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Summary: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Review: Who DOESN'T want to be a millionaire? Better yet, who would pass up a chance at getting what looks like really EASY money? No one knows about it, the alleged owner is dead and why should Uncle Sam get more money when somebody who really needs it could make better use of it? Why not indeed?Oliver's better instincts are telling him that if it looks to be too good to be true, it probably is. However, his brother Charlie and their friend Shep, convinces him otherwise. And what looked like the dream of a lifetime quickly spirals out of control into Charlie and Oliver's worst nightmare. They quickly find out that nothing and no one is what or who they seem. They also learn that the only people they can depend on is each other. Forget about the money. They just want to get out of the mess they have found themselves in with their LIVES. This was a great book that read like a movie. I found that I could not turn the pages fast enough. Having never read anything by this author before, I had no complaints at all, unlike some of the other reviews I've seen here. However, I can't wait to read his other books. If they are even better than this one, as some have said, I know that I will enjoy them as much, if not more, than this one. In any event, I would urge anyone looking for a fun, fast-paced beach read to take this book on vacation with them. This is a GREAT book to sweep you away!
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Summary: Good stuff!
Review: Reading this Meltzer book is like eating an artichoke. You keep peeling off the layers and more plots and twists appear underneath. This one moves along quite nicely as the Caruso brothers, both employees of a private bank, get into more trouble than one would ever hope to be in by yeilding to the temptation to take some money that didn't belong to them because they became convinced that no one would ever know the money was taken. Once the button is pushed and the money taken their world turns upside down, inside out and every which way but loose as they try to figure out what has happened to their perfect scheme and why is the Secret Service after them and how did 3 million dollars turn into 313 million dollars and where are they going to go to find the answers to these questions. The answer to where is the same as the MVP of the Super Bowl shouts: "I'm going to Disney World!" I'm not sure that Mickey will be pleased at how The Magic Kingdom fits into all of this, but this is a good book which will keep you happily turning the pages for some time.
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Summary: The Millionaries
Review: Don't look for this on the big screen. Or the little screen. As a matter of fact don't look for this anywhere. Awful.
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Summary: Audio Version
Review: The audio for this book is absolutely horrible. The reader is the worse I have ever heard.
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Summary: Two brothers are on the run in this amateurish thriller.
Review: Charlie and Oliver Caruso are close-knit siblings who work for a private bank named Greene & Greene. Although they are generally honest young men, Charlie and Oliver are faced with a mountain of debt. They care greatly for their loving mother who depends on them financially. Suddenly, the brothers have an opportunity to make millions of dollars by committing a "victimless crime." What would be the harm if they embezzled three million dollars from an old abandoned account? The owner of the account is deceased and the money has never been claimed. If Charlie and Oliver took the money, who would know? As the two brothers soon find out, they have stumbled into a hornet's nest, and the stakes are much bigger than they could ever have imagined. Soon, Charlie and Oliver are on the run, suspected of murder and in great danger from some bad guys who play for keeps. The bad guys chase the brothers down to Florida, with the intention of permanently silencing them. Does this plot sound familiar? "The Millionaries" is one of the most cliché-ridden and amateurish thrillers that I have read in a long time. Charlie and Oliver act like two overaged adolescents and their silly banter quickly wears thin. They have the judgment of goldfish and their immature behavior makes it hard to believe that they are grown men. The villains in this novel are complete stereotypes. The plot is unrealistic, dull and uninvolving. Not one of the characters has any life or dimension. When I finally finished this 481 page book, I had a renewed appreciation for writers who craft thrillers that actually thrill. This novel misses the mark completely. I recommend that you skip "The Millionaries."
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Summary: Enjoyable, nice plot twists
Review: ... Bought it, read a couple of pages and put it down. Came back to it...went along...thought "I'll never finish this" when all of a sudden the vortex opened and sucked me into a non-stop read. Completely enjoyable and surprising at the end. Highly recommended. And when it gets slow is when you will be tempted to walk away. DON'T DO IT!! READ ON!! A great E-Ticket ride.
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Summary: The Perfect Crime..........?
Review: Brad Meltzer's The Millionaires is a suspense work that stands in a different footing from the author's other works. Firstly it is not a legal fiction work, like The Tenth Justice or The First Counsel. Secondly, it is not a "pucca" thriller, like Dead Even, & thirdly there is no "hero" in the work. What The Millionaires is, is a Gritty Caper; a real adventure, with convincing fallible characters - the likes of which are few & far between in popular fiction today. Oliver & Charlie Caruso are brothers who work in the same hi-fi bank dealing only with the mega-rich. Both dream of success, in their own way, but ultimately find that what they are destined for is a lifetime behind the desk, as small flies. One routine day Oliver comes across an abandoned 3 Million dollar account. No one has any claim over it, no one knows it exists, and no one will ever miss it. It sounds like the perfect crime & the brothers together with the help of the Bank's Security head, steal the money, & dream of a world of riches, luxury & success. However, the next day they discover that they have more money in their account than what they stole. It has ballooned into a whooping 313 Million dollars. It slowly dawns on the brothers that they have been patsies to someone else's bigger scheme. Suddenly the Secret Service is breathing down their necks, so is a Private Investigator. They decide to escape, but their plan goes bang & the investigator is killed. With the Secret Service close on their heels, it is a race against time for the brothers to prove their innocence in the bigger scheme of things. The Millionaires is an exciting tale of double cross & treachery. As I said earlier, it is not exactly a thriller - it is a caper, an adventure of the first order. Good caper mysteries have been rare in the past half-a-dozen years, & this one is a welcome relief. It is in similar vein to the popular 'Perfect Crime' capers like, Michael Crichton's The Great Train Robbery. The taut but simple style of narration kept me glued from the first page itself. Curl up with The Millionaires in the evening. Guaranteed, the suspense will keep you warm on a cold night.
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Summary: Not John Grisham
Review: Although this book was entertaining please do not fall for the John Grisham comparisons. It became down right annoying at points. Not enough to keep me hooked on the edge of my seat. As an avid reader this is not one of my favorites and again no where near Grisham !!!!!
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Summary: Laurel & Hardy
Review: This book reads like a Laurel & Hardy script.
It's very hard for me to return to this book
day after day, I was not expecting a comedy
from Meltzer. The dialouge between the two
brothers is totally assinine. I'm at page 170,
and doubt if I'll be able to finish reading
this novel. Too bad, I was looking forward
to Meltzer's latest, now I'm sorry I bought it.
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Summary: Extremely Average
Review: The Millionaires is by no stretch of the imagination a bad book, but that's not to say it's a great book either. How anyone, critic or casual reader, can compare Brad Meltzer to John Grisham is beyond my comprehension. Meltzer's writing style seems very juvenile in comparison with Grisham's. With The Millionaires, Meltzer takes a very simple premise and drags it out to the point that you no longer care about the characters by the end of the book. Weighing in at 479 pages, it is very drawn out, and characters seem to be in the same conversations and situations several times. About 100 pages of the book could have been hacked by the editor. For his next novel, Meltzer needs to take a bit more time to produce quality, not quantity. The Millionaires is definitely worth checking out at your local library, but don't waste the money to buy it in hardcover. This is a paperback purchase at best!
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