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Summary: Good reading, but...
Review: This was a huge book -- weighing in at 674 pages (looks like DeMille got paid per page). Unfortunately, the content did not quite do justice to the weight. It is readable, no doubt. John Corey, DeMille's character from his other book (Plum Island), makes a reappearance and is quick witted, saracstic, and politically uncorrect as usual. But this time, the book does not have the quick pace to the story as DeMille's previous books like The Ivory Coast, Spenserville, and General's Daughter had. DeMille takes forever to develop the story and sketch out the character of the antagonist, only to let the reader down at the end. The ending only makes sense if DeMille wants to resurrect the antagonist in another book sometimes in the near future.
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Summary: I'll never listen to ken again
Review: My cousin Ken is a nice guy, and he reads a lot of books, fiction mostly. He recomended "The Lions Game". I read it and hated every word, sentance, paragraph. I'll certainly read nothing by Nelson DeMille again.This is the slowest moving, longest, dumbest book I can ever remember reading. Why I read the whole thing I'll never know. The whole thing is a "chase the terorist across the country story".There's a lot of old and over used wisecracking by the heroic cop, and alot of meaness by the bad guy. You can skip page after page. So little actually happens in this 650 page novel you can just skip the whole thing
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Summary: love sarcasm
Review: I read tons of mystery and lawyer books and found this to be one of the most enjoyable I have recently read. the guy has you racing through the book because you are entranced with the plot and he keeps you laughing with his sacrcasm. the plot is entirely credible and the personalities are likewise credible. Believability combined with entertainment is something that cannot be beat. anyone who enjoys a mystery, legal, fiction book will enjoy this.... a can't miss.
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Summary: A Real Hoot!
Review: One minute you're scared and the next you're laughing your head off. This man knows his history. He has to be a former cop or history teacher. He tells a story so well you'd swear it was the truth.
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Summary: Pure DeMille
Review: The Lion's Game is Nelson DeMille at his best. If you haven't read a DeMille book before, his style will reach up from the book and shake you awake. His character's wit and sarcasm are refreshing and funny. This book is pure fun.
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Summary: Definite Page-Turner
Review: The author attains a realistic combination of historical facts with action-packed fiction. Haven't read Plum Island, but I definitely will look for it soon.
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Summary: Lion's Game Loses the Thrill of the Hunt
Review: Nelson DeMille's latest offering, Lion's Game, picks up where Plum Island left off. We find smart-aleck NYPD cop John Corey has joined an FBI anti-terrorist task force, which squares off against an Arab dissident from Libya, who wants to settle a score from the U.S. 1986 bombing of that country. While the book continues DeMille's action packed style, which makes for a good read for the first 500 pages or so, the inplausable subplot of his finding instant love with a young, beautiful associate, both softens Corey's character, thereby confusing the reader, and distracts from the action of the story. Worse still, his creation of a thoroughly heinous villian, who murders his way across the U.S., leads to a total letdown of the reader, in that the confrontation we await nevers occurs, and seems to only set the reader up for a sequel. In the end, when all is said and done, the Lion's game loses the thrill of the hunt, as one feels cheated at the time invested in reading to a climax which never takes place. Perhaps the saddest and most disappointing part of this potentially great book, is that DeMille seems to have sold out to the forces of publishing and movies, and is writing serials now, instead of novels. We only hope he finds 'his game' in the future, and stays true to the roots that brought him the notoriety he enjoys today. Until then, the game remains a puzzle.
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Summary: Very Disappointing
Review: I'm a big Demille fan, but I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone. It starts off great and then spends 600 pages petering out to nothing. It is obviously a prequel to another book. It is also full of fluf. The book could be reduced by a couple of hundred pages, and an ending could be inserted. I won't even loan it to friends who are Demille fans.
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Summary: I was very, very disappointed...
Review: I have read every book Nelson has written and have been a devoted fan. I couldn't wait to get my hands on his latest, "The Lion's Den". What a letdown! The plot plodded along. I hoped I would be rewarded toward the end but no dice. The action is mediocre at best and setting up for a sequel after a gazillion pages was a betrayal of his loyal readers. I won't be so eager for the next installment. If I do read it I'll wait and borrow someone's paperback copy.
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Summary: An Outstanding "Read"
Review: Not only do I read a lot of books, but because of a long commute, I have been listening to unabridged audiobooks for over a year. I have probably listened to a couple of hundred. However, I always save my very favorite authors for reading only, not audiobooks. Although I like Nelson DeMille, he did not fall into this category. I have read some and listened to some. The Lion's Game is probably the SINGLE ONLY book I have ever listened to that I would be willing to bet is better on tape, only if by Scott Brick, than it is to actually read. It was absolutely outstanding! Scott Brick's voice, delivery, etc. is amazing. I can't imagine getting the same feel for this great book by reading it. I am now listening to another narration by Scott Brick, and although his voice, etc. is still excellent, his narration of The Lion's Game is just unbelieveable. This was one of my all time favories! This was an outstanding book by DeMille, and I highly recommend it, whether read or listened to.
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