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Summary: Strong, from start to finish.
Review: This book takes you on a wild ride through numerous world cities. The areas are dipicted vividly thorugh the author's words and the plot is meticuously written.
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Summary: Who is John Case?
Review: Well done book by a pseudonym. Who is this guy and he seems to have inside information? The ending is great. Great travel book. I won't waste words. Read it you'll like it unless you have a closed mind on issues of theology and science. Then get over it and then read the book. Gore Vidal maintains that all things are possible in fiction. John Case give us an excellent example.
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Summary: Terrible!
Review: Sounded intriguing, from the first chapter and advance praise on the back (of the hardcover edition). Good for about 120 pages. But turned out to be awful, starting with the name of the hero - Lassiter! Totally wrong for this kind of plot. Maybe I'm just fussy, but that's the kind of name for a hard-boiled detective novel.You've guessed the plot quite early on, but Case takes you on extended investigative trips to find one person after another. The dialogue is comic-book quality (and I don't mean Alan Moore), quite painful to read, even worse to imagine: "No, she isn't dead. She's shaken up. Shakin' like a leaf-" Echhhh. You're at the end of the book and you feel as if nothing's really happened. The "climax" is ridiculous - the big bad guy comes all the way from Italy to handle Lassiter himself, instead of sending his honchos. And you find that the plot - the big secret - was no more earth-shattering than you guessed much earlier. It seems like the main point of this book is to show you the author's expertise in tracking people down. Not for the demanding reader.
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Summary: Not as good as his later book, The First Horseman
Review: I was hot and cold on this book throughout. Parts of it were boring, and parts of it were exciting. As a Catholic, I was offended that the premise of the story was that an order of priests would even conceivably consider committing the horrific murders of children because DNA from the relics of saints had been used to conceive them. It made the Church look terrible, and I HOPE nobody would believe this kind of thing could really ever happen. Aside from that, if read simply as a fictional yarn, the book has its merits. The reason I bought it was that the author's later book, The First Horseman, was so good. Now there's a great book--much superior to The Genesis Code.
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Summary: Awesome!
Review: This is a superb thriller. Case, with his excellent story telling, keeps us guessing all the way. And even when he reveals the mystery behind the whole thing, near the end, it ain't over. He still hits us with a twist ending, the impact of which is felt only after you've read the very last word.
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Summary: For the Strong in Mind
Review: I can't believe that others say that this book was "300 pages too long". I think that Case ranks up there with Michael Crichton. His attention to detail and his ability to put it in words is fantastic. There is no need to watch a 2 hour movie for $7.50 when you can exercise your imagination for a few nights for less than $10.
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Summary: 300 pages too long!
Review: This book is remarkably similiar to "The Miracle Strain" by Michael Cordy. If you really really really liked that book - you'll quite like this one. Most readers will, I fear, find this effort to be formulaic, contrived and lacking in any real dramatic tension. The only real reason to persevere is because one cannot quite believe that the conclusion will be as predictable as all the clues lead you to expect it to be. Sadly, it is.
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Summary: A modern classic!
Review: John Case delivers a powerful punch in his novel "The Genesis Code." This book will keep you up all night long wondering, "what if?" I strongly recommend this book to any reader interested in suspense.
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Summary: From Genesis to Revelation by Chapter 6
Review: A thriller is in deep trouble when all the upcoming plot twists are in plain sight by chapter 6. (of 38) The hero, Joe Lassiter is the boss of an intelligence-gathering company. Ironic, since he spends the entire book displaying very little intelligence indeed. Most of the information he comes across is thoughtfully provided by the expendable supporting cast - and despite being told everything he needs to pursue the right direction very early on, he continues to scoff and guffaw and roll his eyes at the density of the information. He carries the letter that explains all (written in Italian) in his pocket while surviving attempts on his life. He gets home, talks to his experts, goes on the run again, meets the last link in the story, and only then decides to have the letter translated. By the time the previously sensible arch-baddy shows up to supervise everyone's demise, all sense and plot is long-gone. To add insult to injury, the baddy also has extremely shakey theological reasons for ordering the assassinations of these innocents. I was sick of the sheer stupidity of the characters by page 400, but finished the book through dogged cussedness. Do yourself a favour, forget this, and if you want a challenging theological read, try Holy Blood, Holy Grail for an equally daft theory, but a considerably more thrilling exposition.
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Summary: Abysmal tripe
Review: If you consider yourself a reader of serious, well-written, well-structured and meaningful novels then avoid this book like the plaugue. The interesting subject matter could have been handled so much better. Cardboard stereotypical characters, tedious plot, contrived action scenes, this book has them all and then some. The whole rambling investigation contained within is simply padding to reveal the final 'astonishing' conclusion that anyone with only half their brain running will have guessed by page 100. A tepid waste of time and effort.
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