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Summary: Easy Prey Disappoints
Review: "Easy Prey" disappointed me. The whole book seemed shallow and convoluted, and the solution, at the end, seemed to come out of left field. It didn't seem investigated or developed enough. In addition, I found myself mentally "shouting" at Lucas throughout, trying to nudge him in the direction of a more fruitful investigation. Perhaps I read too many similar books, but it seemed untrue to the Davenport character for him to concentrate so utterly on a fruitless investigative path.Unlike some reviewers, I didn't mind the "female" subplots as much, and I am happy to see some hint of a Weather return to the series. I was a bit disappointed, though, that the maturation of Lucas in regards to women was ignored in this installment. Overall, I found this an enjoyable read, but definitely not up to the standards of earlier "Prey" novels.
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Summary: Disappointed!
Review: Hi all,get a pen and paper..you will need it to keep track of the number of characters coming and going (getting murdered) in this supposed to be mystery thriller.It does not fall into either of the two categories,first of all its not a mystery by any standards and far far behind being called as a thriller.I think its high time John sandford change his style of presenting the novel..rather than writing it as a mystery its better for him to introduce killer in the first page and then start it from there.Don't get excited reading the reviews of double murder and the hunt for the killer,in fact I totally lost how many killings take place in the novel one after the other and the most annoying part is the ending which is a big letdown.After going through 350 odd pages,I think the reader should be atleast given a good ending,but no..its really disappointing.The same thing happened with 'The Night Crew' and it is repeated here in this novel.So my final advice is avoid this novel at any cost.
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Summary: "Prey" for better next time
Review: I have read all the "Prey" novels by John Sandford and had found the series to be slipping over the last several books. I got this one as a gift so I decided to give Lucas and Co. another chance. Unfortunately, the slippage continues. While not terrible, the book simply isn't very interesting or exciting. As others have noted, the killer comes in from out of left field. Sandford doesn't share clues with the readers so that we have a chance to figure out whodunit; there is no sense of fair play because there is no way we could have identified the killer. It is as if Sandford had reached his contractual limit on pages and needed to wrap it up. But of even greater concern to me was how things really never seemed to lead anywhere. Lucas and his cohorts would identify someone as a suspect or witness and shortly the individual was dead. Then they were off on another tangent. Characters were introduced and you assumed they would have some further involvement - the welder at the photo shoot, Catherine Kinsley, assorted drug dealers, etc - but they disappear from the plot or are never a factor. The writing was oddly sloppy; for example, on page 210, Weather is described as "...a small woman, with wide athletic shoulders..." On the very next page, Sandford writes "...she was a small woman, with shoulders that were slightly too broad..." The situation with Marcy goes on way too long and the ups and downs of his relationships with the three women in his life are terribly routine, although admittedly the last line of the book is somewhat clever. Overall, this is not a book I can recommend. It has its moments but clearly Sandford has either run out of ideas or he is getting tired and just cranking them out to fulfill that contractual obligation. It's a shame, since the series started out with such promise.
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Summary: A Waste of Time
Review: After reading, thouroughly enjoying and recommending to friends to read the prey series, I am shocked at how poor this book was. JS should be ashamed to have released this extremenly disjointed aimless story. I always felt that Lucas was one of the stronger more interesting characterers and it pains me to see how he was relegated to a weak and sorry excuse for a male. The only good thing I can say is that the book is a quick and easy read but that is it. The antagonist was non-existent and the ending as weak as any I have read recently. Not much more to say.
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Summary: Disappointing if You're a "Prey" Fan!
Review: Suffice it to say that Mr. Sandford's Easy Prey was not up to his usual high standards. It was extremely difficult to stay with this one. The plot was convoluted beyond what it takes for a great whodunit. The characters are contrived and Lucas Davenport seems more preoccupied with the women in his life than in solving the murders.
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Summary: Another engaging Davenport Novel
Review: Once again, Lucas Davenport is on the chase. The number of suspects is a little large/ confusing and the end is a little dull but the story line behind Davenport's social life keeps things pretty interesting
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Summary: Uninspired Prey
Review: Yes, Lucas Davenport is still an interesting character, but this time out things got messy. At first I was intrigued with all the subplots, especially with Lucas and his women. The romantic in me fervently hoped that he and Weather would reunite. By the end, though, Lucas had become a calculated user. He really wanted to figure out how to engage all of them. He doesn't deserve Weather. Worse, though, Sandford's usually intricate plotting and interweaving of characters was missing. In its place was a mess. It's not that an investigation wouldn't be messy in actuality, but this one had the normally insightful Lucas jumping to all sorts of lame conclusions. In the final analysis, Sandford no longer seems to respect his own creation. While Lucas Davenport has had a very hard edge in past novels, there was also a weird morality to the man. He was never quite so shallow and trivial as he is in Easy Prey. Please, John Sandford, either revive Lucas or kill him.
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Summary: detroit policewomen love john sanford
Review: hi i am retired from the detroit police dept, myself and all my police friends love john sanford. GREAT BOOK!
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Summary: Easy Prey-The Reader
Review: I have read all of the "prey" books and this is by far the worst. Davenport has become a political animal and the fact he is juggling three women even lowers him more in my eyes. The plot is boring-put me to slep every night after a few pages...so and so went here, called so and so....no clues to who the killer(s) is/are....I had no sympathy for the victims, either. I can't believe I paid hard cover price for this!
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Summary: not Carmel and Clara
Review: After Sanford's last book, with Carmel and Clara as the Oh-So-Wonderful-Antagonists, I was looking forward to the new Sanford. This book was a big disappointment. Lucas Davenport seemed to be scurrying around looking for LOVE. He could't make up his mind. I didn't like that about him. I wanted him to be strong...I started thinking about him as shallow. Too many characters, too many murders, too many lovers. The ending was disappointing. His last was SOOOO good...this one SOOOO bad. Sanford, don't go for the bucks...plot your story out like the last book. We value your reads.
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