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Saving Faith (Oeb)
Published in Hardcover by Oxmoor House (September, 2000)
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Wasn't this originally called The Pelican Brief?
NOT RELIGION BUT A WOMAN....
This book is a slow moving but easyreading that helps keep your interest. At times things getexciting but it is not a pageturner. The same old competitionbetween the CIA and the FBI forfunding and recognition gets a bittiresome. Faith Lockhart is a legal assistant to Danny who hiresLee to follow someone to start thelife and death of Agents (take your pick) as they betray and/orshoot their way up to fame or life's end. It involves Congessmembers vieing for the best gravyjobs after retirement. Someone gets killed by accident, another gets shot by taking the bullet tosave a friend. The reader keeps on reading this to the end and isassulted by a "They lived happilyever after" line you won't wantto hear. Baldacci usually writestoo long a story and has troublebringing them to a close. Thatgives it a 3 1/2 star but it isBaldacci so I gave it a 4. The line "And so he did." actually rates it a 3. This is a book from1999 so don't rush to read it.
An excellent book with an excellent Reader
SAVING FAITH is suspenseful, intriguing and fast-paced. David Baldacci has woven an intricate tale that delves into the world of politics, the FBI and CIA. An age-old theme of power-hungry men has been skillfully developed into a book that holds the listener captive. The Audio CD with 5 discs is read by actor Chris Noth, who lends his considerable vocal skills to make the book even more enjoyable. He uses the rich tones of his voice, and an ability to provide various accents, for the listener's optimum benefit. Mr. Noth's style of using pauses, along with varying his speed, inflection and volume for emphasis, helped keep me fascinated with the story until the end. I found myself not wanting it to end, but ready for 3 or 4 more chapters at least.
The Mighty Johns: A Novella by David Baldacci and Other Stories by Superstar Authors
Published in Audio Cassette by New Millennium Audio (July, 2002)
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The Mighty Johns
I was really expecting something special after reading Publisher's Weekly's review. I thought the story was predictable and rather foolish. One football player sends six opponents off on stretchers because he knows physics? I also got a little tired of hearing how "brilliant" Tor was. Make the point and move on.
Who proofed this book???
Baladacci's story was very good, although I don't think it is one of the "more remarkable stories ever written". About half of the other stories were good, the other half--terrible. What I cannot understand is how this book made it to published form with all of the errors and misprints. There are periods in the middle of words and sentences, words printed twice, mispelled words...and not just a few. There are many mistakes. It made reading a mediocre book much more difficult.
Football and Intrigue..what more could I ask for!
Just the very idea of putting together a book such as this was true inspiration. To those of us who really enjoy the sport of football; the "the thrill of victory...the agony of defeat": the sheer joy of playing and all the suffering and fatigue that go hand in hand with the game..well, you will love this book!
Baldacci gets us off to a roaring start with 'The Mighty Johns'..a mystery within a mystery...within a mystery. And although I enjoyed all the other writers his was the best and set the pace for some marvelous reading.
It is impossible to pick one author over another because each one's approach to the subject is entirely different with each story superbly written and executed; with brisk characters and no lagging in the story lines. I don't usually re-read a book right away, but I did with several stories in this one. Fantastically skilled writers whose imaginations soar to the heights..and you follow them till the last word is written and absorbed.
For several hours of sheer enjoyment..pick this one up! You won't regret it!
Control Total
Published in Paperback by Mondadori (IT) (December, 2000)
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Absolute Power 27 Copy Dumpbin
Published in Paperback by Simon & Schuster (Trade Division) (02 June, 1997)
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Absolute Power 10 Copy Shrinkw
Published in Paperback by Simon & Schuster (Trade Division) (02 June, 1997)
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A cualquier precio (Saving Faith)
Published in Mass Market Paperback by Punto de Lectura (15 March, 2002)
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Poder absoluto
Published in Paperback by Editorial Grijalbo, S.A. de C.V. (June, 1999)
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Der Prasident
Published in Paperback by Gustav Lubbe Verlag GmbH (27 September, 1999)
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The Mighty Johns
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Absolute Power (Export)
Published in Paperback by Simon & Schuster (Trade Division) (03 June, 1996)
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- smart, attractive female lead from hard-knocks upbrining who's making it on her own
- older father figure who acts as mentor
- cardboard cut-out bad guys from the federal government, complete with extraordinary powers
- elite international assassin who screws up his hit on our lovable female lead
The list goes on. Don't get me wrong - this isn't an entirely unlikeable story - it's just that it doesn't break any new ground. The characters are straight out of central casting - the strong but lonely PI, the about-to-be-divorced loner FBI agent who's fighting the system for what's right, etc.
The story moves along at a good clip, and the last 1/3 of the book is quite entertaining. There are a few twists that you may not see coming - and I won't reveal them here - but nothing earth-shattering.
Baldacci's at his best when describing the political system (he once practiced law in DC and knows quite a bit about the Hill). It's when he writes in intricate detail about a certain type of custom-made bullet imported from Europe for the assassin, or when he goes on and on about what type of gun someone is using, that he strays off-target. This isn't his area of expertise - it's as if it comes from someone else verbatim. He may have done his homework, but does it really serve the story?
Overall, this is a decent beach book. Not nearly as good as some of Baldacci's better books, but still a good read.