The Night Crew

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Summary: First time Sandford reader...I liked Night Crew
Review: I read many of the other reviews and felt that they were a little harsh. I must side with 4 star and above reviews. I enjoyed the storyline, however, it took awhile to get to what was really happening. Being a romantic at heart, I would have liked to have seen Anna and Jake get together after all that happened to them. The Clark character should not have been developed but only mentioned as a past fling. In summary, it's an above average and easy read. I plan to start on his Prey series next, if I can figure out which one to read first.

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Summary: A Stunner
Review: I like to take my time with books, but I couldn't do it with this one. The pages just flew by. The action and suspense hardly ever lets up and the ending was a stunner. I like Sandford's Prey books, but this one is even better.

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Summary: Quick weekend read
Review: I enjoyed the overall story in the Night Crew but felt the characters had very limited vocabulary and very limited emotional responses to situations. However, the book was a quick and easy read for a quiet weekend and did not involve any emotional input on my part.

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Summary: Yuk- Rate Zero
Review: This story was so terrible it made me mad. I don't know why I didn't return it for an old book I really wanted "From Here to Eternity". I've turned in less bad books. The charcters were wooden and Creek was someone I'd never want to really meet. I guess he was slated to be some hunk lover dude but he's more like a dud. And then this Glass character who started out to be a tough chick cop ends up by Creek's bed side knitting (cucumber covers?) of all things. And Anna, the main character who gets beat up and is still able to hobble around has gotta be tougher than Zina or whatever that woman is that comes on Saturday nights. Near the end I just sped read to get through the crap. I bet the writer did this to make a fast buck, and I will NEVER read any of his other books. He must've had silver screen in his mind as we wrote this trash. Don't waste your time reading this junk, Huck Finn will make you so much happier!

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Summary: The Night Crew
Review: I gotta say that this book is a true thriller.It wasn't as good as the Prey books but it satisfied me.I was pretty much left in the dark for the entire story.Sandford could've been a little easy on the swearing.Over all this book was great and I think that he deserves plenty of credit for his effort.Took me a while to read.

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Summary: too many dead-ends, plot shaky at best
Review: I have read several of John Sandfords "Prey" books and found those worthwhile, so I was eager to read The Night Crew. I was very disappointed in this book. The author introduces the reader to 10 or 12 characters, starts to give details about who they are and how they fit into the storyline, and then never carries through with each character's agenda, leaving the reader with a lot of unanswered questions and many unfilled holes at the end. For example, Jake, a main character in the book has just lost his only son, and within a day is in the arms of the other main character, and the grief over his son is forgotten. They don't ever even mention the funeral. It's totally unbelievable. Also, Wyatt, the investigator on the case is in love with his partner Pam, in fact goes so far as to disguise himself and sneek into the hospital to see her, (she, by the way, has a one night stand with another character, Creek, and is totally in love with him and has abandoned her police career to play nursemaid at his bedside--ridiculous!!) The main characters chase him out of the hospital, thinking he's the killer, and figure out later it was him, just spying on his partner, beacuse he has a secret CRUSH on her--how stupid is that. They never develop anything on this storyline, and the whole thing, like many other dead ends could have been totally left out of the book. The characters chase all over the city starting storylines that ultimately go nowhere, and in the end, the find one simple clue and instantly solve it all!! The book isn't predictable, because it makes no sense. Everyone falls in love with everyone else at first glance and you are given no information on each character to ever really care about any of them. The reader keeps expecting some of the clues and storylines to come together at the end, but they never do. All is left hanging. Total waste of time to read.

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Summary: Yawn
Review: I have a pet peeve regarding writers. This one has all the character using "Ah" or "Aw". Not everyone talks this way, so why do writers have to give the same voice to every character. I picked up this book a week ago because it's about my area and have yet to finish it. It seems the only books on the market these days are about preverts, mass murderers, physcos and whatnot. Everyone has a gun, everyone is hip, everyone is a lawyer driving expensive cars, and into golf. I am so upset. Where are the Dickens and Twain's of this age? It's an ok book but I certainly won't buy any more of his stuff. Call me disapointed.

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Summary: Night Crew engages only to disappoint.
Review: I must admit I was pleased to see another Sanford novel, even if it was not a "Prey" book. The book started off promisingly, but ultimately leaves one in the dust wondering what happened. The ending is far too abrupt and I had the feeling that Sanford simply ran out of gas. As usual, the nice touches abound; Anne Batory is a non-practicing pianist, Creek is a veteran and the ex-cop is a lawyer. These touches are not unlike normal L.A. life where everyone is someone else. As a pleasant evenings diversion, this book suffices, but for re-reading, far too much is telegraphed and the ending seems more like a ten car pile-up.

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Summary: Out of control woman chases false leads to bizarre ending.
Review: I found Night Crew to be far below the level of all the Prey books by Sandford. What plot there was went in so many directions, I, as an accomplished reader, needed a road map. It's not very often I have to go back and re-read pages to stick with a story. Having characters with similar names: Jake, Jacob, Jason led to confusion as to whom was alive, dead, or waiting to be heard from. Speaking of characters: Please find me any person that could possibly take the physical assaults Anna received and continue on to "solve" this chaotic "thriller". Even V.I. or Kinsey would have been hardpressed to handle all this violence. Developing a more in-depth study of Anna's relationships with other characters would have helped to give better insight into Anna as a person. A film crew at night chasing news stories has a lot of potential. Kooky characters and violent events can still be used. Just keep it believable.

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Summary: Ok for a long plane ride
Review: Are you as tired of serial killers and Hannibal Lector act-alikes as I am? I enjoyed several of the characters in this videotape thriller very much. But, at another level, the book is more gore and time spent inside another twisted mind. Enough!!