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Summary: Brilliant and page-turning story
Review: Reading Ken Follet is always a pleasure, and The Third Twin is no exception. It is fast-paced, well researched and innovative, making a far-fetched story seem very credible. As all his novels, this includes a bright female hero and a romance with the lead male character, in this case one of several VERY similar young men. So similar, in fact, that she is mistaken, and her confusion leads her to explore a mystery so secret, so controversial that only Ken Follet could have dreamed it up. Enjoy!
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Summary: Ken's greatest disappointment
Review: I've read every Ken Follett book ever written. I cant wait until October for his new book. However, the 3rd Twin was average. I did read it completely and without any extended breaks. It was too predictable. Come on Ken. This is not how you became my hero.
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Summary: Why shouldn't KF play around?
Review: One of the things I have always loved about Ken Follett's writings is that he experiments with subject, tone, and genre. And why the heck shouldn't he play around with a buzz issue like cloning? I thought The Third Twin was a lot of fun and enjoyed the characters and plot. Lighten up folks! The English language is so robust it challenges writers over a lifetime to come up with new and different ways of saying things.
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Summary: Must have been written for TV
Review: Have enjoyed some of Ken Follet's other work, i.e. Eye of the Needle, but this novel felt as though it had been intentionally written as a TV soap. It was thick and syrupy! It follows "A Dangerous Fortune" in it's story telling style. Ken - cut down on the F word, and use the skills you were given....
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Summary: An intriguing book dealing with contemporary issues
Review: Ken Follett has developed a plot wrapped around modern issues of test tube children and computer data bases. The characters bumble around a little too much to give the book a five star rating, but it is a well written novel of modern times. A secondary theme is the issue of academic freedom and the manipulations within a major research university. Well worth reading.
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Summary: Very entertaining read!!! I really enjoyed it!!
Review: This book may not be the litterary work of the century but, It was very intresting.
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Summary: Very Good on suspense, the chapters are related even to even
Review: You can not stop reading this book, as you start the topic matains you awake on something that does not fit, the A. Hitchcot style. It is one of the best books I have read in the last year besides Emotional Intelligence by Coleman.
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Summary: Written by one of Follett's clones.....I hope
Review: I can't believe it....this piece of trash was written by the same man who wrote "The Eye of the Needle", "The Key to Rebecca", and "The Pillars of the Earth"? As I read this book, I wondered if this was truly a work of fiction or not - because if it's not, it would explain why this book is so BAD - the real Ken Follett must have been unavailable, so his publishers prevailed on one of his clones to write this god-awful mess. The plot is predictable as hell, the writing style is unbelievably stilted, and there are so many time-worn conventions that I eventually decided I wanted to throw this book in my fireplace - and was only prevented by the fact that I live in an apartment building, and therefore don't have a fireplace.If, on the other hand, this book was written by the real Ken Follett, then somebody better commit him to the Home for Senile Thriller Writers immediately. If this is the best he can do now, I don't want to even know if he's planning to write anything else.
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Summary: WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO KEN FOLLETT, THE WRITER?
Review: Contrived, trite, and predictable. Ken Follett was one of the first "adult" writers I read as an adolescent. His Pillars of the Earth was an amazing epic and Night Over Water and The Eye of the Needle were wonderfully crafted stories that I highly recommend. However, this most recent book is terrible. Mr. Follett's book, while an intriguin on the outset, unravels and becomes completely unbelievable. What is most frustrating is that the "old" Ken Follett is there, but the unfolding of the action and some of the character dialogue is completely offensive because it makes the reader feel like Mr. Follett has idiots for an audience. The few things saving this book is a great "heroine," who like many of Mr. Follett's past main characters are flawed, but endearing, and a wonderful romance subtext that surprisingly works. Despite all this the book simply falls to draw you in to the suspense that Mr. Follett has tried to create, but just simply is not there. This is definately a book to pass over or to read during the summer for light no brainer beach reading. However if you want a good summer book that interests you read any of Mr. Follett's earlier works (Pillars of the Earth, Night Over Water, or The Eye of the Needle-- to name a couple) and skip this one and his last two... I'm hoping Mr.Follett will offer better books in the future for he is an author who can deliver a great book.... BUT THIS ONE IS NOT IT!!!
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Summary: This is the novel that ends my reading of Follett.
Review: I loved his early and middle books, but I've been growing increasingly disenchanted. I picked this one up with misgivings which turned out well justified. The only reason I finished it was that I was away for the weekend with only this book, and I felt soiled afterwards. Ugly, manipulative, predictable, Follet is now off my list of authors.
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