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Summary: The Best International Thriller I've Ever Read!
Review: After nearly a decade of avoiding fiction, I found myself immersed in this book while standing in a bookstore. I literally could not put it down! From page one, Mr. Folsom began an exhilarating story that plunges you into a world of international intrigue and suspense. Two essential and effective attributes of this novel are the vivid description and intense narration. The author paints incredible images in the reader's mind's eye, making him feel as if he is amongst the action, and increasing his appetite for the next page. Considering Mr. Folsom is a screenwriter, I am anxiously awaiting the big screen version! Since reading this book, I have delved into the pages of other novels in its genre, only to be disappointed in their inability to exceed my expectations. The Day After Tomorrow is a novel I highly recommend to all of my friends, and to all of you as well
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Summary: starts well, then disappoints
Review: I should start off by saying that I truely enjoyed Folsom's second novel "Day of Confession" (see my review) and that was the reason to pick up his first work. This book starts off just as engaging and wraps the reader into a very complex plot that begins to span multiple European locations and intersting characters. The plot overall starts off very well designed and the main charcter of Paul Osborn in his personal quest to find answers to his father's murder 30 years ago comes across as quite engaging. Also the character of McVey, the American policeman, is well drawn. The characters are definitely not the problem here, neither is it Folsom's ability to move through foreign and complex locations with ease. Their are well researched in their physical detail. The story really begins to disappoint when he starts to unfold the Nazi conspiracy and the whole plot moves to Germany. I am German and found his unrealistic, twisted and sad description of post-reunification Germany quite appaling. The inserted bits of German language are lame, inappropiate and in later parts mostly wrong. Germans don't speak like that! Most of all: we don't act like that!
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Summary: Disappointing and Ridiculous
Review: I can't really get into a book based on the ridiculous premise that people are being chased across Europe and killed because they have Adolf Hitler's head in a box in deep freeze and want to surgically reattach it to someone else in order to have a re-emergence of the Third Reich. The action sequences are exciting and all, but that really doesn't make up for the far-fetched fantasy world that you and I just don't live in.
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Summary: A locomotive without breaks
Review: I read this on the recommendation of a friend, and as I found out, they were a very GOOD friend. I have NEVER EVER found a book that was launched into action as quickly as this...IF by chance YOU know of one that does, PLEASE e-mail me and let me know. WOW! I can't TELL you how many times my jaw was opened in awe of the sheer speed this plot takes, and how fantastic it all was, but through it all you were persuaded to suspend your belief and just take it all in just because it was bloody good fun. The very last verse alone is worth the price of the book--but PLEASE, PLEASE DON'T read it in advance and spoil it. A GREAT story and a GREAT book. Unfortunately his 2nd novel 'Day of Confession' wasn't as compelling, but still it was entertaining. Check this book out and clear away your schedules, especially if you are a slow reader, 'cuz you WON'T want to put it down. Folsom has written a book that Ludlum MIGHT have written in HIS prime had his career started in the early 90's instead of the early 70's. TRUST me, that's high praise indeed.
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Summary: First Time Writer Strikes Gold
Review: Folsom's former scriptwriting career vividly shows in the best psychological thriller in years. The Nazi element of what would happen if they would have won the war or most probably as written in THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW what if they lost and they had something more sinister in mind. Cloning, when this book was written was seen by most as improbable. Now, we wait for legislations to enforce its use. This idea which centres on the main cahracter Dr. Paul Osborne, shows the probability of the widespread conspiricy of Germany and the never-dying Nazis and how many people can get caught up in what Osborne was doing only just to retribut his father's murder thirty years before. To fully understand this page-turning nail-biter you probably have to read the book a couple of times. But all is left to say in this book which will probably be made a fantastic movie is,.....What if?
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Summary: starts off well but loses pace and credibility
Review: Starting off thrilling and fast like bullets coming out of a machine gun, the reader is carried to various spots all over Europe. Soon he gets trapped in a net of conspiracy and mystery. The final plot goes on for over 300 pages, far too meticulous, neverending, with too many characters showing up, doing too little. We find out that all Germans hate foreigners, Germany is full of skinheads and all Germans want - even nowadays - is breed a superior race. Giving that and all those irritating spelling mistakes, this book should be read till approx. page 300 and then thrown in a basket.
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Summary: An amazing rollercoaster
Review: "The Day After Tomorrow" is a fast-paced thrill ride. It starts as a man named Paul Osbourne sees his father's killer sitting across from him in a cafe. When Paul's emotions get the better of him, he attacks the man in front of everyone.As the story progresses, not only do we find out that there was more to this man as we thought, but there is more to EVERYONE do we think. Paul and an American police officer (sent over to France to investigate some strange beheadings) are sent on a mad dash across Europe to escape an evil Orginazation set on killing anyone who gets in the way. Plots and subplots galore keep this book interesting from the first page to the last. And with a finishing line enough to make one re-read it dozens of times before finally closing the cover, this is definately a book that shouldn't be missed.
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Summary: Find a better use of your reading time
Review: Unpleasant and completely unbelievable premise; full of murder and meyham without a rational purpose. I should have listened to my inner voice to cease and desist when at the very onset of the story the author began his psycho-babble to lay a path for his 'hero'. But alas, I saw it through to the no-surprise end. I picked up this book based on reviews, which just goes to show that YOU SHOULD NOT BELIEVE ALL THAT YOU READ, including my words.
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Summary: Truly awful
Review: Do not bother with this book - go and read something by Le Carre or even an early Tom Clancy novel...this book could have been written by a 10 year old. I had guessed the general theme of the ending about a quarter of the way into the book. Terrible.
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Summary: This book is awesome
Review: will keep you guessing until the last page. i highly recommend.
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