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Summary: Unspeakable was a little disappointing.
Review: I've read all of Sandra Brown's books and Unspeakable is not one of her best. I found that the relationship between Anna and Jack lacked the powerful sexual tension that is the trademark of Ms. Brown's other books, such as French Silk, Silken Web and Best Kept Secrets. Though the story was very interesting, I found much of the violence depicted in the book to be excessive and unnecessary. Unspeakable was a nice diversion, but unlike Ms. Brown's other books, I will read this one only once.
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Summary: A great book for when you don't want to think too hard
Review: I admit it. Sometimes I just like to pick up a book and read without really thinking. I spent one rainy Saturday on the couch reading Unspeakable. It was a real page turner, but more for simple language than compelling plot. It was pretty much your cookie-cutter mystery/love story. The ending was a little bit predictable. But I don't regret reading it. It was fun while it lasted.
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Summary: Ms.Brown doing what she does best-writing good stories
Review: Blewer County in East Texas is stunned with the news that convicted killer Carl Herbold and another convict Myron Hutt had escaped from prison and probably is heading back their way. Most folks figure that Carl probably killed other people besides the one he was convicted for, including that of a young woman over two decades ago. Fear grips the entire region because where Carl goes, blood flows. Drifter Jack Sawyer arrives looking for work at an East Texas cattle ranch. Living on the spread is a deaf widow, Anna Corbett, and her five year old son and father-in-law. Even though Jack and Anna are attracted to one another, Jack has an agenda of his own. He just did not drift into East Texas by coincidence. Could there be a tie-in between Jack and the arrival of Carl and is that tie somehow through Anna? UNSPEAKABLE is typical Sandra Brown: solar heat mixed with bursting levels of tension and suspense. The lead protagonists are an intriguing couple struggling with both the demons of the past and the horrors of the present. The villain and his moronic partner are amoral caricatures of evil, who are so bad they become more of a joke than the personification of fear.. Still, in spite of this flaw, Ms. Brown's latest romantic suspense will please her myriad of fans and anyone who enjoys a hot Texas intrigue. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: Worth a read if you're adventurous.
Review: Brown has really done it this time. Nothing like her previous novels, "Unspeakable" is an excellent step in a new direction if she chooses to follow it. I'm a widely read individual, and Brown has tactfully mixed violence and romance together in a way I haven't seen before. If you're accustomed to Brown's usual writing style, I personally wouldn't recommend this book...but if you're up to reading something new, "Unspeakable" is the book for you. Readers should beware, however, of the language and violence - and that is tame compared to other authors I've read. Keep up the good work Sandra, it's good to see you trying something new!
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Summary: Expected something better!
Review: During the past 2 months, I have read 6 of Sandra Brown's romantic/thrillers and have become a big fan. This is the first time I have written a review. Unspeakable was harder for me to get through than Witness, French Silk, etc. It's a little darker and the character development is often slow. Carl was really evil and some of the crimes were pretty gross. The romance between Anna and Jack developed slowly and sweetly and finally reached a great crescendo! I appreciate that SB gave us some insight into the challenges of the hearing impaired and I loved the way that Anna and Jack communicated. This book is still worth reading, but not as satisfying as most of her other novels in the same genre.
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Summary: The best Book
Review: While i was reading the book The Unspeakable, i couldn't put it down. The book grabbed my attention, and it kept it. As soon as I finished one pagei couldn't wait to rad the next. Unspeakable is a major page turner. The only thing that really bugged me about this book was the way that intead of focusing on Jack and Anna, it kept going back to the Herbold brothers and the policeman. I really wish that it would have focused on one main person at a time. After a while of reading i got a little confused as to what chapter was about who until it showed someone talking, and who it was that was talking at the time.
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Summary: Not one of Brown's best, but okay
Review: I'm a fan of Sandra Brown's, believe it or not. I've probably given her as man one-star or two-star ratings as anyone else. For sure, she tells it like it is, and although some of her detail description gets to be too much, one has to back up and think about it. Hey, that's the way it is in the real world and that's the way most hardened criminals talk and think. I found no offense in this because once I got to the theme of where she was going, it was what I expected. I think SB has written some really wonderful books, this just isn't one of her best. BUT, on the other hand, it isn't one of her worst either. The characters are strong and well-defined and I kept wondering how in the world she would ever tie Jack Sawyer to all of this as to why he came back to protect Anna Corbett from the Herbold brothers. And the mystery surrounding Patsy McCorkle's death had me wondering what in the world too. I gave this book a three because that's what I thought it was...average.
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Summary: Sorry book
Review: This is a sorry story with sorry, unbelievable characters. They're separated into good guys and bad guys.
The bad guys, well, they're the most fun, but they're not realistic. Carl Herbold is a psychopath or sociopath or something, but he's not believable. Emory Lomax, the same thing. These two fellows have no altruistic motives, as the author admits, but even sociopaths fear God, don't they? These guys don't. They're caricatures of evil, not real people.
If you like caricatures, you find them here, and that's all you find. It makes for simple reading, because there are no complex characters who have a mixture of some good traits and some bad. Carl is worse than Satan, if you can imagine that. Emory, too. They are Satan's little helpers in Blewert County, or wherever it is.
Jack, on the other hand, is a righteous free spirit, another old Western caricature. He likes little children and falls in love with the heroine, Anna, who is deaf. Jack is almost totally on the good-guy side, except he's so lusty. Righteous and lusty, is that a Western good guy, or what?
Delray Corbett is in denial: he helped raise the two screw-up stepsons but wants to deny responsibility. He's a tough old coot, another caricature.
Cecil Herbold, you can almost feel sorry for. His girlfriend, Connie Skaggs, is unbelievable. She works in a bank? And then kills someone in a bank robbery on goes the lam with this lunatic squad? Didn't she forget her toothbrush? Don't women need clothes when they're fleeing with four males? Not Connie, I guess. Seems like she has a death wish, and she gets her wish, of course. Are there really women like that? Bonnie Parker?
Well, you will learn that American Sign Language differs from Signed English. And East Texas has tornadoes. Otherwise, you can look forward to having your emotions titillated, because that's what Brown's writing is all about, I guess. A sorry soap opera, and that's what some folks love. She's so prolific and successful, it must be that. This is my first book I've read by her, and I did get titillated, I can't deny it. But is it worth it? Well, you decide, this is what I found. Diximus.
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Summary: A Edgy Novel
Review: After reading the reviews, I thaught I would give it a shot, and I just finished it and most of the reviews didn't even compare to the book. A lot say its disgusting and boring, its definetly not boring, theres all sorts of surprises exspecially at the ending, the ending is great, its where most of the book comes to gether. I'll admit the biggening is a little slow, but after 100 pages your into the book, its like you got to keep reading to see what happens, and it worth it. So if your worried its to gory, I'll say this much, you probably see worse stuff on TV. As for the rape and murder, that stuffs notr even detailed, its just like some one died and thats that. No details about it. Thats what I was curiuse about from the beginng, I was expecting more details after reading the reviews, but there weren't hardly any. So if you think this is gory, I dont suggest Breath Of Scadel.
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