tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499247432649483938.post9002355412439426911..comments2024-03-11T01:39:11.362-04:00Comments on At the Scene of the Crime: What a Twist!Patrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01844617192737950378noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499247432649483938.post-6457828860649485142013-03-27T03:11:26.867-04:002013-03-27T03:11:26.867-04:00Jeffrey Deaver is a very talented writer, and he h...Jeffrey Deaver is a very talented writer, and he has his own personal style. I think he can't help but write like himself. I do highly recommend Deaver's Lincoln Rhyme series, particularly the first, "The Bone Collector." The man can't go twenty-five pages without a plot twist, and many of the books read like a particularly frantic episode of "24," but these are not necessarily bad things. I think that Deaver's style clashes with the Bond style.Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03343947041898057102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499247432649483938.post-18965358887510798812013-03-26T23:06:25.839-04:002013-03-26T23:06:25.839-04:00I was undecided between the Faulkes novel and the ...I was undecided between the Faulkes novel and the Deaver one. Eventually, I went with the Deaver one because critical reviews seemed pretty positive. Then again, I was an idiot and should have Googled it for five more minutes. I would have then come across a review that put down Ian Fleming's work and prose and said Deaver was far better. That would have tipped me off that something was fishy.Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01844617192737950378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499247432649483938.post-2539290175943393922013-03-26T23:04:31.459-04:002013-03-26T23:04:31.459-04:00Glad I'm not alone in thinking this about the ...Glad I'm not alone in thinking this about the plot twists. Usually, when I say that a plot twists and turns, I mean it as a compliment. But when we have to keep going over the same ground to get the accurate information, and when some perfectly straightforward information is given to us in twist form, I get more and more annoyed. I suspect this is the stuff of M. Night Shyamalan's wildest fantasies...Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01844617192737950378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499247432649483938.post-7821140575570751282013-03-26T15:50:45.796-04:002013-03-26T15:50:45.796-04:00I did not read this book based on the overwhelming...I did not read this book based on the overwhelming negative feedback I heard about it. Nevertheless, if you want to read a James Bind pastiche (I highly advise trying on), I recommend "Devil May Care" by Sebastian Faulkes. That book is actually written in Fleming's style, and was a very, very entertaining read. Nick Cardillohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941093024318184603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499247432649483938.post-2304278293647801322013-03-26T14:05:29.601-04:002013-03-26T14:05:29.601-04:00I haven't read this book, but your review chec...I haven't read this book, but your review checks with my opinion on other works by Jeffery Deaver. His stories don't really feature plots, they are mere accumulations of twists. The fact that most of them are arbitrary and unfairily handled makes reading rather annoying and after a couple of books it also becomes quite predictable (there's always one twist coming and it's always the most outlandish you can conceive -- no, wait, it's the one that is even more outlandish than that). Other aspect that annoys me is the amount of PC stereotypes and clichés. The casts of characters seem to be based on quotas and the minorities of any kind are guaranteed to be the good guys (no twists on this by Deaver). IMO, a vastly overestimated author.Henrique Vallehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16626159490843432538noreply@blogger.com