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Summary: simply great
Review: The Cove was the first Catherine Coulter's mystery novels I've ever read and I must say it made me want to go straight to the nearest bookstore to buy the others. I kept wondering all the way long about the mystery: totally gripping! give it a try, it's worth it, I don't know why some readers found it boring...do we have the same concept of the word???
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Summary: Disapointing
Review: If this is your first Coulter book, don't give up. She really is a talented writer. But you would never know it from this book. I am a Coulter fan, and I was very disapointed in The Cove. the writing/story was more for the teenage group. I knew what was going to happen before it happened, there were no suprises. I found Sally's behavior to be frequently stupid. Who would continue to mouth off when they are being hit in the face and the ribs?? She did this frequently. I finished the book because I have this thing about leaving something unfinished, but, believe me I kept counting how many more pages to go. I'm hesitant to read anymore of Coulter's mysteries. However, she is very good with historic romances. I'll just stick with those.
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Summary: totally inane
Review: This was a terrible book. I will never read another Coulter book again. Those who recommended this book must not read very sophisticated literature. Finishing this book was a complete chore. The characters were ridiculous and unbelievable. The plot was ludicrous. Sally St John was intellectually challenged. Don't waste your time.
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Summary: The Worst Ever...
Review: I am sorry I have to give this book a star. I have to put it into the category of the worst I have ever read. A friend (I now question the friendship!) recommended Catherine Coulter and lent me her copy of The Cove. The book began in a fairly intersting tone, but I found I was always waiting for something to really happen! The characters have absolutely no depth and as for Sally St. John, she is an insult to the world of fictional characters! The dialogue amazed me in this book; I had the feeling that a 12 year old had written it, although if that were true, it probably would have been more sophisticated. Anyone who enjoyed this novel must not have much reading experience. It was written on a 3rd grade level, full of bad grammar, cliches and poorly connected dialogue. I felt like the characters were very uneducated, even though a special agent would not be and Sally supposedly worked on Capitol Hill. What a joke! This is my first and last Coulter.
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Summary: The Cove
Review: The Cove was the first book I had read of Catherine Coulter.And it will be long time before I read another one of hers. It was infantile, badly written, the characters had no depth, and there was all this stilted dialogue in between which was nothing. I am an aspiring author. I have always hated to say this but here goes I COULD WRITE LIKE THIS TOO. PUBLISH ME... Perhaps some day I will try to read another one of Coulter's books, however, it was a waste of my hard earned money to buy it.
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Summary: childish
Review: This book is a good example of why authors like Elizabeth George, Ursula Hege, Michal Connelly are enjoyed so much. "The Cove" was childish, no suspense, and where the author says on the cover that "Yes, I actually scared myself a couple of times", I have to wonder what it was she read. I'm disgusted with myself for wasting the time that it took to read it!
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Summary: Surprises Until Last Page!
Review: This is the first time I have read Coulter. Great suspense and surprises. A real page turner! I plan to read the rest of her suspense books. Would recommend highly!
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Summary: A jolly good read.
Review: I enjoyed this book tremensously. The mystery, suspense, romance, and humor made it such a good read. I'm sure that many might say it is predictable but that did not lessen my enjoyment. This is what I call one of my best "beach books." A relaxing read.
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Summary: The Cove
Review: If you are looking for a mystery, with a little romance thrown in, pick up The Cove. It is the story of Sally Brainerd and FBI Special Agent James Quinlan. Get involved in the twists and turns of the mystery of who killed Amory St. John, Sally's dear papa. Learn about the history and the present as Sally knows it. Be ready for the many cases of the FBI that all connect at the end in a very unique way. I have read this book three times, I like to think of it as once for each mystery. I enjoyed it throughly. It is the first of Coulter's comtemporary books I have read, and I am looking forward to reading the rest of the "FBI" series, as I call them.
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Summary: Terrible!
Review: Whenever I am off from school and have nothing better to do, I either go to the bookstore or the library and get a pile of Catherine Coulter books. Unfortunately, this time I got my hands on "The Cove". I was a bit taken aback from the very beginning, because the hero was not given any depth. Random thoughts and descriptions of other peoples' perception of the man were the only clue given to the reader about his personality. It would have been funny had it not been so painfully annoying and boring. The heroine was a very odd character. She had no depth and all I could discern about her was that she was confused and acted pretty stupid, despite Coulter's attempts at infusing some intelligence into the woman. I would recommend that no one read this book, because it will probably only result in a headache and a lot of wasted time. Read the "Bride" series by Coulter. Those books actually seem like romance novels.
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