Snow Wolf

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Summary: great plot, presented in the worst possible way
Review: The plot is great. At the same time novel does not generate the smallest level of credibility necessary to be entertaining: heroes act like stupid zombies and historic background is full of ridiculous projections of 70-s/90-s realities into 1952. Funniest thing is that both USA and USSR are presented with the same ridiculously low quality.

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Summary: Disappointing, even for Summer fare
Review: It is rare that a plot turn is so awful, so hackneyed, so deus-ex-machina, so Wagnerian that it takes me by surprise. The ending of this book contains such a plot twist. I had to put the book down, blink, pick it up, and reread the relevant paragraphs to convince myself that the author really was being so pathetic. SW starts as harmless adolescent fantasy, as do many books in the spy-thriller genre, and ends by leaping in front of a speeding train labeled "cliche".

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Summary: Riveting! Spell-binding! Without a doubt, one of the best!
Review: SNOW WOLF is clearly equal to Ludlum and Forsythe novels. It read like a film running through my head, visually clear and exciting. I read it in two sittings - next to impossible to put down.

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Summary: GREAT NOVEL. ONE OF A KIND
Review: Although I thought it started slowly it quickly gathered my attention. This novel makes you think about all the events that we seem to have doubts about. Did one man kill Kennedy. Did Hitler commit suicide. How did Stalin die, are a few nagging questions many would like to know the REAL truth about. In this book Glenn Meade gives us an idea of what MIGHT have happened to Joseph Stalin. Glenn Meade blends his story with enough historic figures and locales to give it a touch of realism. At the end of this novel you will be saying to yourself aloud, "WOW, I wonder if that really happened". I find myself thinking about 'Snow Wolf' even though I have read other books since. I just hope Glenn Meade will satisfy us with another novel of this kind soon.

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Summary: One of the greatest suspense reads ever!
Review: This book is one of the best suspense novels ever! I had no inkling of what was going to happen before it did. It was never disappointing and the link to historical facts is absolutely believable. Definitely worth the money!

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Summary: a must read book
Review: from the opening moments this book catches your interest.for those of you that are interested in the cold war era or spy work this is for you.a terrific book

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Summary: A lazy attempt at writing a thriller. Go back to Tom Clancy.
Review: Glenn Meade depends on too many coincidences to advance the plot of this Cold War thriller. President Eisenhower asks how to stop a plan to kill Stalin when events spiral out of control. The simple answer is simply to put the book down, or grit your teeth until the end of this implausible tale for the limited joy of listing all of Meade's historical inaccuracies. You're better off with the classic thriller writers

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Summary: A great read
Review: This book gives us one more reason to believe hoe joseph satlin was murdered. They say he died of natural death but this book will make you think twice.A great read. I lost travk of time while reading this book.

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Summary: A page turner. Better than Ludlum or Trevanian.
Review: Meade has written a winner, in my opinion. I could not putthe book down and especially like the way he kept the actiongoing chapter after chapter. Meade blends a fictional story line with tidbits of historical facts ala James Michener. He (Meade) quickly develops the characters, but keeps some twists and turns to the last chapters which sneak up on the reader. The book is well written and fast pace.

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Summary: Disappointing and overbaked.
Review: There was the makings of a great thriller here, but Meade chose to focus on the wrong characters. I was never interested in the fate of Alex, a cold, hard-bitten killer whose motivations are kept under wraps until a (rather contrived) 11th hour reveal. If the story had been built around Massey's doomed attempt to save Alex from trying to carry out a mission that was inevitably going to lead him to disaster, it would have had a stronger emotional hook. But Meade spends much too much time setting up the mechanics of Alex's mission and not enough on giving us a reason to care about Alex. Since this isn't really alternate history, we know he's not really going to succeed, so it needed to be more about the 'why' and less about 'how.'

Sometimes evocative, but structurally clumsy and with a choppy writing style (and some really contrived setpieces) that keep it from catching fire. A shame.