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Summary: The author needs experience, but has potential
Review: I believe that beneath Meltzer's puerile debut as a slapstick comedy/thriller author, there is real potential. The plot and characters are sophomoric, although there are some clever one-liners. I frequently felt that I was watching a play where one actor, using the same dialogue, played all the roles. Even the nemesis, Rick, enacts a very similar being as do our heroes. Eliminate a few sexual overtones and the profanity, and this book could be a Nancy Drew or Hardy Boys mystery. However, with several sessions of good writing tutelage and gained expertise, Meltzer might just make it.The book's ending almost justifies the means. The author does know how to attain an acceptable resolution to the story.
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Summary: A entertaining page turner.
Review: We follow Ben Addison's misadventures, from his very first day in his job as a Supreme Court clerk. With a very solid development of characters, Meltzer builds a plot were four close friends and a woman are set up. And they have to risk their lives, their jobs and their friendship. Some will win and some will lose. Suspense, double crosses, blackmail...
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Summary: Great Story Line; Interesting Characters; Lot's of Surprises
Review: The surprising turns in the story line keeps glued to it. Holds up well as an audio book.
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Summary: Illegal Filler
Review: How worse can you get for a legal thriller without a single court-room scene? The plot was horrible, dialogue simple yet boring, characters and situations totally unbelieveable. Most rediculous of all are the "reviews" inside. This is a book that does not respect the readers at all.
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Summary: A good book overall
Review: This book was well written. The characters had a lot of potential and Meltzer did well at using that potential. Having said that, it was not as good as Grisham's books, but this is Meltzers first try. With his obvious talent, Meltzer is sure to produce another bestseller soon enough.
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Summary: I waited and waited for it to get better, but all in vain.
Review: Being an attorney myself, I picked up this book with eager anticipation. I wish now that I had been a little less impulsive. I finished the book just 4 days ago, and have already forgotten "who dunnit", and really don't care. I do remember that the ending was predictable. However, the most annoying aspect was the gratuitous dialogue....this book was very wordy for no apparent point. I did think that the characters had some potential, but about mid-book it became painfully apparent that the author was not interested in any true development. I believe that I will stick to Jack Higgins.
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Summary: Lame
Review: After reading about 100 pages I was shocked to go back and read the "reviews" on the covers from People Magazine and Washington Post. These must be paid "reviews" because they are outrageous in their promotion of this poorly written and simplistic work. If this kind of drivel sells then I think I will have to think about changing careers... what an easy way to make a buck!
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Summary: EXCITING.... VERY SATISFYING
Review: This is for the person who lives in RACINE WISCONSIN. The plot was great! I could not put this book down.By the way have you read some of Grishams latest books because I have and they did't come close to DEAD EVEN.
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Summary: I thought this would be a *good* trashy novel. Wrong!
Review: This is one of the few books I have actually thrown out after 50 or 100 pages. I kept reading for a while, thinking it would get better, but no.... Utterly improbable plot and poor, stereotypical characters. Not even as good as Grisham's books (as opposed to the movies based on them, which aren't bad), and that says a lot.
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Summary: Beginners Luck
Review: Having also read Dead Even, one can conclude that Meltzer is not exactly a briiliant novel. Meltzer's writing can sometimes read like a ninth grade (as I am one myself), but his plots are brilliant. The Tenth Justice is one of my first true loves in legal thrillers. Although I did not review it until now, I picked it up in Portugal this summer and wasted a day in Portugal reading this book four 8 hours BECAUSE I COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN. This book is a work of art and is equivalent to The Client and The Firm. The same, however, cannot be said for Dead Even. . .
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