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Summary: disappointing follett
Review: I have read every book by Ken Follett andd this is a great disappointment. The characters were very wooden and shallow and the end was very predictable and trite. I will continue to read Follett in hopes that this book was a bad fluke!
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Summary: I couldn't put it down!
Review: This being the first book by Ken Follett that I've read, I was pleasantly entertained. From the beginning of the book, I had a very hard time putting it down at night. The mysteries just kept piling up and I had to know what happened. The cliffhanger endings at the end of each chapter didn't help much either.The characterization for the protagonists of the book were pretty good. I actually cared about what happened to them. I wanted them to get out of the mess they were in and be able to live happy lives. My main problem with this book were the two dimensional antagonists. They seemed to have no redeeming qualities whatsoever. Don't get me wrong, I hated them with a passion and I suppose that was the reaction that Follett was trying to engender, but a villain is always so much better when he has something that the reader can identify with. Unless you're a white supremacist, you won't be able to identify with any part of these guys. I have to say that this was a very entertaining read. Yes, there was a certain required amount of suspension of disbelief required, but that was also the case in Michael Crichton's JURASSIC PARK. Both books are very good, even though there are parts that aren't very realistic. It's the realism surrounding the unbelievable that makes it so good. I'd recommend this book to any one of my reading friends.
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Summary: Ok, but not the best he's ever written...
Review: I've read quite a few Follett novels, and must admit this is not my favorite. The plot is more contemporary than some of his former work, dealing with biotechnology and cloning issues, rather than the more history-based work he's done in the past. And I do like his work, this just isn't one of his best. The plot centers around a genetic researcher who is doing a study on criminal behavior, using twins as her core group. She comes across a series of identical twins who are raised apart, ideal for research. As she goes along, she discovers that not only were they raised apart, they were born of different mothers! During this process she comes under the scrutiny of some very powerful men and runs afoul of their political plans. All in all this is, as a previous reviewer states, a good beach read. It's face-paced, easy to digest, and moderately entertaining. Looked at on its own, it's fine. But from the perspective of some of Follett's other work, this is not up to his usual caliber. So, if you're not a huge fan of his, go ahead and buy it, but if you are, be aware you may be slightly disappointed.
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Summary: Two stories too many?
Review: Cassette Version I enjoyed Night over Water and the Key to Rebecca and was really disappointed by this. Perhaps Follett should stick to WWII. I listened to the audio version and when I had to switch it to side two I wondered why I was wasting my time and stopped. Two things really irritated me. The first was the stereotypical insensitive doctor collecting rape evidence. The second was the reader's abrasive accent. I found I wasn't enjoying it and popped another cassette in the tape player. The 2 stars are giving it the benefit of the doubt as I only listened to one side of one tape. Otherwise it would have received 1.
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Summary: Speed, love and genetics
Review: What a nice surprise! I just read this one because a friend of mine recommended it. I read Follett books before (The Needle and "Lion") but wasn't convinced terribly (I think the settings of the books were too historic for me (WW2, Afghanistan War). But this one has all the elements of a good contemporary thriller: believeable characters, tempo and a nice plot with enough twists to keep you reading for a while. Without putting Ken Follett down: it's the perfect beach read.
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Summary: "F" for Follett
Review: I've never read Ken Follett before, but the premise of the book sounded kind of interesting so I'd thought I'd read it. Well...I wouldn't recommend it. 1. It's very, very poorly researched. I studied psychology in college, and I know that no psychology professor would be able to do the things that Jeannie did (have instant access to medical files via computer, study DNA etc.) 2. Jeannie's's relationship with Steven (a student at the college) gave me the creeps. I mean, isn't that a little unethical for a faculty member to have a intimate relationship with a student? 3. The fact that she couldn't recognize that the 'evil' twin wasn't Steven wasn't a little unrealistic (though there was a time when a man mistakenly thought I was his very tall, blonde girlfriend even though I'm a 5'3" brunnette.) But still, usually people can tell their better half apart from some lookalike. 4. Probably what turned me off most was that the villians were extremely cartoonish, and they did the stupidest things, like discuss all their 'top secret' matters in a RESTAURANT. Let's just say you didn't need a PH.D. to expose their sinister plans. 5. I doubt it was possible that science was advanced far enough to be able to clone human babies in early 1970's (though if it were, I can easily see the Nixon administration giving their unofficial nod of approval.) 6. And finally, I think the ending was a little too over-the-top for me. Like everyone else said, there are ways too many"~ unrealistic coincidences and silly, contrived dialogue in this story."~ to add some slight hint of romantic feelings.
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Summary: The brave imagination in humanity
Review: Ken Follet is one of my favourite writers..... It's my first book whom Ken follet written have i read.In this book,there are many interseting scene and has a very important means for humanity. It seems teach us in order to receive what had GOD given and don't ever change anything in this world. The clonning system may be makes us get a better generation than present, but it would be a very difficult problem for humanity, as we know, there are so many,many nations in this world, so we have'nt a power to control a live at all. This book tells us how a secret experiment had done during the war that wants to create a perfect human for military 0nly without notices effects what could be happened in the future. So, eight new human species had born, each others have many different characteristics although their face were nearly amazing same. The twins of them,really was used by someone of them to do a criminal with a smart alibi.I say that it is a high-tech science in humanity, but it is a way to make a war with GOD, you know,......isn't it? However, this book is very good and special for us to open our visions to apreciate our live.
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Summary: Good....but Follett has done better!
Review: Not quite 'Pillars of the Earth' or 'A Dangerous Fortune', but it was an entertaining read. The book had some surprising twists and the characters were quite believable. It did get a bit descriptive at times, but overall it kept pretty focused on the adventure at hand. It does get you to think about what has and is being done in genetics research....creepy! It's a quick and easy read!
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Summary: makes you wonder....
Review: This was the first book I have ever read by him. I was a little wary of it...but my dad suggested it and our likes in books is genetic, i think. So I read it and WOW. It was great and was a fast read because it had so many twists and turns in it. I thought I had predicted the ending,but nothing I had come up with was even close to the real ending. It was so good that my next book by him was Hammer of Eden. another great one.
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Summary: Gets better as the clone count increases
Review: This was the first time , I read a novel by Ken Follett and I must say that it was hard to put down. I'm now reading "Eye of The Needle" which is supposed to be even better..wait for that review soon ! Its interesting to read about the potential dangers of human cloning; though it seems far fetched to believe its impact now, this will be a major ISSUE in the next decade or so. Ken Follett may have opened our eyes sooner rather than later ..let's hope that his forthcoming works are just as good.
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