Rating: Summary: Tedious. Review: When I pick up a book of suspense, I expect to be able to find interest in all and each line incuded therein. I found myself skipping lines after lines and pages after pages to find out at the end of the chapter what it really happened. So much background and lack of dialogue makes this book too slow for my liking. (it reminds me of the books by Malachi Martin:tedious, boring, fastidious and utterly uninteresing) Why does it takes a full 4 chapters for a priest to travel from Montecastello to Rome to see a cardinal? Why at page 57 Mr Lassiter is still not conducting an investigation? (considering that the book is 435 pages long). It seems that in order to find a line or two of any interest, one must skip pages after pages of background information, a narrative of unrelated facts, and a summary of character development. After all of that, I asked to myself:WHERE IS THE PLOT?
Rating: Summary: Excellent book! very in depth Review: Excellent book, if you like indepth, meticulousm detailed books this is the one. john case has done an excellent job. Yes I would agree maybe the endingwas a little hurried but the book as a whole is well worth the read.
Rating: Summary: A Mystery without the "Whodunnit" Review: This was an amazing novel, clearly written and details galore. The story was not a whodunnit, rather, a whydunnit! I was impressed beyond belief and literally had my mouth open for the grand finale. You can't put this one down!
Rating: Summary: EXCELLENT! Review: This book was one of the best I've ever read. It kept me on the edge of my seat, all the way through. I especially liked the discussion of the biomedical issues. It really made me think about the future of the profession, and how it relates to the present state of Catholicism. Overall, WONDERFUL.
Rating: Summary: Great !!!!!!! Review: I listened to Genesis Code on tape. I would take the long way home so I could listen to the next chapter.
Rating: Summary: Great Book.... Horrible Ending Review: I love the whole book until the ending. I won't spoil it for anyone who hasn't read it yet, but the folks that have read it will know what I am talking about. it seemed to me that John Case was writing the book and realized "oops, gotta finish it up. Let's see..." Up until that part with Joe looking through his binocoulars and seeing the bad guys coming it was an awesome book. I would recommend it to anyone. Great action scenes and a plausible plot. I just hope it doesn't happen.
Rating: Summary: Real Eye-opener--WE must think before we act. Review: Great book of timely importance. Everyone should take heed. Today's fiction is tomorrow's reality.
Rating: Summary: Generic ending Review: The ending of this awesome book was a lame good VS bad struggle, but the part after the ending almost made up for it with a little insight into the unwritten futere this book suggests.
Rating: Summary: DON'T READ ANY REVIEWS, just buy it Review: I won't say anything, except that this was a GREAT book. I listened on tape, and could hardly wait to go to work in the morning. I was sorry to see each cassette end, but could hardly load the next fast enough.I'm amazed at how much of the story line people put in these reviews. Although you are usually a few steps ahead of the hero in this story, it still unfolds wonderfully. There were flaws, but SO WHAT. I was very glad I hadn't read anything, or it would have spoiled a lot of the fun. Going back and reading the reviews afterwards was more interesting.
Rating: Summary: A well-rounded thriller with depth Review: The amount of depth and detail surprised me in a novel that maintained a good level of suspense throughout. An unfair but necessary comparison is a Crichtonesque novel with less developed characters but more literary quality in plot, description, and scientific information.
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