Rating: Summary: Great Reading! Review: As usual, Demille keeps you laughing and mesmerized with the story. I can never put one of his books down. "The Lion's Game" was his best yet! More of this type of reading
Rating: Summary: Worth every moment stolen to read it. Review: One of the best thrillers I've ever read. Had me going from page 1! The aggravating, wonderful John Corey is back for another DeMille thrill ride, and it's worth every moment stolen from other things we should be doing to read this hefty tome. Don't miss this one! One of DeMille's best, and that's saying a lot!
Rating: Summary: A very good book Review: The Lion's Game is packed with tension and suspense, in my opinion it is the best book to come out in this genre since the Triumph and the Glory last summer. DeMille has always been a very accomplished novelist, and has given us many great novels, but this one is his best. It's a little long and that might scare off some people who don't have all that much time to read, but is worth every minute you spend with it.
Rating: Summary: awful Review: 677 pages with no resolution. Hard to believe this is the same author that wrote Charm School, Gold Coast and Word of Honor. Demille should be ashamed of himself for writing such a lengthy novel with no ending -- unless he's as big a jerk as his "hero" John Corey.
Rating: Summary: Fast Paced Plot Maintains Interest in Game Review: John Corey, last seen leaving Plum Island, is back as a member of an antiterrorist team who are after a mideast terrorist. The action alternates between Corey and The Lion, as the distance between the hunter and the prey shrinks and shrinks. DeMille provides Corey with another female partner, an FBI agent who is more than capable as a law enforcement officer and romance partner for Corey. Using the US bombing raid of Lybia as the basis for the plot, the avenging mass killer, The Lion, manages to stay a few steps ahead of the hunters until the dramatic climax. Although a thick read, the pages fly by for the reader, because there there are no detours from the main plot.
Rating: Summary: Fantastic story, great humor... oops, bad ending Review: DeMille is a great storyteller. He does not dissapponit here... until the well structured scenario comes down crumbling on the -literally- last couple of pages. Still, this is a must read. Over 600 pages of an extraordinary plot and great characters.
Rating: Summary: The Lion had no bite Review: First of all, this is the most verbose book I have ever read. It could have definitely been written in 500 pages or less.The character of Kate Mayfield was woefully underdeveloped and one dimensional. She is either quoting FBI scripture or trying to get laid. While the characters of Asad Khalil and John Corey were well developed and entertaining, there was a lack of interplay between the two characters. While Khalil was carrying out his mission, Corey was pondering relationship problems. It was like reading two books and the interaction between the two characters was coincidental. Lastly, the ending was a big question mark and resolved nothing except for the status of Mayfield and Corey's relationship. Maybe the author should start writing romance novels like Danielle Steele :-\
Rating: Summary: Great twists and wit! Review: While I really loved the Corey wit and the intriguing story line, I really didn't like his relationship with Kate, who I didn't find a likable person. I think he should've stayed with Beth Penrose, I don't know how a married Corey is going to be in sequals. I really do hope to read many Corey books in the future (I love this character) but he should lose Kate, it just doesn't seem to fit. Other then that, a great read that keeps you turning the pages real fast!
Rating: Summary: A compelling read......with remarkable accuracy Review: A thoroughly enjoyable thriller, which I enjoyed more than the author's previous Plum Island and General's Daughter....his accuracy is commendable, with two, very minor exceptions. He refers to Air Force CID, and Provost Marsahll..CID and Provost Marshall are Army terms, the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) is the USAF equivalent of CID and the Chief, Security Police is the Provost Marshall equivalent (current at the time of my retirement from the USAF)...a great tale nonetheless.
Rating: Summary: Master Storyteller Review: This one just adds to what DeMille fans already know; he's a great storyteller. He makes you care about his characters and flip the pages until the wee hours. Bravo!
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