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Title: Chaos Theory : A Novel by Gary Krist ISBN: 0-375-50080-4 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 28 December, 1999 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.95 (20 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A wonderful, quick and compelling read
Comment: This book is a gem, a thoughtful thriller that races along with surprises at every curve. The characters are interesting and believable, and the author's ability to illuminate the danger to real people amid the corruption of the nation's capital is an especially appealing element of the story. It's the perfect combination of two genres: a tale of good-people-in jeopardy and an up-to-the-minute political thriller. Fans of gripping suspense will not be disappointed!
Rating: 5
Summary: A real page turner--and more
Comment: If you read the first 5 pages of this book, you won't stop until the end. But Chaos Theory is more than a superb thriller. It is an engrossing look at Washington, DC (the town I live in) in the mid-1990s, amid rampant corruption and civic decay. And it is peopled by sharply drawn characters that drive home the real human stakes of good--and bad--government. Krist has an amazing ability to put himself inside the head of people of very different ages and social circumstances. I can't recommend this book highly enough.
Rating: 3
Summary: Thought provoking plot...
Comment: Two teenaged boys become bored at a very straight laced birthday party and decide to leave to find a little excitement so the evening isn't a complete bust. Most teenagers do something very similar to what these boys did, and seldom if ever does a lapse in judgement turn out like it did for Rourke and Monroe. But then that's what makes this such a good story and captures the reader's interest from start to finish. The very idea that something like this could really happen is both plausible and quite chilling. Because the plot is an interesting one, and the development of this story is very well done, the book is worth both your money and your time. However, I do believe that the characters could have been better developed. The Jason Rourke character left me completely cold, and he's the one who, in my opinion, should have been the most sympathetic character in the book. Teenagers certainly have their own way of looking at their circumstances, and many do indeed come off as remote, but Jason seemed to be on autopilot from the middle of this book until the end, and given what happened to him, I found that both unsettling and not very credible. I don't think the characterization of his father was much better. But given the strength of the story, this may not be problematic for another reader.
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Title: Old School by TOBIAS WOLFF ISBN: 0375401466 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 04 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: Hell to Pay by George Pelecanos ISBN: 0446611328 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Protect and Defend by Richard North Patterson ISBN: 0345404793 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 30 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Without Fail by Lee Child ISBN: 0515135283 Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: 25 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Jolie Blon's Bounce by James Lee Burke, James Burke ISBN: 0743411447 Publisher: Pocket Star Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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