist plot with a lot of humor. This book rates as high as Daniel Silva's books in my eyes. Couldn't have read a better book with terrorist plot.
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Summary: Far below Demille quality standards
Review: Being Demille among my favorite authors I am really disappointed with this novel. Flat, too long, with a lousy start and a lousy end, no suspense and a trivial content, he made a bad job out of a very good idea, leaving you at the last page with the sense that you read a lot and could not get anything in exchange. Bad for the humorous John Corey who plays the role of a clown instead of a cop all the time distorting the sense and realism of the tale and good for the credible bad guy, Asad Khalil who was involved in situations which could have been exploited with more action packed suspense for the benefit of the reader but weren't. Demille is a very good writer, if you are looking for a Demille good one, go for The Gold Coast or Word of Honor and skip this one
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Summary: By the Numbers
Review: Look at the cover of the book. Read the inside flap. Think carefully. Yep, you're right. It is version 3,979 of the always popular Wise-Cracking Loner Cop versus The Evil Super-Villian story. The cop in this episode is John Correy, fresh from his latest adventure in the previous DeMille book, Plum Island. As expected, he has a very funny and acerbic wit, hates phonies, loves to tell jokes, is disarmingly world-weary, and is in general an engaging personality. Plus, he is a former New York City policeman, so he has a lot of tough and tender material to draw from. The terrorist in this episode is from Libya, is impeccably well-trained, loves Moammar Gadhafi, and is out for revenge. He makes a spectacular and grim appearance in New York, then proceeds spectacularly to travel around the country causing spectacular murder and mayhem. He is cunning, dangerous, heavily-armed, filled with hate for the infidel Americans, and has no redeeming qualities. John Correy's job, as you might suspect, is to find and apprehend the fellow. He is part of a special task force whose job this is. He makes a lot of smart-alecky comments about the severe and straight-laced CIA and FBI agents he runs into. Along the way he meets and falls in love with a fellow FBI agent. She is smart and very sexy. Both he and she take part in a lot of thrilling and exciting sequences which often endanger their lives. They almost get killed in the end, but astonishingly, they nevertheless emerge heroic. The book is a real page turner. You can hardly wait to see what happens next. There is one cliché which seems to be missing though. For some reason there is no thrilling chase scene at the end, in which the conveyance that our hero is travelling on is about to run out of gas, unlike Plum Island or The Charm School. Well, that's okay. Maybe he'll run out of gas in the sequel.
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Summary: Great read!
Review: This book was hard to put down! I have read several of Nelson Demille's books but this & Plum Island were my favorites by far. I love the characters he comes up with, especially John Corey, and hope he puts John Corey in another book really soon!
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Summary: Worse Ending Possible
Review: I am a great fan of DeMille. Don't read this book since the ending is just not good. Read other books by him. Yigal
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Summary: It's a book (sorry- had to put in a title)
Review: This was the first DeMille book I've read. The first half of the book was not only well written, but it made me think. I travel internationally a lot, and as DeMille pointed out, the ease of which a terrorist could attack it frightening. The last half of the book could have been cut down substantially (all those incescent trips to Federal Plaza and various FBI offices, for instance.) I really enjoyed the character of John Corey. His wit and sarcasm are the kind of thing I like to see in lead characters.
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