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EAN: 9780446614061 Format: Import ISBN: 0446614068 Number Of Pages: 496 Average Rating:
 Rating:  - The streak of no 4 stars is finally broken....I do not read reviews until I am finished reading any book. I was astonished to read the last several reviews. It is ENTERTAINMENT folks, not a book on how to stop global warming. Why are people so cynical. It almost sounds like they are wannabes. Was the ending far fetched, yes, but I still found it entertaining. Was the main villian plausible, no, not really. That is one reason I did not give it 5 stars or even 4 1/2 stars. A presidential candiate is killed during a rally and ... Read More Rating: - fast movingThe story moved well but Ifound the ending did not fit the story line. Rating:  - laughableI do not expect mysteries to be great literature necessarily, but I do expect the ultimate denouement to be at least somewhat comprehensible and credible. This one was neither. The denoument of this plot was utterly contrived. It was absurd, and lacked any and all credibility. It was actually laughable. I feel cheated, having wasted my time reading this whole book only to be met with such a cheap ending. Rating: - No Option for Zero Stars?I am a Balducci fan. I have read half I dozen of his books and enjoyed them all. Until now. No, this is not the worst book I have ever read. But it is close. Plot is important. Great characters and story telling will not keep a poor story afloat. The story started with a bang and just kept building through the first half of the book. Then I started to wonder how Balducci was going to pull it all together in the end. Not well it turns out. The crazy guy did it. Peoples ... Read More Rating:  - A fun bit of fluffThe book grabbed me from the start -- it had suspense, conspiracy, interesting characters, etc. Somewhere around the middle it lost speed, and by the end I was shaking my head in disgust. Sorry. The best part of the book was getting an "inside" look at how the Secret Service works. I'm not sure how much of this was made up by Mr. Baldacci, but if you're interested in getting a (fictional) account of the Service, you will enjoy Split Second. |
