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Summary: A Good Book-Thoroughly Enjoyable.!
Review: A story with twists and turns that keeps you in suspense. The outcome is surprising,I found myself staying up late to read the last 30 or so pages. I highly recommend this book.
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Summary: More of the same
Review: Former travel agent, Holly Smith has recently discovered that she is the heir to the Randall fortune. When she was a baby she was put up for adoption and now her grandfather wishes to leave all his fortune to her after his death. She is unaware of the circumstances of her adoption but once she comes to live at Randall House she will learn the truth. Holly's other relatives are not happy with her appearance since she now owns most of the Randall Estate. They want her dead and make it look like an accident in order to get their hands on the money.If you have not read any of Tom Savage's novels you are in for a treat. Things are not what they seem. This book has its requisite twist and turns with a surprise ending. Unfortunately most of his novels carry the same formula. If you have never read his novels you will enjoy this one, if you read him before the surprise will be lost on you.
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Summary: Not bad!
Review: Great rainy weekend book, interesting plot twist in the last 20 pages. A few too many characters to track...it was hard to tell which ones were essential to the plot until the end, then I wondered why he'd spent time on their stories (i.e., the local police chief). Savage has a wonderful imagination. He works in a mystery book store, and obviously all the books he's had access to have rubbed off! The very last page was overkill (pardon the pun). Holly, the protagonist, obviously had a conscience, so I doubt she would have taken the "epilogue" risk of going for $600 million rather than a measly $300 million. Then again, I could be wrong! I'd love to know how the author arrived at that ending. Thanks, Mr. Savage. I will get your previous books and read them too.
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Summary: Excellent book
Review: I have been a fan of Tom Savage's since reading Valentine and couldn't wait to start this book. I thought the beginning was very well written, but this book lags in the middle. I kept thinking I knew what was going to happen, so why bother finishing it? I almost put it down but stuck with it and I'm glad I did! I never saw the end plot twist coming at all, I was SHOCKED when I read it! Let me just say this, no one is who they appear to be. My advice is, if you read this book, is stick with it through the middle part which is some what boring, the pay off is worth it in the end! Now that I've read all of Mr Savage's brilliant novels, I just hope he puts another one out soon!
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Summary: Wow! What an ending...
Review: I read the first 150 pages of this worthless novel and decided to stop. I have better stuff to do than read boring novels. I can almost always tell from the start if books are going to be good. This one started out real lame. Holly Smith/Randall or whatever her name is, discovers she is adopted and then she gets a phone call from her real great aunt. Then the aunt is later killed and Holly comes running to the family's house. She does not get along with a lot of the family members. She feels that the housekeepers son is strange and so on. I feel like I need some ALEGRE! BUT... I loved Tom Savage's novel "VALENTINE," that was a great novel believe it or not. "The Inheritance" is NOT!
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Summary: Shocking ending makes the entire story
Review: I read this book in a matter of 2 days, which is good for me seeing how many books I have that have a bookmark somewhere in them where I either got bored or just quit reading. I thought the story moved well and you will get used to the fact that it's being told in first person. Don't worry, you find out who drowned the lady in the beginning and all the other questions you have throughout the book will be answered. I thought the last page of the book made the entire story. In fact, I covered it with a post-it so that the next person who borrowed it from me wouldn't cheat. I doubt it would make sense even if they did read it, but you never know. In fact, about 8 people have borrowed my now tattered book whose cover is long gone and all have loved it as much as I did and yes, the post-it note is still covering that last page and everyone agrees to just leaving it that way! ;)
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Summary: Barely a modern Gothic, more of a puzzle
Review: In his acknowledgments, Savage likes to think that this novel owes so much to Poe, Hawthorne, D.H. Lawrence (a Gothic writer?!), Dickens and other 19th century writers. In fact, this novel (as do his earlier books) owes more to Agatha Christie, John Dickson Carr and writers of fair play puzzle mysteries of the early 20th century. I don't think Savage has ever really read a real Gothic. He certianly doesn't acknowledge the creators of the genre: Anne Radcliffe and Horace Walpole, or the 19th centruy writers who made it entertaining Sheridan LeFanu, Wilkie Collins. This book is great on plot but is fairly mediocre in every other respect. Surprising since this is Savage's third novel. The characters are stock; the dialogue is banal, stilted and surprisingly lacking in wit; the setting (aren't Gothics supposed to be 95% local color?) is unimaginatively realized. It definitely is "lite" reading. But as always the Savage twists and surprises are plenty. It strikes me that this would do better as a tongue-in-cheek send-up of Gothic stories. It's a borderline gay camp thriller, if you read between the lines. The characters certainly lend themselves to parody especially the evil Catherine and her lusty husband. It's all so ridiculously serious and the plot is too preposterous to be taken seriously. By the end (outrageous and close to immoral), not a single character is who you thought they were, most of them having every last bit of decency wrung out of them. Easily knocked off in one sitting, "The Inheritance" is recommended only for those who like trying to outguess the writer at his own tricks.
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Summary: Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Review: This one reads like an episode of the old Alfred Hitchcock Hour. It's not perfect - I'd have to comb it over a couple times to be sure all Savage's loose ends are really tied-up - but in the end it doesn't matter. The Inheritance is a cleverly plotted and satisfying trip down decadent Murder-the-Heiress Way. There's nothing new here, you've seen it all before - the Cinderella innocent who discovers she's suddenly a multi-millionaire, the greedy relatives who intend to horde the money for themselves, secret identities, hit-men, long-buried family secrets, and nobody being quite what they seem - but Savage is a deft writer, and makes it all fresh and fun. But what I liked best about this piece - and what most reminds me of the old Hitchcock show - is its fiendishly entertaining (and surprising) epilogue, that evoked a genuine laugh along with its added finishing chill.
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Summary: My new favorite author
Review: Tom Savage has become my new favorite author. I just wish he'd come out with a new one soon! Inheritance was a nice, easy read until you got to Chapter 13. If you can't dedicate yourself to finishing the book once you reach Chapter 13, put it down until you can. There was one shock after another. My husband thought I was having heart problems because I kept gasping!! Make sure to read the rest of his book; they are just as suspenseful!! Please, Tom, come out with another one soon!!!!
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Summary: My new favorite author
Review: Tom Savage has become my new favorite author. I just wish he'd come out with a new one soon! Inheritance was a nice, easy read until you got to Chapter 13. If you can't dedicate yourself to finishing the book once you reach Chapter 13, put it down until you can. There was one shock after another. My husband thought I was having heart problems because I kept gasping!! Make sure to read the rest of his book; they are just as suspenseful!! Please, Tom, come out with another one soon!!!!
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