Epitaph

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Summary: Grumpy Old Men; The Crime
Review: Epitaph is a good book to read over a weekend. It's a little slow moving but, the ending is interesting. It's a crime novel but it also has the theme of growing old and being alone.
The hero of the story is a seventy year old man. I would recommend the book.

Rating:
Summary: Grumpy Old Men; The Crime
Review: Epitaph is a good book to read over a weekend. It's a little slow moving but, the ending is interesting. It's a crime novel but it also has the theme of growing old and being alone.
The hero of the story is a seventy year old man. I would recommend the book.

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Summary: I feel let down......
Review: I bought this book based on the reviews I read and boy do I feel let down. That pace was too slow and the plot took forever to develop.If you like your reading to act as a sleeping aid, this might be the book for you.

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Summary: GRAVE MISTAKE
Review: I certainly admire Siegel for wanting to write a story that had an seventy year old as its hero. The reaffirmation that being elderly doesn't mean being dead is a good intention. However, in EPITAPH, William is so low in self-esteem and has little literary energy, so the plot moves at a snail's pace, and one can't feel the urge to finish what could possibly be a good book? I don't know cause midway through, I got tired of William and the rambling lack of action, so I didn't finish it. You'll have to decide...

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Summary: GRAVE MISTAKE
Review: I certainly admire Siegel for wanting to write a story that had an seventy year old as its hero. The reaffirmation that being elderly doesn't mean being dead is a good intention. However, in EPITAPH, William is so low in self-esteem and has little literary energy, so the plot moves at a snail's pace, and one can't feel the urge to finish what could possibly be a good book? I don't know cause midway through, I got tired of William and the rambling lack of action, so I didn't finish it. You'll have to decide...

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Summary: Worth the Wait
Review: I read this book even after having read some of the more negative comments here (I tend to let those things influence me!) but thoroughly enjoyed it. While it might have been just a bit slow in the beginning, I think all of it was necessary to set the mood and background of the characters. The ending was unexpected. A really good read. His second book "Derailed" is even better -- another surprise ending! I can't wait for #3.

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Summary: Excellent book
Review: I really liked this book. The main character was different and interesting, not your usual hero. The premise of the story was great. This author really gave his main character depth. He writes very well too. Perhaps the villian was a little fantastic but the rest of the book was so good that it was easy to accept this unlikely (I hope) killer. Some parts were a little gory but the pacing of the plot kept me reading right through to the end.

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Summary: Captivating
Review: I was captivated by this book from early on in the story. Epitaph is an awesome thriller. It is an intriguing book by all standards and is nearly impossible to put down. I recommend this book to anyone who likes a good suspense thriller. I enjoyed it more than any other book I've read in recent memory.

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Summary: Captivating
Review: I was captivated by this book from early on in the story. Epitaph is an awesome thriller. It is an intriguing book by all standards and is nearly impossible to put down. I recommend this book to anyone who likes a good suspense thriller. I enjoyed it more than any other book I've read in recent memory.

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Summary: A spellbinder!!
Review: James Siegel is a wonderful new talent. His first novel displays great writing and plotting along with a contant sense of threat to William, its septagenarian protagonist, that is at first low-key, but builds to terrifying levels as the story develops. This novel is much, much more than a detective story. It's stunningly compelling first-rate fiction.