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Summary: Great Winter Reading
Review: This is the best book I've read in years. I read Plum Island and liked John Corey. The on line reviewers convinced me to read this book--its long. Corey is not as funny as in Plum Island but this plot is much more detailed and involved. I enjoyed every page. Every detail means something so pay attention. While some of the online reviewer didn't like the end, I did. More in store.
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Summary: Incomplete
Review: While the book was very exciting in many ways, there was too much wasted in bantering between the two main characters. I could take that because I just scanned those pages - speed read, so to speak - and went to other more exciting pages. The "F" word was used too many times when it was not necessary. Men and women really don't find this necessary now days.However, the most unfullfilling, was when there was just two pages left with no ending in sight. I was looking for a "to be continued" to show up. Will someone please write an ending for this? It's not DEMILLE; or at least the DeMille I read.
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Summary: Worth waiting for!
Review: I have been a fan since Mr. DeMille's first book. I loved Plum Island and the John Corey character in particular (I have the same sarcastic sense of humor). I loved this book and cannot wait for the next installment of the Life Of John Corey. Hopefully the next book won't take so long but if it does, I'll be waiting!
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Summary: Right Up There
Review: I Personally thought this novel was one of his best. I loved the mix of seriousness and humor. This is what I have loved about all his books. The characters are so real you can touch them as always. Although I loved "Gold Coast" it was nice to have a story without quite that much angst.
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Summary: First time reader
Review: I loved this book it usally takes me a month to read a 350 pg novel as I work 60 hrs a week I coulnt put it down as I finised all 670 pgs. In a little over a week. I will now be ordering some of his earlier works.
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Summary: Too many words and a terrible ending
Review: I have read all of Nelson DeMille's books but this may be my last. His stories are always interesting and fast paced but this one was far too wordy, too long and the ending was a real let-down. 673 pages of chasing a terrorist with no resolution at the end. Additionally, I am getting a bit fed-up with his abundant use of the "F" word. It adds nothing to the story or the characters. It was excessive in his novel "The Generals Daughter" and was even more so in this one. I can understand occassional profanity to make a character life-like, but he went overboard this time. It cheapens the story. Grisham doesn't do it and neither does Clancy. Both write great stories. DeMille should take a lesson from them.
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Summary: The Lion's Game is roaring good fun!
Review: Demille is aptly named, for "The Lion's Game" could just as easily be a blockbuster movie for that other Lion that Cecil created. What is most engaging about this book, beyond the patented satire and rapid-fire repartee, is that, not unlike other felines, the beasts in this story (FBI, CIA, ATTF) do indeed eat their young. Even though the body count continues to mount like dot com television commercials, Demille somehow maintains an aura of authenticity. If you love to read books that grip you with the flip of each page and that keep you awake at night, I strongly recommend this book and another book of like pedigree titled "Inside Job: Deep Undercover as a Corporate Spy." The only difference between the two is that "Inside Job" can be found in the non-fiction section of your virtual bookstore and it is at least five times as frightening...because, as I said, it can be found in the non-fiction section of your book store. Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!
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Summary: Worth Reading Twice
Review: What a great book! I couldn't put it down from beginning to end. I love the perspective from both sides. Sometimes I forgot who I was hoping would win the game until the end. You really get in the minds of each side and relate to their feelings. I also love the references to DeMille's other books. You have to be a fan to catch them. My favorite thing about the book is DeMille's ability to make me laugh out loud despite the seriousness of the plot or the intensity of the moment. That is a real gift. I only hope the reviewer from Sag Harbor that said he was setting us up for a sequel is right.
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Summary: Good, but not as good as earlier works
Review: This was one of the largest and most interesting books that I have read in ages. It was fast paced enough to keep you from putting the book down and the writing as expected, was clever and witty. The only problem I found with the book- that I've been realizing more and more lately- is that Mr. Demille can right a great novel, but just can not end it properly. I was once again disappointed with the ending, and agree with another reader that it seemed to have been emphasizing a sequel more than anything else. Nevertheless, it will turn out to be a great novel for summer reading.
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Summary: Not quite his best
Review: Having read all of Mr DeMille's novels, most of which I have enjoyed to various degrees. His best is his first, 'By the Rivers of Babylon'. This latest much better than 'Plum Island' comes close to his first. The theme was good, but I cannot believe that a terrorist such as Asad Khalil, could find it so easy to move around the States in such a way he did. The ending was a bit of a let down and I assume it leaves it open for there to be another book involving the two main protagionists, if not I would not like to think that crime does pay as would appear to be the conclusion this ending leaves me with.
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