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Summary: Let's talk about something other than body parts...please!
Review: One of the worst books I ever read and I loved Gold Coast and General's Daughter. I have only read half the book and can't count how many times he refers to body parts. Obviously he is impressed with his own because we have to hear about his taking leaks, his not wearing underwear, how his "little freind" reacts when he sees a woman (is this guy really a severely maladjusted pubescent boy?) and then there's the stripped down people on boats (he has binoculars to watch naked men and half naked women?) and of course there's the idiot CIA guy (how clever) and his inferior anatomy and then the gorgeous women and their thighs etc.. Corey is not devilsh and charming, he is a BORE. I'm GUESSING he has been traumatized by his near death experience and we're really going to find out this is all a defense mechanism but I don't think I can wait that long. The supposed humor is just dull and tedious; he has no wit, no snappy lines. So far his most outstanding feature is that he can work to 2 - 3 in the morning, be at the ferry early, work long into the next night on virtually no food. All this in a weakened state of recovery. What a man! Give up the image of the hardened detective with a carrot and margarine for breakfast. It's old and trite. The other characters are colorless. Pembrose's attempts to take charge of the case are embarrassing. Please let this be a momentary lapse and let's go back to the good old days of Gold Coast, etc.
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Summary: Waste of time
Review: What a disappointment! An adolescent, misogynistic (is there any other kind?) NY cop as the hero of an amateurish story filled with two dimensional characters. The writing and story seemed so obviosly aimed at a screenplay, I kept being distracted by wondering if the author had Bruce Willis or Mel Gibson in mind for the role. It certainly would be fitting for a cheesey Die Hard- or Lethal Weapon-IV. And the boat chase was right out of Patriot Games. "It was a dark and stormy night..." Jeez, Snoopy would have written a better tale. What on Earth kept this book on the Best Sellers List for so long?
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Summary: Entertaining story-telling style, great mystery novel
Review: Nelson DeMille is witty, sarcastic and entertaining in this mystery concerning the deaths of two Plum Island scientists. The story was good, but the best part of this book was the sarcastic style it was written in, I laughed outloud many times.
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Summary: Plum Island What a let down!!!
Review: I was hooked within the first 200 pages. I loved it. It was exciting it was believable. I was telling everyone about this book and was thrilled to find on a road atlas, Plum Island restricted area just like the book! But the twist in the story line killed it for me! Stolen treasure!!! be serious. It's like Mr. Demille left and another writer who obviously thought the story needed something finished it. Is this customary for Demille? I've purchased another one of his books and have not opened it for fear wasting my time. I like surprises, but pirate treasure? - from top secret government agencies, CIA, FBI, to pirate treasure? Perhaps I missed something.
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De mille.....De BEST!
Review: Nelson Demille has done it again! This exceptionally gifted writer excels at character development, humour and imagery.
Plum Island is a fast paced read that is only out done by his previous works, Spencerville and Cathederal, respectively.
His literary sense of humor is genius and is hard to topple; his novels are always absolutely and abundantly absorbing!
If you have not read a Nelson Demille offering, may I suggest Plum Island, with a pot of hot black coffee? You won't want to put this one down!
Put on your Sun Block baby, because Plum Island will take you on a remarkable rollercoaster ride!
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Summary: Waste of time
Review: If you are telling a story through the eyes of your main character, he better be likeable. This guy, John Corey (I think), was not likeable. The first 200 pages were fair, although overburdened with irrelevant details and overbaked character development. The plot twist in the middle of the book was preposterous and far less interesting then the original path the storyline was following. I would avoid this book, not a good Demille effort.
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Summary: A Treasure!
Review: This book made me laugh hard and even made me sad at one point. It gave a nice history of Eastern LI as well. Its treasure hunting twist made the story very exciting because of the way it was juxtaposed against the animal disease background (two completely different motives). The ending with the speed boats was overdone for a novel, but I really enjoyed it anyway and could easily see it fitting well in Hollywood.
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Summary: Great book
Review: I could not put this book down once I picked it up. There were a number of possibilities as to who and why the murders were committed and it was not until the end that you can put everything together. Unfortunately, the book does get bogged down in some areas and seems long in explanation. But, all in all I give it high marks!
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Summary: Good ideas, disappointing job by veteran author.
Review: After tasting death on a Manhattan street, John Corey, a New York detective, sees the world through an icy film of sarcasm and remoteness as he recovers in a Long Island shore community. Asked to help investigate the murder of a neighbor couple, he moves expertly but woodenly through the technicalities, disregarding law and convention, doggedly following clues that suggest scientific terrorism and a government coverup. When that trail grows cold, Corey seeks other answers, but more deaths ensue and his fog of detachment begins to dissolve. An explosive catharsis marks the end of his search for the criminal and a gradual return to the reality of his own feeling and involvement. Into this framework, veteran author DeMille has hastily crammed an undifferentiated mass of irrelevant detail, false leads, bad jokes, stock characters, class distinctions, and abrasive discourtesies both verbal and physical. The reader is left to slog through this sand dune of print in search of logical plot lines. Seldom has the value of thoughtful editing and revision been so evident through its absence. Loyal DeMille readers expected better; newcomers might not wish to return.
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Summary: Who knew what Hazards lurk so close to home!
Review: I live just north of New London CT, I've been on the Orient Point ferry and seen Plum Island, and I can honestly say that the worst I thought I had to fear in a hurricane is our defunct nuclear power plants 10 miles down the road... Not! Loved this book, can't wait to read more of his works!
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