Third Twin

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Summary: A thriller about the genetic causes of criminality
Review: I think this book as a great plot and many unespected twists and I really loved it. But sometimes is too focused of unimportant particulars like descriptions that are not interesting for the reader, transforming some of its parts in a kind of boring lecture.

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Summary: Flat, even silly characters.
Review: The plot was interesting, in theory. However, the flat, even silly characters spoiled the book. After hearing of the popularity of this author, I finally tried one of his books. Extremely doubtful that I shall do so again.

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Summary: amazing, full of surprises, a must read!
Review: At first, I thought It would be only third twin. I got much surprises when I read the rest of the book. Highly recomended.

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Summary: It kept me up ALL night. Totally gripping
Review: I would like to congratulate Ken Follet to introducing me to the Thriller style books. It was the first adult/thriller book I read and since have read other Ken Follet books and books by James Patterson, Sidney Sheldon and Tom Clancy. Origionally it was the cover which led me to the book and then the Librarian Recomended it. I started reading it and didn't stop until 2 O'Clock in the morning. Only Three books have done that (Harry Potter and the Philosphers Stone, Kiss The Girls and Notes on a big country) There were lots of unexpected twists in the book.

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Summary: A poor performance considering some of his past work.
Review: In light of the fact that some of his prior work is so good (in particular Pillars of the Earth and Eye of the Needle), I wonder why Mr. Follett chose to let this book go to print without doing more work to tighten up the characters, story line and dialogue. The story unfortunately is very weak. He has relied on some incredible and not really plausible coincidences to tie the plot together. I found myself thinking that many of the characters in this book were sorely lacking any real intelligence. They seemed to get themselves into problems which were readily avoidable. They also seemed to be incapable of solving some easily remedied problems that were presented to them. Unlikely coincidences and weak characters tells me that this book was somewhat thrown together. This is surprising since I found many of his other books to be carefully crafted and thoroughly enjoyable reads. The Third Twin unfortunately turned out to be a very unsatisfying read and my recommendation is that you pass on this book and go with either one of the spy novels he has done or the excellent Pillars of the Earth.

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Summary: Great work of suspense!
Review: There seems to be a lot of mixed feelings here at Amazon about this book, but despite a lot of the negative reviews, I loved it! It's been a few years since I've read any of Ken Follett's books, but I decided to try this one about a year ago. I loved the controversial topic concerning cloning and genetics. The suspense, the characters, everything was great. True, if you are used to Mr. Follett's other books, you might wonder why the change in writing style. However, I found this book keeping me up late at night, wondering what would happen next. It's been added to my list of favorites. Give Mr. Follett a break; some of us thought it was a terrific read!

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Summary: Has someone stolen Ken Follett's name?
Review: I've read everything that Ken Follett has written; Pillars of the Earth is my favorite. No, Eye of the Needle. No...you get the idea. He used to write such interesting stories. It was as if a beginning novelist wrote this one and he let that person place his name on the cover. Even the dialogue lacked when compared to his previous work. I beg him to write another great spy novel!

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Summary: very well written from the first till the last page.
Review: the classics novels by ken follet are the best i have ever read (eye of the needle, pillares of earth...). i expected no less from this one and after reading it i have to say it was very good (no more and no less). the subject is very interesting (genetics) and the characters are well described. if you are looking for a very good new novel by fen follet read this one (and don't get even near hammer of eden - his worst ever). have a pleasent reading !!

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Summary: FIZZLED!!!
Review: Ken Follett allowed his hatred of conservatism to show through. This could have been a very interesting and insightful story, but he allowed this story to become very uninteresting and boring. I will not waste my time in the future on a Ken Follett book. (I have read several in the past).

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Summary: Lighten up folks
Review: I'm not quite ready to jump on the Follet bashing badwagon yet. True enough, This novel does not compare with earlier works like Eye of the Needle. Nevertheless it's fun. Follett has not lost his power for suspense, although the dialogue tends to be a bit stilted. It's much better than Place Called Freedom.