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Summary: trite forced dialog
Review: characters act as paradies of real people. The author has a disgusting view of both the male and female anger and love. The plot drug and was boring and predictable. Spend your money and time elsewhere.
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Summary: it wasn't his best...
Review: I bought this book b/c I have read other books from Baldacci and I enjoyed them. Although you could tell he knew what he was talking about, in certain parts, the details made it slow reading. How the situations worked out was very gripping and I enjoyed the action/adventure parts. There were interesting unexpected turns. I like his style which is constant through out all his books.
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Summary: Couldn't Save the Ending
Review: An interesting story idea, unravels when the author leaves too many dangling threads at the end.
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Summary: Wasn't this originally called The Pelican Brief?
Review: Baldacci has fallen into the same trap that John Grisham did. After writing several engaging stories, he's now churning out books that do a decent job of entertaining but break little new ground. In fact, Saving Faith has so much in common with Pelican Brief that it's scary:- 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.
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Summary: Campy story
Review: Is there any plot involving the upper ranks of the CIA or FBI which is realistic?
Probably not. A secret cabal of CIA agents meeting secretly in an underground room plotting against the FBI? I doubt it. The same group planning the murder of an FBI informant and FBI agent? No. "Ordinary folks" with get-away mansions in fake names? Hardly. Politicians being bribed to vote for third world aid? No way.
I almost got the feeling that this book was intentionally campy. While the main evil guy is totally evil, it's nice that the other characters are allowed to have second thoughts, characters that aren't totally good or bad, and make mistakes.
It's worth reading, though, if you don't expect a masterpiece.
What I _would_ like to stop is the trend of reader reviews along the line of "I stopped reading after 60 pages, but I know it's a terrible book." If you don't read the book, don't review it.
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Summary: I found it to be good
Review: I liked this work by Balducci. Similar to The simple truth and Total Control..Interesting big operations(CIA, FBI,The Senate). The characters Faith, Thornhill and Buchanon were very interesting. But, the PI Adams stole the show. Good suspenseful book. I found it hard to put down. Type of book that you can read quickly and still get it. The plot thickens as you go along to a meaningful end.
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Summary: Good story, unsettled ending
Review: The book was pretty good. I enjoyed it up until the end when it didn't really end in my opinion. I do not like stories that leave you hanging. I actually listened to the audio and want to add that Chris Noth did an outstanding job of reading it and making it interesting.
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Summary: Non-directional "Faith"...
Review: David Baldacci's "Saving Faith" was a dissappointment. Missing the clear plot of "The Winner", "Saving" attempts to add twists where they're not needed. Slow at times and hardly believeable throughout, it never clearly justifies many actions and motives of some of its characters. What the reader gets is a convoluted plot that unfortunately never really synchs in with the protagonist, Faith Lockhart. She is a one dimentional character who seems blindly pushed to "help" her powerful DC lobbyist boss, whom she suspects is being blackmailed. While in FBI, protection, a series of events begin to unfold that bring Faith in contact with a timely savior and a group of dangerous people who intend to kill her. The plot should have stayed withing the bounds of the main story. Adding pointless and often times time-exhaustive character studies only bog the story down. This book should have been better edited. I like David Baldacci's work. Yet I was dissappointed in "Saving Faith". One thing assured is Baldacci can write something better.
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Summary: Complex plot--interesting characters
Review: It is somewhat difficult to summarize this complex book, but basically is deals with a conflict between the FBI and the CIA, and the humanitarian efforts of a Washington lobbyist. The lobbyist sometimes resorts to illegal means to accomplish his worthwhile goal of supporting children in underdeveloped nations. The CIA official is ruthless and uses murder, blackmail, and his considerable influence to further the power of himself and his agency. In the middle of this intrigue are Faith, the lobbyist's assistant and Lee Adams, a private investigator hired to protect her. These two are pursued by the CIA and the FBI, but they manage to elude their pursuers while their personal relationship deepens. There are numerous twists and turns in the plot and credibility is sometimes strained, but it is a good story and keeps the reader guessing to the end.
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Summary: I'm a true Baldacci fan, and found this almost as good as
Review: his other works. Before Faith Lockhart can tell the FBI everything she knows about the powerful lobbyist with whom she worked, a hit man pulls the trigger, the wrong victim falls, and Faith is on the run; with a man she doesn't know, yet MUST trust.
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