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Summary: Great Book!
Review: "Saving Faith" was a great book. Even though Baldacci drops hints thoughout the book, I never could guess the ending. This book is a definate must read!
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: Certainly not his best work. I was half way through and didn't even finish it. I have LOVED his stuff in the past and this one was a real disappointment. I certainly hope he gets back on track!
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Summary: What happened??
Review: How can an author who previously wrote 4 books ranging from good to excellent (in my opinion) turn out a piece of crap like this? 90% of the book is boring drivel written to fill space & the 10% that tells the story is worse. The only redeeming part about this book was I bought the paperback & not the hard cover & saved $15.
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Summary: Avoid This One At All Costs
Review: David Baldacci has John Grisham Disease, and he has it bad. You know the symptoms: an author writes a stellar first novel, follows it with a very good second novel, and goes steadily downhill from there, to the point where he merely goes through the motions and churns out totally predictable books. This one is so bad, at times you'll laugh out loud. The plot is as lame as it is derivative: an ordinary person is caught in a web of government conspiracy and is forced to flee for her life. The characters are all stock and two dimensional (the beautiful career woman, the gruff and ruggedly handsome private investigator, the snivellingly evil government agent, etc. -- and, of course, the beautiful career woman and ruggedly handsome private investigator end up in bed together within 24 hours of meeting each other). Worst of all, Baldacci is so completely going through the motions here that he doesn't even bother to invent interesting plot twists. The worst example is the "ordinary person" just happens to have a safe deposit box filled with cash and credit cards and ID under an assumed name, a numbered Swiss bank account, and a house in North Carolina registered under a dummy corporate name. Sure, we all have those things. This book would be just a run-of-the mill bad thriller, if it weren't for the fact that Baldacci has proven he can write top notch books, if he puts a little effort into it. This one is insultingly bad, and you should avoid it at all costs.
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Summary: Expected more ...
Review: Interesting Washington FBI-CIA story that is truly action packed with your obvious good verses bad guy. For me where it fell short was in the development of the characters not in the story line. In order for the reader to fully attach themselves the characters should have have been much better developed and they were not. The story itself is almost over developed with under developed personalities. Still you will find a book worthy of reading. The last few chapters will glide you to the end of this book. Getting there is a bit more difficult.
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Summary: Better than Most
Review: If you are into pulp adventure stories, this one is better than most. I've read Kellerman and Cussler and their formulas are tired. This story is more interesting than most as the characters are really metaphors for what is screwed up in our governmental system. Some interesting points about the arrogance of the United States. The hero is standard fare though. Worth a read.
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Summary: my review
Review: A PI finds himself immersed in a plot involving not only the FBI but also de CIA. At the center of everything is a woman he was charged to follow. The central plot is very interesting and follows through until the end. The characters are real and you indentify very well with each of them. This author has always written good "detective" novels and this is certainly no exception. Good read!
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Summary: FBI + CIA = Good Read
Review: A female legislative assistant who works for a bleeding-heart senator has been marked for termination with prejudice. Who's behind it? A paid assassin, the CIA, both, or someone else? And how will it come down? This is the situation that opens David Baldacci's latest paperback novel, and "Faith" is the name of the character who forms the fulcrum of so much violence during the novel's span. Along the way we'll encounter a Russian sniper, an embittered CIA ex-spook, a dedicated FBI woman with a heart of gold, and a studly and damn smart private investigator. "Saving Faith" was written to be a page-turner and it succeeds well. We pretty much know who the good guys and the bad guys are, and the surprises on that level are not terribly surprising. The real fun comes in finding out HOW our heroes get out of one perilous situation after another. "Saving Faith" is quite an efficient read. Baldacci's strong point is his research, and his take on eavesdropping paranoia runs the gamut from funny through strange to downright scary. What I'm typing right now could be bouncing off a National Security Agency satellite--even one that was primed to alert itself for code words like FBI or CIA. Criticisms: I think Baldacci he stays with a situation a little too long. In this age of short attention spans, he'd be well advised to take a lesson from Carl Hiaasen and jump-cut from one scene to another. Nor are his characters particularly well nuanced psychologically. I cared about them, but only to the extent that I didn't want them to die. I didn't really know what makes the characters tick the way I would in, say, one of the better Scott Turow novels. But this is still a better-than-average effort of its type and you won't be disappointed if your expectations aren't too high.
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Summary: This book has everything!
Review: This book has everything! Saving Faith by David Baldacci, Warner Books 1999 An exceptional thriller that takes the reader compellingly to a fever pitch of excitement that keeps the pages turning then takes a few twists of plot at the end to keep it really interesting and surprising. A high level renegade CIA leader, Bob Thornhill, has under his control a former lobbyist for big business, Daniel Bucanan. Thornhill has discovered that Bucanan has used his considerable talents and financial resources to win large sums for the poor of the world by bribing US legislators to pass legislation favoring poor countries. By threatening to expose Bucanan's plan Thornhill has obtained the evidence of bribery and is going to use it for his own nefarious ends. When Faith Lockhart, Bucanan's beautiful and resourceful assistant decides to go to the FBI to try and cop a plea for her and her surrogate father, Bucanan, Thornhill decides their usefulness is finished and orders them killed. The handsome PI Lee Adams manages to save Faith's life but is inexorably drawn along in her rush to escape the deadly clutches of Thornhill and at the same time drawn to Faith's considerable charms. An intriguing subplot involving the FBI struggle to understand how one of their agents was killed while guarding Faith and also to find Faith uncovers evidence that one of their own is on the payroll of the CIA. This too is resolved in a surprising ending. A wonderfully written book tightly plotted and exciting to the finish.
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Summary: Baldacci heroines are all to familiar, however....
Review: I am no doubt a fan of Baldacci. I became one upon reading The Winner. His stories hold your attention to the point of sleeplessness. The only problem I have is that the characters seem to have an all too familiar commonality. I seem to invision characters from previous works while reading the pages of this novel, however, I do appreciate each work for it's individual entertainment value. What I love about Baldacci is the vivid imagery one can conger up while engrossed in the story, almost as if you can invision the story being played out on a silver screen in your mind. It's a good read overall and definitely worth taking the time to read, in an age when our time is becoming less and less our own!
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