Survival Games: A Novel

Rating:
Summary: Good Entertainment
Review: I found this book to be very entertaining. Red is an interesting villain with almost supernatural abilities. I began to wonder if he was going to be like Jason and not be able to be killed. The interaction of Bill and Claire is good, especially when he watches her after she has been kidnapped by Red. The book has a little bit of everything, romance, sex, violence.

Rating:
Summary: Good Entertainment
Review: I found this book to be very entertaining. Red is an interesting villain with almost supernatural abilities. I began to wonder if he was going to be like Jason and not be able to be killed. The interaction of Bill and Claire is good, especially when he watches her after she has been kidnapped by Red. The book has a little bit of everything, romance, sex, violence.

Rating:
Summary: absolutely rivetting
Review: If this book had Stephen King's name instead of Charles Gaines, it would have sold a million plus copies. I haven't read a thriller this engaging in quite awhile. Since I spent a good deal of time around the New Hampshire area he writes about, I enjoyed it even more. On the surface, this novel is a suspense thriller, but farther down, it has a lot to say about couples, friendships and relationships. Red Sizemore is one sick character, but we understand why he is the way he is from Gaines' characterization. The author spends more time on Bill and Claire than he does on Dray and Portia, but I don't think that detracts in any way from the book. Survival becomes the central point of the book as the two male characters made their fortune by starting a survival games company years before the book opens. When two men kidnap their wives, they have to call upon these wilderness skills to get them back. While a bit gory in parts, the stalking parts of the book are fascinating. I can't believe this was not made into a movie -- it would be easy to capture on film. A thoroughly enjoying read from cover to cover.

Rating:
Summary: absolutely rivetting
Review: If this book had Stephen King's name instead of Charles Gaines, it would have sold a million plus copies. I haven't read a thriller this engaging in quite awhile. Since I spent a good deal of time around the New Hampshire area he writes about, I enjoyed it even more. On the surface, this novel is a suspense thriller, but farther down, it has a lot to say about couples, friendships and relationships. Red Sizemore is one sick character, but we understand why he is the way he is from Gaines' characterization. The author spends more time on Bill and Claire than he does on Dray and Portia, but I don't think that detracts in any way from the book. Survival becomes the central point of the book as the two male characters made their fortune by starting a survival games company years before the book opens. When two men kidnap their wives, they have to call upon these wilderness skills to get them back. While a bit gory in parts, the stalking parts of the book are fascinating. I can't believe this was not made into a movie -- it would be easy to capture on film. A thoroughly enjoying read from cover to cover.

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Summary: Don't go in This woods......
Review: Stay away... go watch the USA network movie of the week instead. This bomb of an adventure novel starts low (stalked women) and sinks lower (blowing away the bad guys private parts). How creative! Come on, I've read some really bow wow books in my time but this doesn't even attempt to be the least bit creative in its narrative. I've read more involving writings in the classified sections of travel magazines. Stay away, spen your money on the Everest non-fiction adventure "IN THIN AIR" instead. Compared to this "Survival Games" truth IS Stranger Than Fiction......

Rating:
Summary: A disturbing thriller
Review: This book was difficult for me to read not because it wasn't compelling, it was. I found myself getting more and more angry and wanting to jump into the book and take on Red Sizemore myself. As an avid outdoorsman it was very interesting to read the observations of the woods, the different "survival" skills that the characters employ. This is not a feel good, but certainly worth the read.

Rating:
Summary: A disturbing thriller
Review: This book was difficult for me to read not because it wasn't compelling, it was. I found myself getting more and more angry and wanting to jump into the book and take on Red Sizemore myself. As an avid outdoorsman it was very interesting to read the observations of the woods, the different "survival" skills that the characters employ. This is not a feel good, but certainly worth the read.