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Summary: Another great Demille saga....Very timely... and scary.
Review: Loved this book. Demille continues to roll out masterpiece after masterpiece. His books are timely, well written and a joy to read.....This is just great.
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Summary: He did it again
Review: What, can I say, I love John Corey. After Plum Island I ran out and read The Lion's game, and again I'm very impressed with Demille's writing style. This book is BIG, but not heavy at all, and I love that. In this book John is facing international terrorist, who has a vendetta against the USA.. Sound familiar? I found it ironic, that he kept mentioning the WTC, and how the terrorist tried so hard to topple them, only to really have it happen the following year.
This is essentially a cat and mouse game, where John matches wits with "The Lion" a Middle Eastern terrorist hell bent on revenge. The story, moves along at rocket speed, never getting boring and never losing it's pace, however the ending was a bit weak, but I think it was done for a reason. I will not ruin the ending, but I highly recommend it. Mr. Demille I am a new fan of your work, and please, please don't retire John Corey.
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Summary: Just buy it and pass it around to all of your friends!
Review: A great Demille book. As I read this book before going to sleep I found myself really thinking about this book and how real of a story it is, especially during a post-9/11 era in America.This story has all of the action of a terrorist-thriller, but Demille writes the story from two points of view, something that I have never seen before. This method allows you to get up close and personal with the terrorist and his psyche. Get it and enjoy it!
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Summary: A "pre-911" terrorist thriller!
Review: I found this book a bit scary in that it was written before September 11th. "The Lion" had a diabolical plan of terror that had some parallels to 9-11. Well written novel that kept me turning the pages. I plan to read more of Nelson DeMille's books (this was my first.)
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Summary: It read more like a text book!
Review: I love most Nelson Demille books but this one felt like he needed a lot of filler between the action. Sure it gives a lot of insight to the mind of a terrorist but there are a lot of words between the action. I was disappointed. I felt like I was reading a Tom Clancy novel and felt there were way to many facts that did little to help the plot and for most of the book I would skip pages hoping I could return to the plot. I kept thinking, "OK, get on with it". Plum Island is WAY WAY better.
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Summary: very good
Review: This is a very entertaining novel although i didnt like the ending. what i like about Nelson Demille's novels is the enormous and accurate details about every place he describes which indicate a tremendous research on the part of the author but the part about lybia i found to be a little unaccurate. In the flashbacks to Khalil childhood where he was having premartial relationship with a girl, Khalil was afraid that if exposed he will be sentenced to death by stoning or decapitation. although Lybia is a muslim nation, it is secular state which mean that death by stoning or decapitation doesnt take place in lybia or any other islamic nation (with the exception of Saudia A and former Taliban Regime). I aslo found the mentioning of the world trade center very chilling.
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Summary: ......
Review: The lions game, like all DeMille books, has a very promising start. Also, I'm sure many readers of DeMilles's books will be happy to see the return of the hilariously funny, wisecracing street smart cop, John Corey. But the problem with this book is the gigantic plot holes, combined with a complete lack of a climax, a long with about 300 pages of completely pointless informaton. To the average reader (like me), the first 600 pages or so are great. The probliem arives when the reader discoveres that the so called 'mass-mmurdering' terrorist of this book does not in any way plan for the expected "Strike against America" but a rather wimpy symbolic act that is outshadowed by his means of arrival into the country. Also,John Corey, (who was great in Plum Island) does absouloutly nothing. The only contribution he made was a lucky guess in an airport lounge. After about 700 pages, the reader is looking forward to the ending, or at least to a very good climax. But that climax doesnt arive. You heard me folks. This book has no climax, and basically just sets you up for the sequal. My advice: read to page 600, then put it down, pick up Mayday, The charm school, plum island, or the talbot odessy.
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Summary: Intelligent Suspense
Review: I love the way that Nelson Demille writes. I loved Plum Island. This book continues with the John Corey character. I love the sardonic humor. I am still reading this book (it's over 600 pages), but I look forward to reading it every night. It is intelligently written with intense suspense. He really keeps you guessing what will happen next!!
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Summary: Game of games: The Lion's Game
Review: I really enjoyed Demille's "The Lion's Game". I picked it up at an airport when it first came out. I didn't really get into it right away, but kept reading bits at a time. It kept my interest all the way from front to end. John Corey's "distaste" for Kate Mayfield in the beginning raised the reality level in their story within the story. This distaste has parelleled some of my best friends and I: in the beginning we can't stand one another, yet our friendships develop exponentially. The plot never really fluxuates much and is constantly high intensity. This is my first Demille book that I have read, and will definately read others, aside from watching that movie with Travolta in it.
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Summary: Excellent
Review: Nelson DeMille is a story teller. Someone recommended "Plum Island" to me years ago and I couldn't put it down. I picked up his other books, all good reads, but I like the continuity of a main character. So I was very pleased to see John Corey's return in "The Lion's Game". This book has two narration's. You see things through NY detective Corey's eyes as he works for an antiterrorist task force. You also get the unique viewpoint of Asad Khalil, a terrorist from Libya coming to America to seek his personal and religious revenge. What is also interesting is how well DeMille shows us how a terrorist is born, nurtured and sent to our land to exact his hatred on the godless infidels. Corey is a quick witted and tough hero like Parker's "Spenser". A great detective but he is no super hero. Khalil is ruthless and cunning and on a jihad. It makes for quite a battle an a very compelling read.
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