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Summary: DeMille's peak
Review: I have a list of best-selling authors that, through the years, have caught my attention, and I always buy their books when they release them: Michael Crichton, John Grisham, Tom Clancy, Ken Follett, Nelson DeMille and Stephen King. Of all of them, only the last two have not let me down recently. Nelson DeMille is not a new writer. His books have been around for the past twenty years, if not more. In my opinion, DeMille has achieved what every writer wants along his career: a consistent, improved, better writing style. It's very plain the difference between an early book like 'Cathedral' and 'Lion's game'. While both have good stories and characters, the latter is more enjoyable, much more. 'The lion's game' is the story of Asad Khalil, a lybian seeking, in USA, revenge for the killing of his family. John Corey, the same NYPD macho crude character from 'Plum island', is back, now working in a joint team with FBI, and he's in charge of capturing Khalil before the vengeance is completed. Corey is one of the best characters I've met. Realistic, funny, well developed, believable. The mass market paperback version is almost 950 pages long, and it's in fact a very fast reading. The story is compeling, well-written and well-researched. DeMille divided the book in two parts. John Corey narrates some chapters in first person, in his usual way. Jokes every ten pages, sexist remarks, etc. Other chapters are told in Asad Khalil's point of view, and these are interesting chapters, because DeMille was able to understand how a non-american thinks about american way of life. Khalil is a powerful character; DeMille didn't create only one more bad guy. Khalil is a complete character in the book. Of course, the book has some implausible moments, and towards the end it gets a little unconvincing, but as a work of fiction it's excellent. Now I'm looking forward to reading 'Up country', and then DeMille's next book, which will feature John Corey once more. Grade 9.2/10
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Summary: Great book - one small flaw
Review: A gripping thriller that warrants all the raves here and elsewhere. I only have one small complaint: is it necessary for DeMille to open nearly every paragraph during the first person narrative with the word " anyway "? I realize this is nitpicking, but my gosh he does he did it so often, it got to be a personal quirk with me threatening an otherwise great book. Once I got past that, I enjoyed all aspects of the book.
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Summary: A Very Good Book
Review: I think this book was very good. It is the sequel to Plum Island, which I also liked a lot. I gave this book a 5 stars because it was very exciting and the plot was very good. It takes place in Long Island, New York. It is about a Libian terrorist named Asad Kahlil. He is on a 797 plane from France to Long Island. When the plane lands, everyone on the plane is dead.
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Summary: On the bad Scale, 25 Stars
Review: I give this book 25 stars on the bad Scale only because the reader is drawn into a pretty good story for 600+ pages only to be rewarded with a cliffhanger ending! I did not ignore my husband, turn off the phone, and miss a beautiful Saturday in the Los Angeles sun (70s and sunny this past Saturday) to not have the gratification of finding out what happens to Asad!!!! I would only HOPE that a sequel is on it's way. Until then, IT BADD!!!!!!!
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Summary: DEMILLE'S BEST
Review: This is one of the best books I have ever read. I still think about it every now and then even though I read it in 2000. A real page turner in spite of it's girth. When 911 happened, I immediately thought of this book. John Corey is back from PLUM ISLAND and better than ever. I hope DeMille can keep up the quality because he raised the bar with this novel. Very timely considering today's geopolitical climate. I can't recommend this book any higher.
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Summary: Calling Tom Ridge
Review: I read this, my first Nelson DeMille novel, about fifteen months after the terrorist attacks of 911. Considering when the book was initially published, the frequent references to the earlier bombing of the World Trade Center and the ease associated with air travel left me with an eerie sense of squandered foreboding. That sense of Monday morning quarterbacking aside, the book provided an excellent and generally believable story.
Unlike many books of this genre neither the hero nor villain possesses superhuman powers of deduction, strength or stamina. They both need to take breaks to eat, sleep and worry about clean underwear. That serves to make the characters more believable and that kept my interest as the author never asked me to take a serious leap of faith in order to maintain credibility. While I don't know enough about jumbo jets to decide whether the terrorist's method of entry to the USA is realistic, I found it plausible enough to accept. I also enjoyed DeMille's self deprecating references to his other books and the movie one spawned ' sort of an inside joke that his fans must enjoy.
Without giving the ending away, I must confess it left a bit disappointed. The story seems to go a bit off track here and the final target appears to be a bit of a reach for our overextended villain. The hero also seems to become a bit too lucky and /or omnipotent for my tastes. If I were the author I think I would have gotten out while the getting was good and leave the extended story line to Hollywood to add as filler.
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Summary: Fast start, disappointing finish
Review: ... The book started out SO WELL! Detective Corey's smart...manner which was tolerable in Plum Island, has now become annoying. The relationship with agent Mayfield was unbelievable and unbelievably boring. The book alternated chapters, between Corey and the terrorist Assad, whom I found much more interesting and involved. The whole book follows the case, the detective putting the pieces together, getting closer to Assad, and when you finally get to the climactic showdown between the cop and the terrorist...well, DeMille just ran out of gas. Very unsatisfying. If this is to give us the sequel, spare me.
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Summary: Put this one at the top of your list!
Review: I have this incredible book on audiotape, read by Scott Brick (the absolute best), and I've listened to it time after time. The story hits a little too close to home, especially since 9/11, with its repeated references to the World Trade Center. The hunt for the (may I say it?) brilliant terrorist has you biting your nails into bloody stumps. John Corey is a hero for our times. And we need to face the fact that terrorists are not the fools we wish they were. "The Lion's Game" should be required reading for complacent Americans who take our safety and liberty for granted.
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Summary: Couldn't put it down.......
Review: Had to give this novel five stars as it delivers everything a reader of this (subject) genre desires.
For those of you who have read "Plum Island", Detective John Corey is at his finest while he struggles to unravel the 'How, Who, Why and When' of the heinious crimes committed.
The subject matter is timely with today's global focus on the middle east and the threat of terroism through out the world.
"The Lion's Game" is fast paced, riveting, exhilerating, frightening, humerous and inciteful. It embraces the full gamut of human emotions and keeps the reader spell-bound.
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Summary: A real thriller
Review: I consder this novel as one of DeMilles's best. A start that keeps breathing, interesting climbing to climax. Yes, there's a climax in this story. I don't get those readers who waited for a grand storming final. There're no such juicy climaxing finals in terrorist things like that. Terror can't be defeated by a super hero in shining armours. Just remember September 2001. More than 2000 killed and who paid for that?!! Mostly there's no chance for revenge. Evil not winning, but hurting a lot. And thanks to Boris about discribing the US life. It was a big help for me to know America better.(No I'm not a terrorist;))
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