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Title: Darkside by Peter T. Deutermann, Dick Hill ISBN: 1-59086-112-4 Publisher: Brilliance Audio Pub. Date: December, 2002 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 4 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.14 (7 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Great story, lousy ending
Comment: This story started off well. It was interesting and captivating most of the way through but got very slow in parts. The author's description of sexual things seemed a little bit like middle school mentality and made those sections akward. I enjoyed the book all the way until the ending started unfolding. All this build up, all this development and then a big let down. I would recommend reading the whole thing then going back just a bit and imagining your own ending.
Rating: 4
Summary: Good story, but with a long, slow middle
Comment: "Darkside" is an interesting story, with likeable characters, a few surprising plot twists, a good measure of tension, and the attractive setting of the United States Naval Academy. Unfortunately, while the story gets off to a good start, it's weighed down by a long middle section in which little progress seems to be made in solving the murder mystery, which is, of course, the point of the story. Instead, this central part (about half the book, in fact) is full of character development (not in itself bad) and a lot of discussion of the hothouse environment of Academy life. For people like me who are interested in questions of military education, this section has certain rewards. However, for people who are mainly interested in a murder mystery regardless of setting, these 200 pages would probably be somewhat of a drag.
About page 300, though, the plot picks up its pace, and keeps charging ahead with action and revelation right up to the very last page. Readers interested in a fast-moving, dramatic showdown might even find it worthwhile to skim the book until chapter 12, and then dive in there in earnest. You'd miss some of the plot threads that get tied up in the end, but you'd skip all the slow parts too.
It's hard to tell whether the author is trying to make a political point about some of the people who are being admitted to the Academy these days. Without giving away much of the plot, I'll note that questions like "How could someone like this make it into Annapolis?" are raised, by the characters themselves, throughout the story. By intention or oversight, Deutermann seems to leave this question largely unanswered -- and indeed, makes it more pressing than ever given some of the final plot twists.
But that issue is no doubt secondary to the quality of the story itself. I did like several of the characters here, and thought the setting believable, the story plausible, and the action, tension, and pacing (at least in the final section) brisk. General mystery fans could probably enjoy this as much if it were 100 pages shorter, but those of us who like reading about military academies will find the whole thing worth the read.
Rating: 3
Summary: Plodding Intrigue
Comment: A story line with good potential is unfortunately lost in the midst of tedious conversations, undevloped characters and tangential subplots. I have not read any of Deutermann's previous novels but will give them a try ~ am wondering if he is not at the point where he should rest on his laurels or develop another angle.
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Title: Hunting Season by P. T. Deutermann ISBN: 0312979061 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 17 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: The Edge of Honor by Peter T. Deutermann ISBN: 0312953968 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: May, 1995 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Train Man by P. T. Deutermann ISBN: 0312973705 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 15 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Zero Option by Peter T. Deutermann ISBN: 0312970048 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: September, 1999 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Firefly by P. T. Deutermann ISBN: 0312203772 Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur Pub. Date: 01 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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