The Broken Hearts Club [Import] [Paperback]

Ethan Black (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Headline Feature; New Ed edition (1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0747261180
• ISBN-13: 978-0747261186
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (50 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,587,327 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Okay but. . ., September 19, 1999

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This review is from: The Broken Hearts Club (Conrad Voort Novels) (Hardcover)

This book has a decent premise, and I love the detective character, but it needs some work.

First of all, I agree with one previous reviewer -- the "secret" of the book is revealed literally half-way through the read (way too soon). This makes every move by the detective and other characters look so stupid it's not even funny. You really want to like the detective, but after reading him do some really dense things, you lose interest.

I also have a fundamental problem with the book and it's secret. I think the author really needed to get himself a better editor, because there are many inconsistencies that need to be resolved.

Speaking of editing, the book is chock full of poor grammar and missed/mis-used punctuation.

I'd wait for the next book or if you want to read a thriller, get Mark of the Assassin by Silva or something like that.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not Recommended, April 6, 2005

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L. J. Roberts (Oakland, CA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Broken Hearts Club (Conrad Voort Novels) (Hardcover)

This is a book whose premise had potential to be a suspenseful, gripping novel. However, none of that potential is realized. Instead, it is badly written, filled with graphic sex and descriptions of the wealth Voort and his well-to-do partner. I found myself not caring about any of the characters. There's a twist in the middle that makes reading the rest of the book almost irrelevant. I'm always looking for new authors to add to my reading list. Based on this, Black isn't going to be one of them.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Concept exceeds Author's grasp, December 17, 2005

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Stutz (Madison WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Broken Hearts Club (Conrad Voort Novels) (Mass Market Paperback)

The characters are preposterous. The novel begins with a collection of broken-hearted men who are preposterous. They are involved with a crime investigated by a millionaire NYPD detective who has has a tall, thin, beautiful, blonde girlfriend with white-blonde pubic hair. You buy that?
P.S. This is not a debut novel. This is an author who had a mid-list crisis and has been repackaged. Good luck, Ethan.