Icarus

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Summary: A NON-Thriller
Review: What started out as a book with great promise ended with a thud! I had guessed every twist and turn that was supposed to happen.

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Summary: "Un-Putdownable'!
Review: While some reviewers felt that the first 90-100 pages were slow moving, I found that I did not want to put this book down from the very first page. Icarus is one of those rare books that the less you know about before starting it, the more exciting, surprising and suspenseful it will be to you. While I know it's hard to spend money on a book without knowing what it's about, this is definitely a book that should be the exception to the rule. The style of writing is very easy to read, the plot is very fast-paced, the action is non-stop (particularly in the second half of the book), and the characters are very credible. If this isn't enough to motivate you to put Icarus at the top of your "To Be Read" list, than maybe this will do it for you -- you won't guess who the killer is. Even if you do, it won't be until towards the very end of the book, and by that point you'll have probably gone through a list of characters who you thought "did it." Icarus is the most enjoyable thriller I've read in quite a while. Do yourself two favors -- 1) don't read any reviews that describe the plot, and 2) go right out and get a copy of Icarus (and don't be tempted to read the inside flap. It will take away from some of the suspense!). Also, if you have a little more money to spend, get a copy of Russell Andrews' first book, Gideon.

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Summary: Spoilers!!
Review: Why does the suspense factor of this book get skewered by everyone that reads it?? First, the writer of the cover flap gives away nearly every big surprise. Then, so do all the reviewers of this book. The book is a thriller and a highly competant one, it has no real twists though because the shock value is removed before you even get to the acknowledgement page. Pity.