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Summary: Stunningly bad
Review: Wow, I'm surprised that anyone gave this more than 2 stars. This is a candidate for the worst book I've read in my life. It starts bad and gets worse, with stupid characters and absurd plot twists. Most grating is the consistantly bad writing; Kean simply writes poor sentences, and it can be painful to read them. I mean, I don't expect Nabokov, or even Grisham, but this was just an amateur effort throughout. I guess I shouldn't have been surprised after reading Kean's thanks to his collegues at a big consulting firm for their support. Hey Kean, go back to your day job shredding documents rather than writing them! Maybe I just felt cheated because I had to lug this 720-pager home from the library and back.
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Summary: Excellent and suspenseful novel.....must read!!
Review: Rob Kean's first book was a success in every sense of the word. The story kept you entertained, guessing, surprised and not wanting to put the book down for what might occur next. I attended an Ivy League college, joined a frat, and played a college sport. These connections made the story even more captivating for me on a personal level. I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a quick, fascinating read about the powers and extremes of fraternal brotherhood.
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Summary: Keep You Reading On...
Review: I really enjoyed this book. Although the plot is a little far fetched at times, it has enough suspense to keep you interested. The characters were well developed and you really got a sense of how a private school might react if something like that did occur. While reading it, I thought how this book would make a great teen horror movie. Hmmm...I guess I'll have to wait and see!
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Summary: Outstanding novel
Review: I think this was an outstanding book. It kept me on my seat wondering what was going to happen next. I could not put this book down. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes excitement, and mystery. I hope to see more like this one.
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Summary: Super Gripping
Review: I could not put this book down. I started to read this book in the middle of the week but before I finished the first chapter I just knew I had to save it for the weekend. So I cleared my weekend calender and from Friday evening on I read it streight through. I could not stop and I am waiting for more books by this author.
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Summary: The Pledge by Rob Kean
Review: This book is absolutely amazing. What a great debut book! Can't wait til he comes out with another one!
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Summary: Perfect for those who went to school in a small town...
Review: If you went to college in a small town, this book will be very familiar to you.
I went to school in a small town at a selective university, and many of the people, places, etc. are all familiar, making this book a very good and easy read.
I hope Mr. Kean comes out with a follow up soon.
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Summary: Very Impressive Rob!
Review: I certainly enjoyed reading "The Pledge" being a fraternity alum who went to the same high school as Rob. I could relate to many of the stories, humor and descriptions of greek life and the students at a small liberal arts college. I especially was impressed when some of the character names resembled similarities to our town upbringing. Additionally, some of the character actions put me in sync with Rob's mindset. I do, however, agree with some of the other readers comments about some of the characters actions being a little too unrealistic in addition to the overuse of certain four-letter words. Nevertheless this book is a thriller in the end. Anyone who has been a part of the greek system will certainly relate. My favorite quote about the attractive blue-eyed blonde girlfriend of the hero, "a body that roughly fifty percent of the campus longed to hold, and the other fifty longed to resemble."
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Summary: a great book
Review: An excellent read! He's right up there with Patterson and Grisham. Why hasn't he wrote any others??
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Summary: What happened to the ending???
Review: Ok----I read several of the reviews and decided to purchase this novel with high anticipation. Now being a type of person who LOVES reading but has a hard time finding ample time to do so, I MADE time to read this book. Fantastic characters, plot and suspense. Everything was vivid; I felt like I was right there. However, the ending really disappointed me. All sequence of events were very descriptive and pulled me into them. The ending did nothing but summarize what happened. This novel is a major page turner and I promise you'll read it fast...you may want to throw it against the wall when you get to the ending.....very disappointing.
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