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Summary: The title speaks true
Review: I HATED this book. The title fits this book in that it was a deception! It lacked any intrigue. I was bored after page 2. I tried my best to believe that it would get better, but I was sorely disappointed!
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Summary: Forget those whinners...this book is good.
Review: This was my first time listening to a Robert Ludlum book. It was great! I have already ordered more of his books. The story line is interesting and easy to follow, but with a few hidden twists. It also has an interesting connection to a very rich software guy in Seattle (it is of course a fictional character in the book)...If you like spy / cloak & dagger, , you will enjoy this book.
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Summary: why bring him back?
Review: Having been a Ludlum fan forever I anticipated a good read with his newest novel. However, I found this book to be his worst effort.Maybe I missed something but why would Dunn recruit bryson back from a peaceful college existence when Dunn himself was a member of the conspiracy? After that it was down hill all the way. Not only were the confrontation scenes predictable but also unbeliveable. Time after time poor Bryson feels overmatch and is still able to prevail. Not just an operative but more closely related to superman. Hopefully, Ludlum will return to his Bourne style and we can all forget about the "directorate"
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Summary: Yes, he should have retired.
Review: I agree with the reader who suggested Ludlum should have retired. This novel goes on far too long. It reminds me of Agent 007, all the gimmicky devices.
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Summary: An Excellent Read!
Review: This was the first Ludlum novel I picked up, and I've fell in love. This novel has all the action and thrills of a Mission Impossible flick, while having an intriguing conspiracy plot. I'm looking forward to reading more of Ludlum's work.
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Summary: If Ludlum Wrote This, It's Time for Him to Retire
Review: I have been reading Ludlum for almost 25 years, and he has been far and away my favorite author. I have read virtually all of his books. I think I can spot vintage Ludlum, and "The Prometheus Deception" isn't it. It just doesn't read like a Ludlum novel. For those who don't know, Ludlum has had some medical problems the past few years. Either they have taken his toll and affected his writing, or someone else wrote this. Either way, his fans should not be left to suffer through another one of these poor efforts. The story is pretty banal. Everyone who is anyone in the world is conspiring to enslave the planet while getting rich through electronic surveillance. There are so many double and triple crosses here that it hardly seems that the world is worth saving as everyone seems to be in on the plot causing one to wonder who will keep an eye on who. The story centers on Nick Bryson, the world's greatest spy, or something like that, blah, blah, blah. Nick always seems to be one step behind everyone leaving him miles behind even the most casual reader. Ludlum (or whoever) seems to be making this all up as he goes along. Where is the carefully plotted and paced thriller that we have come to expect? Where is at least one character than the reader can care an iota about? Instead, we have tons and tons of technology, like we need another technonovel. This book reads like the end of the line for Ludlum. Unfortunately, he makes it all too clear that Bryson and his cryptographer and equally boring wife will soon be returning to battle evil in a sequel sometime in the not to distant future. Please Bob, it's time to hang it up.
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Summary: Predictably Ludlum
Review: Ludlum seems to follow a format of spy vs. spy and double-crosses (triple and quadruple), and this book has many of them. The plot seems to happen in a shorter timeframe than most of his other books, which tends to suspend believability even more. Overall readable with some twists that are expected but still surprising in how they happen.
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Summary: Guess who wrote this one?
Review: As kids my sister and I use to play a game of "Guess who wrote this" She'd pick up a book, cover it with brown paper and read-out the first few pages. I had to guess the author and vice-versa. If we'd played our "Guess who wrote" game with this book I would have lost. I wonder if Ludlum had a writer's block - but then, even the language doesn't seem to be Ludlums. If you are a die-hard Ludlum fan go ahead and read it - but I'm sure you'd say the same thing I did - Did he really write this?
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Summary: untitled
Review: This is the best book in the spy genre that I've read so far. The main character is the ex-spy Nicholas Bryson who is unhapily retired under the civilian legend Jonas Barett. When he is finally settling down, he is all but forced from retrement, to spy on his former employers, the directorate. The Directorate is so covert that you have to be cleared up the wahoo to know of its existence. From now on , things get complicated. Bryson travels around the world under an old legend, trying to find out the truth. The reader is kept in the dark about who the bad guy is, until the very last chapter of the book. Therefore, it is nearly impossible to put the book down; One night when I was reading, the alarm suddenly went off, and I had to go to school....
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Summary: A poor effort
Review: I have read every book by Ludlum, and therefore, am a fan. This book was so amaturish, so juvenile, to the extent, that I question that he even wrote it, or maybe just put his name on it. The plot is superficial, and poorly researched. The characters week. In all, a very poor effort.
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