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Summary: Gripping Tales of True Crime
Review: Ann Rule is a natural when it comes to writing true crime novels. Empty Promises recounts several cases where the search for love brought only lies and betrayal for those who trust too much too soon. You begin to realize that these are just ordinary people who's lives changed forever. This is just another Ann Rule book that will haunt you.
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Summary: Gripping Tales of True Crime
Review: Ann Rule is a natural when it comes to writing true crime novels. Empty Promises recounts several cases where the search for love brought only lies and betrayal for those who trust too much too soon. You begin to realize that these are just ordinary people who's lives changed forever. This is just another Ann Rule book that will haunt you.
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Summary: Empty Promises
Review: As an avid fan of Ann Rule and her true crime books, I read each new one as they come out. These books make for some good reading while waiting in airports or on the plane. Empty Promises has one longer story and several short stories of love gone wrong. These are stories of manipulative and abusive relationships which end in violence. This collection is not her best work, but it is still a worth-while read.
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Summary: Well delivered narrative
Review: As expected from the files of true crime writer Ann Rule, EMPTY PROMISES is as frightening of an anthology a reader will find because the tales really happened. The premise behind the collection is not all relationships end in a happily ever after. Some end in violent death in which the killer betrayed the love and trust of their victim.The ten stories, including the "novel" length title piece, of EMPTY PROMISES all hinge on a glib predator taking advantage of love to the point that perhaps it is better to not have loved and lived than to love at all. Each tale is haunting because they can easily happen to family, friends, and readers. Although not for everyone, this book proves Ms Rule still rules the true crime genre. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: TO LOVE OR NOT TO LOVE-THAT IS THE QUESTION.
Review: D. GRIM - True Crime buff., May 21, 2001, EVER BEEN IN LOVE? Reviewer: A reader from PACIFIC NORTHWEST TERRITORY - 'EMPTY PROMISES' by Ann Rule. You will not be bored, I promise you. TO LOVE OR NOT TO LOVE .... That is the question ! True cases of different loves. This is a must read. I'm lucky, I saw myself in one of these chapters and I made the right choices .... So I'm alive and healthy and happy today. I do love Ann Rule, she explains HOW these kinds of things can happen. As I said you will NOT be bored .... You won't be able to put it down until the very last page. I have everyone of Ann Rule's True Crime books and I will not part with any one of them. Keep up the good work Ann, we need you. Also recommended: And Never Let Her Go-Volumes 1 thru 7 of her Crime Files.Anything by Ann Rule, also The Defense is Ready by Leslie
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Summary: TO LOVE OR NOT TO LOVE-THAT IS THE QUESTION.
Review: D. GRIM - True Crime buff., May 21, 2001, EVER BEEN IN LOVE? Reviewer: A reader from PACIFIC NORTHWEST TERRITORY - 'EMPTY PROMISES' by Ann Rule. You will not be bored, I promise you. TO LOVE OR NOT TO LOVE .... That is the question ! True cases of different loves. This is a must read. I'm lucky, I saw myself in one of these chapters and I made the right choices .... So I'm alive and healthy and happy today. I do love Ann Rule, she explains HOW these kinds of things can happen. As I said you will NOT be bored .... You won't be able to put it down until the very last page. I have everyone of Ann Rule's True Crime books and I will not part with any one of them. Keep up the good work Ann, we need you. Also recommended: And Never Let Her Go-Volumes 1 thru 7 of her Crime Files.Anything by Ann Rule, also The Defense is Ready by Leslie
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Summary: TO LOVE OR NOT TO LOVE - that is the question
Review: EVER BEEN IN LOVE? "EMPTY PROMISES" Every one should read this book by Ann Rule. You will not be bored, I promise you. True cases of different loves. This is a must read. I'm lucky, I saw myself in one of these chapters and I made the right choices .... So I'm alive and healthy and happy today. I do love Ann Rule, she explains HOW these kinds of things can happen. As I said you will NOT be bored .... You won't be able to put it down until the very last page. I have everyone of Ann Rule's True Crime books and I will not part with any of them. Keep up the good work Ann, we need you.
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Summary: Not Her Best
Review: Fans of Ann Rule will enjoy reading this. However, it is by no means her best story. The characters and story are fairly simple compared to the topics that she usually writes about. As a result, this one is no nearly as suspenseful, making it impossible to really get involved in the story.
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Summary: EVER BEEN IN LOVE?
Review: I have read everything Ann Rule has written (including the books written under her male pen name) and I have noticed (in general) a sloping off of depth in most of her more recent works, starting with the book "The End of the Dream." I'm not sure why she is writing in a shallower manner -- I wonder if she is being put under pressure by her publisher or her editors? "Broken Promises" just doesn't deliver the probing analysis, the unflinching examination of the criminal mind, or the level of detail her previous books such as "Dead By Sunset" delivered. As I read this book, I felt as if I were watching a Lifetime TV special. The writing seems shallow to me. However, if you are an Ann Rule fan you will probably want to read this book, as it is still far better than most true-crime offerings. On a more positive note, I thought "Deadly Seducer" was fabulous and that it lived up to Rule's talent level. I know she can still deliver. I will look forward to her next book.
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Summary: Ann Rule "going through the motions"....
Review: In yet another installment of Ann Rule's collection of true crime stories we see Ann Rule at her worst. Well I should say that at her best Ann Rule does a brilliant job of analyzing criminals, victims, crimes and the US justice system. She has the knack of drilling down into minute detail without being boring. However with 'Empty Promises...' the author doesn't go into any detail and, worse, the stories she relates are your basic slasher crimes; we've seen them all before (and were grossed out). At the very least Ann Rule still writes in a very readable, personable sort of way. So the book is a painless waste of time. If Ms. Rule reads this review can I ask her, as a loyal fan, to dispense with these half-hearted stories (as an attempt to cash in on her name?) and give us more classics like 'If You Really Loved Me' or 'Dead By Sunset'. Bottom line: Ann Rule on a very off day. Don't waste your money.
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