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1.0 out of 5 stars This was just awful..., April 21, 1999

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Steve (goodking@wwa.com) (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Predators (Mass Market Paperback)

I've read other books by Robbins and the Predators was just awful! Not only was this book pointless, but the ending was SO DISAPPOINTING that I couldn't believe that it got published in the 1st place!!!! The only reason I gave this even 1 star was that the beginning of the book was interesting. Which is why I was so disappointed in the final product...

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4.0 out of 5 stars One of the best books by missed author Harold Robbins, February 5, 2000

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Marco Aurelio - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Predators (Hardcover)

When I discovered the books by Harold Robbins I joined a world unlike any other I've seen till then. The world of bussiness, fame, fortune, losing everything, the dealing with the defeat, sex, sex, sex. At first sight, I was mesmerized and shocked with such books. Reading them I learned things I'd never even imagined. And when I started reading THE PREDATORS, I knew the real Harold Robbins. It's a book full of emotions, feelings and the odds of these things. Of course, with more sex than in any other of his books. If you like that kind of books, read this one. THE PREDATORS is the kind of book you should read on a Sunday afternoon, when you have time to enjoy yourself and have nothing much else to do except have fun. Nothing's perfect, and this book is not, 'cause the end lacks a little in criativity. But who cares when all your main reason to read these books is have fun?

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3.0 out of 5 stars A Crude Stew of Sex & Money, November 6, 2000

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This review is from: The Predators (Hardcover)

Within the first few pages of Harold Robbins's latest and final novel -- completed shortly before his death -- his hero, Jerry Cooper, has lost both parents in a car wreck and has had a steamy sexual encounter with a girl downstairs.

The Predators keeps up this breathless pace, tracking Cooper from Manhattan, where he works for his uncle, a small-time crook, to Paris during World War II. There, Cooper gets involved with a Corsican gangster who traffics in smuggled cars. Robbins doesn't waste time on niceties of style or subtleties of characterization as he follows Cooper's rise to power and respect-ability.

There's something quaintly old-fashioned about this no-frills potboiler and something distasteful in its tired, one-dimensional takes on homosexuals, African-Americans and endlessly compliant women.

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1.0 out of 5 stars a hollow going-nowhere loud-thunders-no-rain porn-movie like novel
don't know what's the purpose of writing this porn movie-like novel. so many meaningless intercourse scenes that got absolutely nothing to do with the storyline. Read more

Published on September 25, 2009 by JustAReader

1.0 out of 5 stars Save your money
I made it through about three chapters of this book and just got tired of all the sex in the book. I don't mind a couple steamy scenes or whatever but this was so laden with sex... Read more

Published on February 19, 2009 by IT Admin

1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing
As soon as I saw that this book was copyrighted by "the estate" of Harold Robbins, I knew I was in trouble. Read more

Published on April 16, 2004

1.0 out of 5 stars An Incredibly Disapointing Book From a Great Author!
This was possibly one of the worst-written books I have ever read. I hate to not finish a book, and that is the only thing that kept me with this one. Read more

Published on March 27, 2004 by Emily E. Nafziger

5.0 out of 5 stars a great book
ok this book is just amazing. i didnt like the homosexual scenes but its a great book. the regular sex scneces werent bad but thats not what makes the book good. Read more

Published on August 3, 2001

1.0 out of 5 stars Pure Trash
I loved the Carpetbaggers and was astonished by this book. The storyline and characters are weak, it doesn't read well at all, and as far as I am concerned -- it is pure porn!

Published on April 7, 1999

1.0 out of 5 stars Angry enough to write this review!
A MASSIVE TRAVESTY! Bought the book on strength of author's name. If H.Robbins wrote this book (I doubt it) he was in a semi comatose state with a limited multiple choice... Read more

Published on April 6, 1999 by Dave Perron (mmperron@psln.com)

5.0 out of 5 stars OK for entertainment
If you want a book to read when relaxing, this is it. Yeah it's trashy but when you're resting, who would really want to look at the encyclopedias to research for complicated... Read more

Published on April 4, 1999

1.0 out of 5 stars Robbins should quit while he's ahead.
Absolutely no substance. Nothing at all like his first few books. The Carpetbagger was his last good one as far as I'm concerned. Don't waste your time.

Published on October 30, 1998 by msmith@rupertport.com

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