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Summary: Very good and not too long or short.
Review: I personally don't care for law in the US let alone England. I found that Uris did a very good job writting out the plot and building up to the trial. The end lacked something which if you buy the book you'll see. For the most part I was satisfied with QBVII. I believe that its probably my second favorite of his next to Exodus.
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Summary: Fascinating human approach to the horror of the Holocaust
Review: I think that this is Leon Uris's finest book, and the fact that it tackles such an unspeakable atrocity as the Holocaust makes it all the more powerful. The characters are fascinating - we have the Israli military hero author who is being sued and who is the less sympathetic of the two protagonists, and the doctor who has been slandered - who appears to be a man who has dedicated his life to helping people. But is it all as it seems? Interspersed with the well crafted and written story of the lives of these two men we also have the pomp and formality of the British Court System. This in itself makes the book one of the finest legal thrillers I have read. Ultimately such a story must have an ending. And what an ending! As they say, you read a book to get to the ending and you won't be disappointed. It is a fabulous novel and one I highly recommend.
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Summary: Thought provoking, this book delves into post-WWII.
Review: My teacher inspired me to read this book, and I can honestly say that QBVII held my attention to the very end. Few authors write a book that takes you to the place he refers. Tolkien can, and I have been to every place within the world he created. I can only hope to visit the places within Leon Uris' world. Thank you for this impressive piece of literature.
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Summary: Old School Courtroom Drama with moral ambiguities
Review: Preceding John Grisham and Scott Turow by some 25 years, Leon Uris' QB VII is one of the original courtroom drama books. Here, Dr. Kelno has been named in a book on the Holocaust as having committed heinous experiments on concentration camp prisoners. Dr. Kelno then brings a libel suit against the author of the book, Abraham Cady. The resulting trail is the last third or so of the book. Until that point, the author Uris treats the reader to a narrative on the life stories of both Cady and Kelno. Thus, the reader is intimate with and likes both characters. The trial is therefore difficult for the reader, for it's not clear if Kelno was or was not the doctor in question until the last pages of the book. Uris' story line asks questions about the culpability of the non-Jewish prisoners in the camps. Kelno was a political prisoner during time period for which he stands accused. It would be easy to dismiss the ambiguity of the questions, but the trail lawyers won't let the reader off the hook so easily. The ambiguity rests not on Kelno's guilt or inocence, but the cost of the trail to the Jewish victims of the concentration camps. While readers will be unsure of Kelno's guilt or innocence until the very end, the end of the novel does not resolve whether the trial was worth it for the winner, because it brought so much pain to those who had to testify at the trail. These quesitons are not easily answered, and I wonder if Uris himself could answer them. I doubt it. Uris is generous to both Cady and Kelno, and both earn our sympathy at points. However, one's view of Uris' generosity grows expediential when one leans the story is a fictionalized account of a real libel trials brought against Uris after he wrote his best best seller, Exodus. Readers who enjoyed Bernhard Schlink's The Reader will also enjoy this book. Fans of Grisham and Turow might enjoy contrasting the British courtroom to the American one.
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Summary: ANOTHER GREAT URIS
Review: This book has all wanted to see in a book like this. History, Jews, Gernams, world and the Polish betrayal. Every time I read something of this magnitude I ask myself a question: could it really happen. Yes, it could and it did. People did it to other people because of the rase, religion and the different looks. Everyone has to read this book as well as other books by Leon Uris.
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Summary: ANOTHER GREAT URIS
Review: This book has all wanted to see in a book like this. History, Jews, Gernams, world and the Polish betrayal. Every time I read something of this magnitude I ask myself a question: could it really happen. Yes, it could and it did. People did it to other people because of the rase, religion and the different looks. Everyone has to read this book as well as other books by Leon Uris.
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Summary: A positive review
Review: This book is a heart-wrenching tour de force that will lift the reader from his seat and into the heart of those who had to suffer through the tragedy of the Holocaust. Uris's hero Cady is bold and irresistable to the reader, and his tireless crusade for justice truly becomes our own. Meanwhile our wrath towards the evil antagonist Kelno is fervent and passionate. A celebration of the fact that human perseverence and human dignity will overcome even an evil like the Holocaust, QBVII stirs the readers soul and taps into our deepest symapthies. Uris' power to transport the reader into his heroes' mind; feeling his thoughts, understanding his shortcomings, and internalizing his tribulations shine like a beacon through the gritty hero Abraham Cady. A classic struggle between the enduring power of good and the manaical perseverance of lies and evil serve as the epic-like backdrop to Uris's ultimate theme- justice will come to those who deserve it..good and bad
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Summary: Gripping read -- despite its flaws
Review: This book kept me turning the pages, and even more important, kept me thinking. Leon Uris creates two sympathetic characters at odds with each other -- both protagonists and antagonists, each of them. Whose side to be on? Who to believe? This novel deals honestly with human nature under the most dire circumstances. Would you hurt a stranger, a friend -- a loved one? Of course not. What if your own life was at stake? Would you spare another even if it meant your own death? In this case, a concentration camp during the Holocaust provides the setting for such difficult questions. The book culminates in a memorable courtroom battle in which our deepest sympathies are tested. This novel is not perfect. I have always found Uris to be a poor writer of dialogue -- the spoken language tends to be stiff and stylized. Additionally, he gives his female characters short shrift. The novel feels dated, as female characters are introduced only to move the story along or to be sexual partners to the males in the forefront of the story. That said, I do highly recommend this book. It's rare to find a page-turner that also inspires deep thought!
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Summary: ORDER IN THE COURT
Review: This book was a tad slow to get going, but once it did, it didn't let up. The court room scenes were top rate, and I was biting my nails to see the outcome. Uris does a great job with character development, and the pain and pathetic mental state that the doctor shows is heart felt and genuine.
This is definitely one to savior, however because of the slow start I give it 4 stars.
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Summary: QB VII, URIS MAKES ANOTHER GREAT
Review: This exciting novel grabbed me as soon as I picked it up. It kept me guessing and wondering with all the unexpected surprises. Uris is a great author. What a great book, and it gives you a great feel of what happened during the Holocaust.
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