Audible Audio Edition
Listening Length: 12 hours
Program Type: Audiobook
Version: Unabridged
Publisher: Books on Tape
Audible.com Release Date: April 4, 2006
Whispersync for Voice: Ready
Language: English
ASIN: B000FA4VVY
Best Sellers Rank: #35 in Books > Audible Audiobooks > Mysteries & Thrillers > Legal Thrillers #300 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Thrillers & Suspense > Legal #2181 in Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Politics & Government
...Pick it up at a used bookstore. Preferably one where you don't have to pay more than fifty cents for it. I just finished this book and wish I'd had a peek at what the readers had to say first. Could have invested the time more wisely.I did not read every single review written by other readers, but I read enough of them to find that the critical reviews are more honest about this book than the glowing ones. The metaphores and some other issues have been covered: I'll point out a couple more.The law enforcement aspects of the book--meaning how the cops do things--is just dead wrong so many times it becomes a distraction. For example, a body is discovered in the hills of West Virginia with a gunshot wound to the head. Police officers are trained NOT to immediately jump to conclusion that such incidents are suicides, yet an 18 year investigator does just that initially.Characters who are presented as otherwise very intelligent sometimes let the obvious go right past them. For example, the main character, Sloan, discovers his apartment has been broken into, but nothing is stolen; a fellow tenant advises him that she saw a phone company employee on the premisis. It doesn't occur to him to check to see if his phones have been bugged until much later. He has a 170+ IQ and is a wily attorney.The dialogue is unbearable at times. When you are talking to another person, it is extremely rare to continue using their name over and over as you speak to them. "How are you today, Bob?" "Did you catch the game, Bob?" "Thanks, Bob, but I'm trying to cut back on the beers." Yet this is how the characters speak to each other throughout the book.And, as previously mentioned, the title of the book is very misleading.
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