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Summary: Good Storyline - Parts Insult the Reader
Review: This book has an amazing storyline but certain parts of the book bothered me enought to give it three stars. There are so many details in the investigation parts of the book that it is difficult to absorb the facts - and then anticipate what's happening. The thing that bothered me the most was the whole drugging of victims with cough med.'s and then hypnotizing them. I actually laughed out loud. I still liked this book (it was scary) but I preferred Concrete Blonde. More consistent and beleivable.
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Summary: Why that ending ?
Review: From page one, this cat and mouse chasing grabbed me by the lapels and did not let me go because the story was solid, fast paced,unpredictable and coming developments were difficult to figure out. As other readers I did not like the ending because it was shook with too many twists and the last one, unrealisitic, came out of nothing unveiling the culprit without any logical base to substantiate it, ....simply just turn some facts upside down and thats it..., nevertheless for the most part I recognize that the whole plot was very well told.
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Summary: Tou Lee's review of The Poet
Review: A wonderful mystery/suspense murder mystery full of wonderful characters and a great-hard-to-figure-out plot, this book will have the reader asking for more. A must get for any reader.
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Summary: A must read for mystery buffs
Review: This was my first Connelly book and what an introduction! I have ordered three more Michael Connelly books. The Poet will keep you spellbound and guessing until the end. The characters are believable and the logic of the story follows even if it has what I consider two endings. A twist that's not a twist but just another ending like he could not decide how to end the book. But still every bit worth the price and the thrilling time you'll have with this book.
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Summary: Five Stars Are Not Enough
Review: Quite simply I rate "The Poet" as the best mystery/crime thriller I have ever read starting with The Hardy Boys as a youngster in the 1950's. I cannot count the number of times I have given this book as a gift to introduce friends to Miacael Connelly. It never fails to hook them and make them Michael Connelly fans as well. In my opinion Mr. Connelly is the finest in the genre currently writing. The Poet was impossible to put down. In fact I was sorely tempted to cheat and read some of the ending chapters early in the read. Resisted the temptation, but few books have enticed that behavior in me.
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Summary: Predictably Unpredictable
Review: The Poet makes for decent summer beach reading, but overall I was disappointed by its loopholes and lapses in logic, and most of all by the laughable ending, which attempts to deliver an unexpected twist, but becomes so wildly unpredictable and outrageous that I could no longer hold on to my suspension of disbelief. What attracted me to the novel originally were the references to Edgar Allan Poe, but don't be fooled by the back of the book: the Poe subplot is only a tease, and has nothing to do with the majority of the plot. In other words, don't expect meaningful literary connections ala the film Se7en; Poe's name is used merely to lend credibility to an otherwise silly tale.
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Summary: Edgar Allan Poe would be proud...
Review: Reading Michael Conelly's novel The Poet was an extraordinary experience in many ways. It was the first novel by this writer I had read and it really caused a great imapct on me. I am usually quite demanding and I usually find it hard to find both good entertainment and fine literature in the same binding, but I did find it in The Poet. It is a well-written thriller that will keep you turning pages till the very end ( which I did like and found quite appropriate , by the way). I must confess I have become a Conelly-addict by now and I really recommend good readers to adopt him. Second after The Poet I would like to recommend Blood Work, which I found almost as original as The Poet. Michel Connelly is a writer you would not like to miss.
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Summary: Good suspense - poor logic
Review: I liked reading the book. It provides a lot of exciting suspense, and it's hard to put down.However, there are many flaws in the logic, many unanswered questions, and many unlikely events.
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Summary: great page turner
Review: This was the first book I've read by Michael Connelly and I really liked it - plenty of suspense and a good read. However, I wondered why the FBI agents had to use payphones and didn't have mobile phones. Not very up to date ... Also, when the body of the Poet was supposedly found in a drain at the end of the book they couldn't positively identify the body - haven't the FBI heard of DNA testing?
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Summary: Great read - Get Comfortable!
Review: This is the kind of mystery you can totally immerse yourself in. Holds your interest from start to finish. Good detail and interesting characters. Very enjoyable right up until the last page.
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