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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good Techno Thriller, Quite Anti-Government,
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This review is from: Midas (Hardcover)
Two points about this book immediately come to mind:
1. If you're a devoted fan of Michael Moore and his Hollywood crowd and believe that the Government is truly evil, capable of anything, and putting all kinds of nefarious conspiracy plans into action, then this is exactly the book for you (the author is an actor). If you believe the Government is a bunch of folk stumbling along as best they can, then you might want to ignore this book, or perhaps just ignore the big conspiracy and read it for the rest of the story which is pretty good in its own right. 2. Surprisingly, the technical aspects of the book are also pretty good. I wouldn't put it quite up there with a Clancy, but the planes, bombs, and even the financial aspects are pretty detailed. The story itself has a post 9/11 plot, which begins with the first suicide bomber in the US. It goes on from there to more terrorism, interconnected in some pretty strange ways. There's also a pretty strange set of characters, especially the bad guys. Good story, highly recommended, if the anti-government aspects doesn't get to you.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not a Conspiracy Buff,
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This review is from: Midas (Hardcover)
I agree with some of the other reviews regarding this novel--it's mediocre and the ending was ridiculous. Very transparent. Maybe I'm just not a hard-core conspiracy buff, but I just couldn't suspend my disbelief enough to buy into the story.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointed,
By EdHopper "Painter" (Cary, IL United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Midas (Hardcover)
I've been a fan right from the first book but I have to say this is not up to his usual standard whatsoever. This book read more like a paranoid political mouthpiece than a thriller and I'm very disappointed that he thought his fans would think that was a great idea. This "thriller" was so non-thrilling the only way the author could attempt to bring tension to the story was by blatently hiding facts from the reader (for example Justin would get on the phone with another character and instead of making the reader privy to the conversation we, the reader, get to read that Justin told the other character what he wanted -- not any details. How bogus is that?
Because of the political overtones early in the story I could have written the end of the book about 1/4th of the way into it as well. I hope this author returns to the original formula that won him so many fans.
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