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Title: Twice Shy by Dick Francis ISBN: 0-515-13488-0 Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: 25 February, 2003 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3 (3 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: 14 year gaps in books about computers? Try again!
Comment: Gotta agree with the other reviewer's comment about mixing 14 year gaps in stories with plots centering about computers. I actually program these silly things for a living, and listening to this book in 2001 was interesting purely from this historical computer languages angle. However, I found myself distracted througout wondering if it was the initial story about Jonathan that was intended to take place in '81 or the second story 14 years later. I don't think I buy it either way: programs don't last 14 years.
My verdict: centering the plot on a computer program? Good.
Breaking the story into two, changing narrators, and setting the 2nd half 14 years later? Good.
Both? Not so good.
Try Whip Hand or In The Frame instead.
Rating: 4
Summary: Francis Never Fails
Comment: Dick Francis is one of the finest mystery/thriller writers going. This book, one of the first mysteries I ever read, hooked me to Francis's saddle during my teens. I've enjoyed the ride ever since.
Rating: 2
Summary: Definitely not the way to start your love of Francis..
Comment: As a really big Dick Francis fan, I would be really sad if someone heard all these great things about this author, picked up this book, and then never tried another book again. It's not a very good one. The premise is good, the characterizations as usual are very nice, but the plot goes nowhere and stays there from about halfway in until the last, disappointing page. Changing narrators in the book was a nice risk, but it ruins everything. Having the book be about computers and then putting in a 14-year gap was also not the wisest thing. If you want to start off on the right Francis Foot, try PROOF or WILD HORSES or ENQUIRY, and there you're neck-deep in characterization, plot and thrills. Francis is a master, but even masters have an off day.
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Title: Reflex by Dick Francis ISBN: 0515135097 Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: 25 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Smokescreen by Dick Francis ISBN: 0449221113 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 22 February, 1993 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: High Stakes by Dick Francis ISBN: 0449221148 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 22 February, 1993 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Danger by Dick Francis ISBN: 0449210375 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 12 February, 1986 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: In the Frame by Dick Francis ISBN: 0449221164 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 22 February, 1993 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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