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Summary: Thoroughly Entertaining!
Review: Rainbow's End - Thoroughly Entertaining! I couldn't put in down! Adamov successfully captures all the elements of a good novel - history, intrigue, romance, adventure, action and tragedy. You will be drawn back to the days of the Civil War and the Lake Erie islands where the stage is set for drama and suspense and then catapulted forward to modern day intrigue and adventure. Multiple plots are meticulously woven and unveiled throughout the book in a truly unpredictable and captivating manner.
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Summary: Thoroughly Entertaining!
Review: Rainbow's End - Thoroughly Entertaining! I couldn't put in down! Adamov successfully captures all the elements of a good novel - history, intrigue, romance, adventure, action and tragedy. You will be drawn back to the days of the Civil War and the Lake Erie islands where the stage is set for drama and suspense and then catapulted forward to modern day intrigue and adventure. Multiple plots are meticulously woven and unveiled throughout the book in a truly unpredictable and captivating manner.
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Summary: What next for Emerson and Martine...?
Review: Rainbow's End is a fun, fast-paced read and certainly meets up to its expectation of an explosive thriller with unexpected twists! It is one of those books you will not want to put down until you are finished. The characters are real-life, the suspence is action-packed, and the ending will keep you holding out for more. I am looking forward to reading Bob's next novel.
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Summary: Watch out John Grisham!
Review: Rainbow's End is a fun, fun read! I felt like I was reading a Grisham novel with the quality of research, the pacing, the romance, intrigue and plot twists. I was amazed at the little known facts revealed about the Civil War and the realistic local color of Put-in-Bay.It's a book that's hard to put down (I stayed up one night till 2 am to finish it) and I was sorry it didn't last even longer when I was finished. Let's hope for a sequel with Emerson.
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Summary: Peppered with remorseless murder, sailing, & deadly chases
Review: Rainbow's End is a thrilling novel by Bob Adamov that connects a shady raid during the American Civil War with modern-day black ops machinations and clandestine schemes. An active and attention gripping saga, Rainbow's End is peppered with remorseless murder, sailing, danger, deadly chases, and much more. Rainbow's End is highly recommended as an adventurous story of how greed twists human nature and the hidden depths of strength that lie beneath the surface.
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Summary: Sub-par
Review: There are just too many things wrong with this novel for it to get any positive recommendation. The dialogue is wooden, sometimes laughable. Coincidences and cliches abound in amateurish fashion. Spelling, grammar and syntax cry out for a competent editor. Characterizations are stiff, one dimensional, nonsensical. Among the Confederate pirates, for example, is a French Canadian who calls people, "Mon ami," and even says "Sacre bleu." Why he is there makes no sense at all. He seems to have walked in out of a Bullwinkle cartoon. But worst of all is the shallow understanding of history, of fact, of reality. Granted, a fiction writer can take certain liberties with raw history, but the author of this novel goes off the edge. These errors go from major points to tiny details. The Lake Erie piracy of 1864, as described in this book, does not remotely resemble, for example, what actually occurred. The "battle," such as it was, took place on Middle Bass Island, not South Bass. John Brown, Jr. had no escaped slaves working for him, and it was he who went to warn officials at Johnson's Island prison, not a former slave. Co. K, 130th OVI boys captured were in mufti and had not been sent to Put-in-Bay. They were on the "Island Queen," bound for Toledo to be mustered out after 100 days service. The "Island Queen," so important to the story, was omitted completely. Rowing a boat from Put-in-Bay to Johnson's Island would have taken many hours, not minutes as the novel implies. It took John Brown, Jr. at least 12 hours to make the journey. Among the tiny details: the CSA never issued coins; the Perry Monument at Put-in-Bay is NOT the second tallest monument in the U.S.--at least 3 others are taller; the number of guns on USS MICHIGAN is wrong. The names of the "pirates" are incorrect. Nitpicking? Ah, but the devil is in the details, as the lawyers say. Pehaps if one were not aware of the history and had never been to Put-in-Bay, some of this wouldn't matter. But the glaring errors of the craft of writing would still remain. Misspelling is still misspelling. Alas, carelessness is the fatal flaw in any endeavor, writing included.
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Summary: Rainbow's End - Ended too soon -Can't wait for the next book
Review: What a great read. Rainbow's End held me captive until the last page - and wanting more! The numerous plot twists, surprises and character visualizations transported me into the world of Emerson Moore. This book has it all - suspense, murder, romance and a glimpse into the history of Lake Erie and the Civil War. A true page turner - keep them coming!
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