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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
A disappointment!,
This review is from: The Evening News: A Novel (Paperback)
I wish I could give a better rating. This is by far one of the worst thrillers I have ever read. The story is predictable, plot too simple, characters too powerful. Imagine resuing someone of the huge jungle of Cuba. It took only a chat and a map to locate the hostages.This is my first Hailey book and probably my last. Perhaps Hailey is overrated.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Still Real Hailey But Could Have Been Better,
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This review is from: The Evening News: A Novel (Paperback)
Okay, I guess I'm spoiled. I became an Arthur Hailey reader beginning with "Airport" and then doubled back to "Hotel", "Final Diagnosis" and "In High Places". This one's got a good premise--TV network news. An iconic anchorman and the veteran field reporter who's looming in his rear view mirror. Along with various other players, the way Hailey's always done it, never totally focusing on the big stars. The bad guys are a narcoterrorist group, which may seem dated given that America's current bete noir is based in religious extremism. It would be easy to forget Medellin and the Shining Path given the pervasiveness of the word "jihad". Also dated in the sense that no terrorism incident had yet struck America itself when this story was written. But one other thing occurred to me on re-reading this book. Whenever the TV Guide website hasn't gotten any data yet from the networks about whether a particular episode is first-run or a rerun, they'll say "a procedural drama which yadda yadda...". Which I guess outs me--I'm not into sitcoms, those doofy "reality" shows, "American Idol", whatever--I'm into cop shows, doc shows, lawyer shows. But the point is that TV has given us a generic term for fiction based on professions. Translate that concept into book fiction, that means the legal drama of Grisham and Patterson, the police drama of Wambaugh and Caunitz, the medical drama of Robin Cook. But Arthur Hailey has predated them all without having been a cop like Wambaugh or Caunitz, a lawyer like Grisham or Patterson or a physician like Cook. Which might very well make him the father of modern procedural fiction.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Predictable,
By Malay Shah (Palo Alto, CA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Evening News: A Novel (Paperback)
Well if you like Sidney Sheldon, you might be in the range of just liking it-but with a difference. You know what to expect when you pick up Sidney Sheldon - there's an entertainment value at the least. This is one of the worst books I've ever read. The book is highly predictable, when author first tells you story and then what follows is an investigation of what has already been told to you. You can't put the book down - simply because you won't like taking it up. This was my first Arthur Hailey book and boy, I swear this will be my last. Its bad to judge author from one book, but impressions lasts longer especially when you feel you wasted your time by reading a book that claims to be a best seller
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