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Summary: Great book but ridiculous ending
Review: I have read 5 of Judith Kelman's books so far, and enjoyed every one. This one was particularly gripping. HOWEVER, every ending so far has been ridiculous. I have come to realize that this author always leaves loose ends hanging, and always has an ending that doesn't make sense. However, I am still happy to read her books - the enjoyment I get for 95% of the book more than compensates for the weak endings.
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Summary: Great book but ridiculous ending
Review: I have read 5 of Judith Kelman's books so far, and enjoyed every one. This one was particularly gripping. HOWEVER, every ending so far has been ridiculous. I have come to realize that this author always leaves loose ends hanging, and always has an ending that doesn't make sense. However, I am still happy to read her books - the enjoyment I get for 95% of the book more than compensates for the weak endings.
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Summary: An Insult to Intelligent Readers
Review: I love reading suspense thrillers but after ten pages, knew that this book was dreadful. I continued to read, hoping that the book would improve. It didn't. Please don't make the same mistake. This book is an experience of suspense writing at its worst. Sloppy plotting. No research. Gross technical blunders. Numerous subplots and subcharacters, mostly unconnected, irrelevant, no sense of reality.The plot is built around an egregious assumption: an obviously guilty mass murderer is released from deathrow on a technicality. I described the circumstances to my husband who works on death penalty cases - - under no circumstances could the situation depicted in the book occur. The plot line is insulting to the reader's intelligence and is an affront to the legal sytem. For example, can anyone really believe that double jeopardy could prevent a retrial or that DNA evidence can not be retested? The whole premise was ludicrous! Also, identity theft was an important theme in the book - again, the plot was fraught with inaccuracies and false information (I'm a banker and aware of financial regulations and banking policies). There were many odd semi-plot lines throughout the book, none of which added value to the storyline or reached a satisfactory conclusion. There was an expert at hand-writing analysis who had an eating disorder and called everyone by first and last name (I kept wondering why). He can predict a person's weight within 5 pounds by looking at their writing (I bet!). Then there was a criminal psychologist with threatening clientelle and an evil ex-wife who makes things difficult with the kids - a fire starts in his apartment but we never find out who started it or whether it was relevant. We also find out that the psychologist falls for a gorgeous FBI agent but that's the last we hear on that. So why even mention it? The last ten pages of this book were a relief because an end was in sight. It was consistent with the rest of the book: totally unbelievable. It seemed as if the author knew that she just needed to end this terrible, implausable mess. It's a shame that the author's editor didn't provide more guidance, but perhaps the editor realized that it was beyond any sense of credibility.
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Summary: LOVED THIS BOOK!!!!
Review: I loved this book!! It was fast-paced and suspenseful from cover to cover. I've read all of Kelman's books and she never fails to grab my interest right from the first page. I especially love the forensic group, the Arcanum.
I can't wait for Kelman's next book!!!
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Summary: COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN!!
Review: I thought this was a nice change to her previous novels. I am a picky reader of suspense, and I stayed up till 5 AM to finish it. Though, the ending was sort of abrupt! What happened to Diamond and his homeless friend??
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Summary: Suspense going nowhere fast
Review: I usually like Judith Kelman but after reading this book I doubt I will read her again. The book was slow, and as others have written, too many characters and plots going nowhere, and the ending was so contrived I felt the author was like her lead character in that she couldn't come up with an ending so she made up one of the worst nonsensical ones I have ever had the misfortune to read. Most of the time I wanted to just put the book down and say "forget it" but since I paid for it I kept going. For those of you who are looking for a good suspense novel with a great ending don't bother. Personally I think Judith Kelman should be ashamed of herself for putting us through 300 pages just to make up such an unbelievable book!
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Summary: Fantastic read
Review: Judith Kelman has crafted another gem. Every Step You Take does well to display Kelman's gift for vivid imagery and her dazzling use of suspense. I couldn't put it down. A definite MUST-READ.
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Summary: A terrific read!
Review: Kelman knows how to grab the reader and ratchet up suspense. A fast-paced, fascinating tale of deception and revenge. I'm a big fan of this author, and this is the best of the best!
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Summary: Ugh!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: Please tell me the major plot line for this book is actually in this book somewhere! I'm on page 158 and they have hardly mentioned it! And people keep getting murdered but no one mentions it afterwards! "Oh,theres money missing from my account? Oh well its the weekend I'll take care of it later!" Everyone assumes the bad guy is the cause of all evil, no exploration of who else may be at fault,or who or why. I don't know about anyone else but I personally like suspense/murder/mystery books that actually talk about the people who are murdered and try to figure out why. I would throw this book away if I hadn't paid full price for it. I would never read this author again and I know this only half way thru the book! Please tell me the rest of this book explains all the quirks of the characters I don't even care about! Please tell me they talk about the murders and explore other options instead of just going in one direction.
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Summary: A confusing mishmash with a very weird ending.
Review: The only good thing that I can say about "Every Step You Take," the new thriller by Judith Kelman, is that the author had the germ of a good idea at the beginning of the novel. The heroine, Claire Barrow, becomes a widow after her police officer husband, Noah, apparently takes his life. It seems that Noah was despondent after being accused of witness tampering and obstructing justice while investigating an important case involving a vicious serial killer. Claire's life subsequently goes from bad to worse. Her teenaged stepdaughter, Rainey, becomes increasingly rebellious, and Claire, who is under contract to write a new novel, gets a new editor who resembles Attila the Hun. So far, so good. Unfortunately, Kelman is not content to explore the themes of Noah's death, Claire's struggle to be a competent single parent, and her efforts to write a new novel. The author brings in a host of other plotlines, including one about a scraggly dog that Claire takes in, another about the theft of Claire's identity, still another about a club of forensic experts who are looking into the same murders that Noah had been investigating, another about a disreputable boyfriend of Claire's stepdaughter, and yet another about an aunt who tries to civilize Rainey. This book becomes increasingly busy until it reaches an ending that is so outlandish that it left me scratching my head in bewilderment. I have nothing against surprise endings, as long as they flow logically from previous events. That is not the case here. "Every Step You Take" loses its way after a promising beginning and never recovers.
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