Kingdom Come (Mass Market Paperback)

by Tim Green (Author)
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Editorial Reviews

Review
'Tim Green is a master' - Nelson DeMille 'Green keeps the suspense building and the reader continually off guard' - Chicago Tribune Green keeps the pages turning' - Booklist

Product Description
Bob King is a self-made billionaire who parlayed a rusty backhoe into 27th spot on Forbes' list. Now, his corporation is a multi-billion dollar construction company that instils greed and competition among friends, including his son Scott and his two best friends, Thane and Ben. But instead of handing over the company's crown, Bob reveals a massive public offering that will make him CEO for life. Thane's wife, Jessica, is furious and goads him into a conspiracy to kill Bob. When the board of directors makes Thane CEO, Ben investigates the truth - and Thane realises that he can only be safe if his old friend is also dead.

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing (March 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0446615714
• ISBN-13: 978-0446615716
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #143,619 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I'm wondering if some of the other reviewers read the same book I did, April 10, 2006

By	Brian Baker (Santa Clarita, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Kingdom Come (Hardcover)

First of all, contrary to the Editorial Review and the other member's review mentioning character names, there's no character in the book (at least my copy) named Bob King. The father who built the business over which the characters struggle is James King, and his son is Scott King. Not a single Bob in sight anywhere.

That having been cleared up, I was pretty disappointed in this book. I've enjoyed Green's work in the past, but this was a failure, primarily in one area.

Yes, the plot worked. Yes, Green has an accomplished style, and is very craftsman-like in his delivery.

The problem is I hated the lead character, Thane Coder. An earlier reviewer likened this novel to Macbeth, and there are similarities, though not to the same extent as Green's last book (Exact Revenge) was an update of The Count of Monte Cristo. But we do have a lead character (Coder) who is weak, bullying, self-involved, greedy, obsessed, with no sense of personal values, who allows others to easily manipulate him into committing multiple murders. Just the kind of guy you want to have over for dinner. And his wife is orders of magnitude worse than he is.

And these are the lead characters of the piece!

Which is exactly why I didn't like this book. For a book to be enjoyable to me, I must be able to like, or at least understand, the protagonist on some level. I despised Coder, and thought he got off way too easy in the end - in my opinion, he should have been flayed, hung, and shot.

Well, there you have it. Caveat emptor.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars UGH!, April 22, 2006

By	Tina Avon - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kingdom Come (Hardcover)

What happened to Tim Green? I use to love all of his book until the last one and, of course, this one.

I agree with another reviewer who said that they could not like any of the lead characters in this story. I kept wanting to like the main lead, but he was written in such a nonchalant, I don't give a damn attitude, that I just could not get there. I actually did not care what happened to him and his precious wife.

The story was boring and kept being entertwined between the past and the present in which our main character is talking to a shrink.

Also, I realize this is a thriller, but the gruesome descriptions of killing of animals was not really necessary.

Overall, this book was a little gross and a lot boring.

On the positive side, I just took a look at the photo of the author and he is "hot". So, I should have just looked at the picture and insted of read the book.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I Wish I Could Get Rid of This Gosh-Darned Stain!, April 27, 2006

By	T. Slaven (Phoenix, AZ) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Kingdom Come (Hardcover)

In his previous novel, Exact Revenge, NFLer-turned-lawyer-turned-writer Tim Green re-outfitted The Count of Monte Cristo in modern dress. Now he has turned his sights on Macbeth, raising the compelling question: is nothing in the common domain safe from his marauding?

There is a justifying twist. Kingdom Come unfolds as a series of flashbacks told by its protagonist to a prison psychiatrist. At last we can understand the psychopathology of a weak-willed husband (a yuppie developer) who kills his powerful boss in order to advance the ambitions of his material-girl wife.

I cannot say that the ages have waited for this treatment. Nor did I much enjoy the side touches, for example a chorus of female FBI agents (called "witches" because Lady Heroine doesn't like to use the b-word) for whom toil and trouble means two years in a federal pen for tax evasion.

This book is a shameless and vapid appropriation of a literary classic, and I would not encourage anyone to read it. Shakespeare it certainly aint. Isn't it about time someone did a really good job of updating The Inferno? Ready to take it on, Mr. Green?