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Summary: Couldn't put it down!
Review: I love the way he develops the characters of the goodies and the baddies. He gives them all real personalities, giving us an insight as to why the baddies are doing what they're doing. Leaving you wondering if the baddies really were so bad after all, and were the goodies so bad!?
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Summary: One of Follett's best
Review: I've read almost all of Ken Follett's books and would rate this as his second best, behind Pillars of the Earth, and right up there with Eye of the Needle. It has the usual stock elements found in any thriller: an admirable hero, a despicable villain, a vulnerable but brave young girl, but infuses them with real humanity and builds to a crackling and suspenseful climax. As in other Follett books, he makes the conflict many-layered: The hero (Major Van Damme) wants to apprehend the villain (Alex Wolf) not only because it can have an effect on the progress of the second World War in Egypt, but because they have a past together, and because the girl he is falling in love with has been used as "bait" for Wolf. Shades of Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious.What I like about Follett's best work is that it really delivers the suspense and resolves the story in an incredibly satisfying way. Like many spy novels, there are contrived situations, but he "gets you to turn over the next page" (Ian Fleming's goal as author of the James Bond books) so eagerly that you just want to see how it ends. His female characters are far from cardboard as well: both of them are fully realized. And, best of all, he makes everyone vulnerable; he knows that we can identify with characters that have strengths and weaknesses, instead of the usual cast of robots exchanging gunfire from speeding cars.
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Summary: Egyptian crime
Review: Mystery set in Cairo in 1942, I could picture it pretty well, having been there, which is why I read it in the first place. Was ok, although I did think there were far too many plot surprises - kind've like having to keep things going for so many pages. Very romantic for a war novel. Lots of [spicy scenes]. And the character of Alex (the bad guy) so disintegrated during the course of the novel that I don't think it was very true to life. Just a little too complex, as if I could see the writer writing.
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Summary: Egyptian crime
Review: Mystery set in Cairo in 1942, I could picture it pretty well, having been there, which is why I read it in the first place. Was ok, although I did think there were far too many plot surprises - kind've like having to keep things going for so many pages. Very romantic for a war novel. Lots of [spicy scenes]. And the character of Alex (the bad guy) so disintegrated during the course of the novel that I don't think it was very true to life. Just a little too complex, as if I could see the writer writing.
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Summary: Intensity! on paper
Review: OK, so I bought it for the title. :) I've been reading for over twenty-five years, and only discovered Ken Follett within the past three months! His historical fiction is sharply detailed, but isn't overbearing or over my head. The characters in "The Key to Rebecca" are real enough that you love them, hate them, root for them, hope they get captured. They're clever -- perhaps more clever than the characters in "real" life upon whom they're based. Buy it for the fabulous storytelling. Enjoy the history lesson that's interesting even to someone who didn't enjoy history in school. Wish that a sequel had been written.
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Summary: Worthwhile!
Review: So far I haven't read a Ken Follett book that I haven't enjoyed. I love the way the author combines historical events with powerful characters. Enjoy!
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Summary: one of my fave...
Review: spy thrillers of all time! a must read! a true classic.
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Summary: GreatBook...Great Auther
Review: The book is really good....The book's event are all in Egypt and i must tell u that as an i Egyptian I was astonished at how the author had a very good background of egypt... all it's streets and how the egyptians felt about the war..... never read such a good book which is well studied, not even by egypian authors.....WELL DONE FOLLETT!!!!
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Summary: Best of Follett's WW II thrillers
Review: There are not many fiction books that discribe this particular set of battle in the second World War, so besides the fun of reading a Follett book, you also learn something about the war in Africa. Follett has done a good job in picturing the struggle between a british army captain and a ruthless Nazi-spy, called "the Sphinx" in the streets of Cairo and through the desertic egyptian country. Also, the sensuality is a constant and present part of the plot, involving a beautiful young jewish girl working to defeat her tough past and to guarantee a safe future for her and her people. Second best of Follett, only behind "Pillars of the earth".
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Summary: not as good as his others...
Review: this book falls short of his other books. i found the characters to be uninspiring and follett just didnt grab and hold my attention with this book as he has done with his other books like pillars of the earth, eye of the needle, code to zero etc. still an OK read...just not one of his best books.
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