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Summary: Unresearched
Review: I wish Mr. Folliet has done better research before writing the book. The computer searches the whole FBI database in like about an hour or so!! And, all the computer program are carried around in disks!! Besides you don't divide the embryo seven times to get eight clones, you do it three times. I wonder why there wouldn't be radioactive viral genes? And, the clones were different because of nurture? It's almost like saying I acclerated my car till it was faster than light!! If so, why then the talk about human genetic diversity in the end? I read Pillars of the Earth, and I though it was great? I was very dissapointed with this book even though I read it all in a day. Mr. Folliet is gifted storyteller but this looked badly researched, and far from what one would expect.
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Summary: GREAT, GREAT, GREAT!!!
Review: I've always been a fan of genetics and mystery. This story brought all of that together, it was a story that you never new what exactly was going to happen next. It kept you on the edge of your chair until you were completley finsihed with the book. I highly recommend this book to everyone who enjoys reading.
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Summary: Another made-for-TV novel....
Review: YAWN...isn't this cloning idea gone a bit too long I mean, why can't Follett think of something original? The characters are two-dimensional and the plot is cliched...the whole book writes like a movie script...a bad movie script. The heroine Jeanne Ferrami is your typical female-scientist-with-looks-and-an-attitude and her lover boy is as wooden as they come,good-hearted but wooden. Anyway, I give this book a 4 since it's readable, ,the plot is not too stupid and it has a reasonable amount of suspense to keep me turning those pages.
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Summary: In a nutshell, it's a page turner.
Review: This Ken Follet novel is a book of mind-numbing deception and love. A research scientist, Dr. jean Ferrami, lands a new job at Jones Falls University researching the genetic aspects of criminal behavior. She has created a computer program which uses a restricted FBI database to find her subjects,who are twins that were raised apart, one with a criminal record and the other, a straight-laced citizen. There are two things she doesn't expect; 1) she uncovers a government conspiracy involving a top biotech company, right-wing politicians, and her own university, and 2) she falls in love with an identical twin whose brother is a convicted rapist. In fact, he was the one who raped her best friend. I recomend this book to the people who like romance novels but hate all of the lovey-dovey nature of them. This book has a lot of adventure and mystery and it will keep you on the edge of your seat wanting to find out what happens next.
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Summary: Ken Follett, won't you please come home?
Review: Having read many of Mr. Follett's books (Eye of the Needle, Key to Rebecca), I expected great things. What a disappointment! He must have phoned this one in--or maybe someone else wrote this book. It would make a great beach read if you can stand the improbable female characters, wooden dialogue, stupid mistakes by smart people. The premise is given away by the title so there is little intrigue. And the characters remain inconsistent throughout. Also, the academic atmosphere is bogus and stereotypical. And to add insult to injury, the salary quoted for the protagonist, given her degrees and reputation, is way out of line--no decent university would be able to attract her for a mere $30,000. I had to check the publication date on this book when I read that!An OK read if you aren't too particular. It moved quickly, thank God, and I am on to other titles in my extensive To Be Read pile!
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Summary: WHAT A PITY IT WAS A FOLLET'S BOOK
Review: The reviews tell it all. It is very strange that after "Pillars of the Earth" Follet writes such a weak book. Characters, plot, everything so simplistic. We have the impression that it was writen with the sole purpose of selling it to the movies. Very disappointing.
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Summary: I'm not ashamed to say I enjoyed this book.
Review: After reading all the reviews on this site, I decided to read this book. Okay, so the plot was straight out of a campy sci-fi movie. But it was fast paced and a quick read. This is my first title by this author and I'll seek out other titles.
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Summary: Follett's trip downhill continues.
Review: Many here have complained about Follett's decline since PILLARS OF THE EARTH, and I agree. I bought this book because of Follett's name, and regretted it. Follett has also taken up the Michael Crichton-chic penchant for left-wing commentary (my favorite is when one of the leads says: 'These guys are really bad. They're against gun control.' Never mind that gun control hasn't been an issue in the book...a pure cheap shot). As well, the characters and situations in this book are simplistic and unconvincing. I did enjoy one sequence at the end involving clone substitution and impersonation, but that was the high point of an otherwise bad book.
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Summary: It was a good book but...
Review: Although the protagonist, Dr. Jean Ferrami, seemed too spotless and perfect, The book was a great example of escape literature. The plot was very involved with much coincidence, but the coincidences were realistic because of the "realistic- science- fiction" situations in the book
Follett uses an interesting technique in the first chapter when he refrains from mentioning the rapist's name; it grabs the reader's attention and holds it through the end of the book. The reader is so interested in the plot because he is appalled at the unfortunate events that occurr in the beginning of the book. He (the reader) becomes even more engrossed in the plot when he discovers the possibility of the "good guy's" innocence.
Follett does a good job of retaining the modern day feeling of the novel. Modern technology plays a major role in the development of the plot. In fact, except for the faultlessness of the protagonist, Follett has written a truly great novel that will still be just as intriguing twenty years from now.
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Summary: Hey, Steve. Is that you or your evil twin? I can't tell
Review: Ken Follett's "The Third Twin" gave away the plot from the first chapter and kept giving away the next plot twist way too soon. No surprises. Supposedly very intelligent people making incredible stupid mistakes. You would think that once you suspected your boyfriend was one of a set of identical clone's, had your life threatened by one, and your best friend raped by one, that you would figure out a way to "certify" the good one. Well Jeannie, doesn't until she's almost raped for the SECOND time. She goes to incredible lengths to obtain her prized list of clone names on diskette and hands it to her boyfriend saying "Be careful, it's the only copy". I think the first thing any reasonable person would do with a "one of kind" data disk is make a backup, copy it to an email and send it off to a few friends, right? All in all a weak story.
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