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Mortal Fear

Mortal Fear

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Absolutely sensational thriller!
Review: I have never read Iles before and I couldn't put this book down, I read it in 2 days. I am an avid crime reader (Cornwell, Hoag, Reichs) but this is in a class of its own. I highly recommend it to anyone that enjoys a brilliant crime book that elaborates on the killer's character. Definately 5 stars!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Totally Terrific Novel!
Review: Mortal Fear is the first novel I have ever read by Greg Iles and after having read this one, I'll be checking out his other work. Being so heavily involved in the internet, I found this book to be really frightening. It was a total roller coaster ride right from the beginning. I think the ending of the novel was a bit anticlamactic, but not to the extent that it depreciated the novel as a whole. I give it an A+!

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: A Little Disappointing!
Review: When I saw this book, I really thought I would be up all night with a great story full of suspense and a little bit of ``terror''. I found the premise of this book good, although I felt that it was a bit too long and the characters were a little unbelieveable. The part that disappointed me the most was the fact that the villain was never introduced to us in the book as a real person until they found out who it was. A book is better when the character is someone close to the crime and you never suspect them I hope the author reads this and finds some constructive criticism in my words. Isles is a good writer, just a little distracted with the story and not what the reader wants or expects. I will order from him again,I just hope I am pleasantly surprised...

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great, read it in 2 days,and passed it around to my friends
Review: This book was a mind gripping wet dream. I am involved heavily in internet chat, and many things the book touches base with. The author has done his homework, as far as finding people and their locations through their PC's. I loved every moment of this book. The only thing I though it lacked was it read like a movie script. I think that's the next step for this one.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Awesome, Intense, Riveting
Review: This was one of the best books I have ever read. I was totally engrossed and affected. Excellent story detail and character development. This book has the best "bad" character I have ever read. You don't get to see the or hear the private interthoughts of the villan which makes him all that more evil. I was distirbed so much by his death dance with a certain character I had to put the book down. Truly Excellent.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: very interesting thriller involving on-line chat rooms
Review: found this book in a laundrymat. by the time my dryer was finished, i was hooked on the book! great writer of dialogue, great plot, eye-opening look at internet security, regarding chat rooms. you never know who has your REAL address....!I also learned alot about how the internet works.Highly recommend this read, even if you're NOT stuck in a laundrymat.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: mortal fear


Review: look this story kicked butt. pure and simple. ok. i do Not think it was a sell-out.

it was well written. the dialogue was wonderful. it teases you along the story and makes you want to read more. it's thick yes. but it is one of the most fasted paced books i've read. it grips and doesn't let go. [clichéd but true]. iles draws the characters out. you not only get to know who they are, but you get the feel For them. any author that can do that for a story already rates 4 stars. but the plot, the turns, makes me give it a five. the line where the doctor thanked miles in his journal for the list makes you wonder about miles and his role in all this.

what i really enjoyed about this story was the dialogue. he doesn't spill the characters guts in one session, but instead over several. iles lets you into their minds bit by bit.very tempting or infuriating, whichever way you want to look at it.
my favorite character has to be miles. i was disappointed that he wasn't mentioned as much as i would have liked.

one bad thing about the story though was krislov's role. she was the owner of EROS, but iles rarely even mentioned her. the way the story was told, she took cues from miles. i didn't go for that. he should have clarified her role more.

other than that the book was absublutely wonderful. and yes i'm an anne rice fan, and yes i'm a net freak. i agree with the review on the front cover. i hadn't even noticed it until i finished reading the book. hehe.

you can read all the reviews you want, but you'll never know if you'll like any story unless you read it yourself. you're never gonna find a book that everyone loves. so don't let a few bad reviews spoil the fun.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Too Long, Too Predictable, and Not very belivable.
Review: I enjoyed reading this novel but It was a little to drawn out for it's own good. There were sections where I couldn't wait to get to the next page, but many times I was let down by that very next page. Some part's were a little too predicatable and at other's not very believable. This may be because my line of work is the same as the central character. It was good but it was not great. I think that some of the reviews on this page are a little too kind. If you have nothing else. . .enjoy.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great Stuff!!
Review: Truly a great book! Contains hardcore action and thrilling suspense. If you like computers, you'll love this! Iles is a master of emotion and cleverness.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Another psycho-sexual thriller.....can you say "sell out"?
Review: I'm a huge fan of Greg Iles. I absolutely loved SP and BC, and was disappointed with Mortal Fear. First off, the first-person perspective got extremely annoying as I progressed through the book. First person perspective truly limits the development of other characters, since you are in the head of only one. In a novel of that length, I was sick of his character's whining and pining over his sister-in-law.....please! His "bad guy" was well done as usual, but the story was just another killer-thriller that clogs the fiction shelves of bookstores. I was hoping he could have gone the route of N. Stephenson's "Cryptonomicon", where high-tech meets history. Guess the money is in this.....


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