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Summary: the overseer
Review: CLEVER-VERY CLEVER AND WELL WRITTEN.NOT AS FAR FETCHED AS SOME ARE SAYING.I AM ALWAYS IMPRESSED WITH A WRITER THAT KNOWS HIS HISTORY AND CAN WEAVE A CLEVER MYSTERY AROUND THIS KNOWLEDGE....ENJOY IT. RICHARD S. DAVIS-COLLINGDALE PA.
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Summary: Excellent read
Review: Exceptionally literate work of this genre...refreshing use of political ideas and altogether timely. Complex but rewarding...
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Summary: A good story
Review: I read these book before september 11 2001, I thought that it couldn't be true, now I am not sure of that, I think that it could be real that some people are planning to have control of the world, may be not the way is written in this book but in these days anything is possible. If the manuscript that is at the end of the book was written in the sixteenth century, the person who wrote it could be anything, but he has an excellent mind.
The book will not let you leave it until you finish it.
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Summary: Not so far fetched
Review: I was intrigued and engulfed in this book. It is an amazing comparison, in my opinion, to current events. Great read! I can't wait to pick up his other two books.
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Summary: Something Lacking
Review: On the surface of it, Rabb's OVERSEER seems to have what it takes to be a very good read. The premise seems interesting, featuring a cabal of well-placed individuals following the theory of a renaissance scholar in a bid to achieve absolute power. That copies of the scholar's document are scarce and the theory little known gives the story a bit of an Indiana Jones feel. Also, the characters have some depth to them.Despite all the promise, though, this book disappointed me. It took me more than a month to slog through it and I just never really got into it. There was never the feeling that I couldn't wait to see what was going to happen next. And I'm not sure why. Perhaps the problem was that I found the plot rather predictable. Perhaps it was one of the main characters, Sarah Trent. There were issues from her past affecting the events in the story and her response to them, but they were only dribbled out a bit at a time. I never felt that these connections were made entirely clear and, as a result Trent's hesitancy became a little tedious. Whatever the problem, THE OVERSEER was something of a letdown for me. Others here have liked it, but I struggled to get through it. The characters and situations simply never became compelling for me. I can't give it an enthusiastic recommendation. There are more intriguing books to be had out there.
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Summary: Exciting read
Review: Overall, I liked this book. The thing that really held it together for me was the blending of political theory with spy novel suspence. Yes, there were some forced moments. The love scene was certainly one. One the whole though, the action was good, the plot semi-believable, and the suspense OK. Not as well thought out as a Clancy novel, but refreshing nonetheless.
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Summary: Wow! The next great thriller writer has arrived.
Review: This book was fantastic. You hear it all the time, but I couldn't put it down, literally. At 4 am when I finally finsihed it, I couldn't believe I'd stayed up so late. I've never been someone who reads philosophy or old political manuscripts, but Mr. Rabb made the theory of "On Supremacy" so real that I couldn't help but get caught up in it. This is a great story that if you think about it, could actually happen. That's what makes it such a good book. I can't wait for his next one.
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Summary: Intriguing
Review: This is not just a novel to enjoy but also something to think about. A very powerful group of people, with the objective of build a new society create chaos in all levels of the society throughout economic, political, social and cultural crisis. As I said before, this is a novel to think about because this "master plan" that Mr. Rabb gave us in his "Eisenreich Manuscript" have being applied in many of the Third World Countries in some way destroying national economies, shaking societies and classes, creating political and religious turmoils and tensions, etc. Watch out, it most be true.
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Summary: Intriguing
Review: This is not just a novel to enjoy but also something to think about. A very powerful group of people, with the objective of build a new society create chaos in all levels of the society throughout economic, political, social and cultural crisis. As I said before, this is a novel to think about because this "master plan" that Mr. Rabb gave us in his "Eisenreich Manuscript" have being applied in many of the Third World Countries in some way destroying national economies, shaking societies and classes, creating political and religious turmoils and tensions, etc. Watch out, it most be true.
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Summary: The devil's in the details
Review: This is quite possibly the worst job of editing I've seen. Without going into tedious detail, a few examples: 1) There are a number of instances where someone is struck with an "open fist". 2) There's a love scene where the hero and heroine "continued to surge into one another." As I'm pretty sure one of them is female, this would be difficult without some...added devices. 3) At one point, the hero has "both hands gripped around the trigger" of his gun. Picture a VERY large gun, I guess. 4) "Before he could respond, her hand was buried in the small of his back, her grip viselike around the base of his spine." This sounds as if she actually stuck her hand inside his body. If this kind of thing annoys you, as it does me, this book is not for you. Overall, phrasing is frequently stilted or inappropriate, action scenes have things happening that are physically inexplicable, and there's a lot of places where our hero and heroine conveniently avoid danger for no apparent reason. Bundle all this together with a totally clueless, powerless, uninvolved U.S. government (despite a rash of violence; imagine that if you will) and you have The Overseer. I don't fault Rabb for these problems as much as I fault whoever edited him. This never should have made it to press as is.
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