Dirt

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Summary: Dirt
Review: I read 3 other Stuart Woods books and loved them all, even thought I found them a little trashy. But "Dirt" was a total surprise to me. Very unmoralistic and the main character was not one bit respectable at all, minus a conscience! I will try one more book though.

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Summary: I thougt it was a great read, and recommend this book to all
Review: I really loved this book it was a real page turner for me. This is my first book I've read by Stuart Woods and in the last month I've read every book that has this charcter in it. It kept me reading long into the night, and always on the edge of my sit. If you love supense this is a great book. I must warn the sexual appetite of the character is high, but that didn't bother me. Stuart Woods has got a fan for life.

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Summary: Not his best
Review: I'm a big fan of Woods, but I'm writing this review to say that he shouldn't be judged by this book, which is appropriately titled. I'm not sure he would agree, but his best book is "Heat", and I wish he would write another like it. All of his other Stone Barrington books are to be recommmended with higher marks.

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Summary: Not his best
Review: I'm a big fan of Woods, but I'm writing this review to say that he shouldn't be judged by this book, which is appropriately titled. I'm not sure he would agree, but his best book is "Heat", and I wish he would write another like it. All of his other Stone Barrington books are to be recommmended with higher marks.

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Summary: Not worthy of one star.
Review: I've not read anything else by Stuart Woods, but using "Dirt" as an example of his writing, I'm not likely to. Very low on believable characterizations and high on mindless, hedonistic action, it gives the sometimes-appealing "trashy novel" a bad name. Makes Jackie Collins look like W.Somerset Maugham.

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Summary: Read Woods, but don't get dirty.
Review: If you have never read Woods before, you might be better off skipping this one and picking up an earlier work first. Not that you should ignore DIRT, but you might want to try CHIEFS, SWIMMING TO CATALINA, N.Y. DEAD, or THE RUN first. I have read maybe half of Woods' books, and this is the first one I can find reason to speak negatively about. Not too negatively, mind you. You want intrigue, you want flash, you want Flesh? You got it with DIRT. And lots of flesh. Woods always sprinkles a healthy bit of graphic sex into his stories, but DIRT relies on the sex a bit too heavily, taking away from what could be a typically taut Woods story and turning it into a letter to Penthouse, the story lost in the smut. I sound harsh, again I will attempt to state that DIRT is a good read, but you have to wonder, what happened to Stuart Woods? Tabloids and sex, fine. Good even. Ferragamo shoes and purple label Ralph Lauren suits. Fine again--status and all that. More sex. Still fine. Just stop trying to show off there Stu. Cartier, Rolex, Chanel, Purple Label, whatever. You got a good story, it just got lost somewhere between the bedroom and Barney's.

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Summary: smart and sophisticated
Review: Listening to the book on audio cassette was just plain "fun". The characters were believable enough to be interesting and unbelievable enough to make me chuckle. The reader had just the right inflection in his voice to give the listener a sense of the tongue-in-cheek flavor of the story. I recommend it to anyone who enjoys a good mystery with a touch of humor

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Summary: After 2 books, Stone hasn't failed me yet!
Review: New York Dead was awesome, and this was fast-paced and easy to digest as well! Boy oh boy, it seems like Stone should have been playing the lead on Dream On, with the way he gets all the women! Don't let a sixth-grader read this! Enough of the sexual gab, I was able to finish this book with ease and just kept on going. If Dead in the Water is of the caliber of its predecessors, Sutart Woods will be on my A list!

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Summary: Like Reading a TV Movie
Review: Reading Stuart Woods'"Dirt" was like reading a made-for-TV movie: Glamorous characters, fast-paced action and nothing too deep to make your head hurt. I could easily imagine Tom Selleck as Stone Barrington, and I'm sure Susan Lucci could star as the bitchy gossip columnist Amanda Dart. Though I find Woods' characters to be cardboard cutouts, his pulpy plots are entertaining. This is definitely beach reading.

Rating:
Summary: Like Reading a TV Movie
Review: Reading Stuart Woods'"Dirt" was like reading a made-for-TV movie: Glamorous characters, fast-paced action and nothing too deep to make your head hurt. I could easily imagine Tom Selleck as Stone Barrington, and I'm sure Susan Lucci could star as the bitchy gossip columnist Amanda Dart. Though I find Woods' characters to be cardboard cutouts, his pulpy plots are entertaining. This is definitely beach reading.