And Then You Die

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Summary: Worth your time.
Review: This is the first Iris Johansen book I've read, and I was pleasantly surprised. I thought the suspense was great, I was hooked from the first chapter. It is easy reading, and the plot is not too complicated, but all in all, I quite enjoyed it. Granted, it is a tad unbelievable in the fact that Bess could so easily manipulate the CIA just because she is a bit stubborn. But who said a book had to be believable to be good? If you like an easy-to-read suspense, that moves at a good pace, with just a hint of romance thrown in, I would say "And Then You Die", is worth your time. I very much enjoyed Iris Johansens writing style, and I plan to read more of her books.

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Summary: An annoying read...
Review: I read romances because, well, because I find them relaxing and they bring a smile to my face. This book totally failed to do that, and I swear my blood pressure rose to danger levels while I read it. I absolutely detested the 'heroine'. I presume that her actions were supposed to be self-sacrificing and noble, but in truth they were the ultimate height of selfiness (willing to sacrifice whomever it takes if need be to get her way). I thought she was one-dimensional, unkind, disagreeable, unsympathetic, and totally self absorbed...kinda what you'd expect in the antagonist of a novel, not the protagonist. I couldn't get past my dislike of the main character to determine whether I found the rest of the story engrossing or not...

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Summary: The most dislikeable main character I've come across.
Review: I listened to about 3 of the 5 cassettes and grew to loath the main character. At every sensible suggestion, this woman said no, or disagreed or something. Rarely have I had a more negative reaction to a book.

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Summary: Annoying, Horrible Book
Review: This book should have never been printed. Very poor characters and plot, annoyingly unbelievable. Oh sure, the CIA would let Bess direct the action and dictate their behavior. I wanted to slap some sense into her. She was obnoxious, stupid and reckless. Bodies fall all around her because of her self-centered obsession. She stupidly minimizes her importance as a walking antidote for a deadly biological agent and jeopardizes her own life and that of many others for an infant of three days acquaintance. I've never before encountered a character, the heroine, who I wanted to see killed because she was so bad. I wanted to scream several times at the stupid plotting, characters and dialogue and regret spending money on this nonsense. I won't be reading another Iris book.

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Summary: Great book,Johansen has done herself proud!!
Review: And Then You Die was a PAGE TURNER from start to finish.Her characters and story line in this book were excellent reading

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Summary: Lacking in Substance
Review: I was extremely disappointed in this book. At first it grabbed me then it drabbed me. As stated in previous reviews the dialog was mundane and child like. The plot was thin and the characters were not believable. The CIA would never had given in to such flimsy demands. I noticed the dialog repeating itself constantly, making it easy to skip some pages, without missing any new developments. I read an average of 15 to 20 novels a year and I can't imagine an average of 3 stars for this book. I can not recommend this book. As Ms. Johansens book writing matures, perhaps I will try her again, doubtfully though.

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Summary: THE BEST!!!
Review: This is the best book!! i couldn't put it down it's the perfect combinations of romance and action. I couldn't put it down the main star was a strong stubborn woman i loved it!! You've got to read it

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Summary: A huge disappointment
Review: Did they take out anything in the paperback version of the novel?? Coz this book is a big disappointment coming from an author that had wrote The Ugly Darkling and the Golden Barbarian. They should not have classified this as a romance novel coz I can hardly find any romance element in this book! except a few pages with a hint of anything going on between the lead characters. what a big letdown! Even the supposed suspense in this novel did not keep me riveted as promised. And she really knows how to write big house cliches. I just hope most of her fans would skip this or else they will think that their favorite author had some sort of writer's block or something.

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Summary: This book is not worth reading--a big disappointment.
Review: This is an unfortunate book which never should have been published in it's current form. The dialogue is stilted and foolish. A child in fifth grade may write more believable conversations. The plot and character motivation is just plain silly. The author has created stereotyped characters who do what the author tells them to do. Ms. Johansen obviously has an idea in mind for how to get from the beginning to the end but people would never be so stupidly motivated. The plot is totally unbelievable. There is no logic to any of it. This book is completely terrible and I hope the author will not allow anything this bad to be published again.

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Summary: A Must Read!
Review: In selecting a book, I read the first paragraph or two to see if it holds my interest. This book did from the very first page. I was unable to put the book down! It had the right blend of suspense and romance. And there were so many twists!! It also didn't insult my intelligence. The characters were realistic and their motives and actions believable. The attraction between Bess and Kaldak was so great that I was falling in love with him. This is one of the best books I've read in a long time. Also, it's not "a chick book", my husband's reading it now and he can't put it down!