Last Man Standing by David Baldacci Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Last Man Standing
Book Review: boring
Summary: 1 Stars
this is my first david baldacci's book and it was dissapointing...
i don;t have the heart to finish this book..i fell asleep a few times while reading...
this book is just too macho for me..and sometimes the description is too long
if jeffrey archer were to write this book no doubt i'll finish it in one day...
it was just too much and the pace is too slow..for a thriller, slow just doesn;t work...
sorry but i just can't see myself finishing this book
Book Review: Last Man Standing
Summary: 4 Stars
I very much enjoyed the book. He builds the characters up wellBook Review: This book starts off well, but becomes mired in formula endings
Summary: 2 Stars
To tell you the truth, I had little hope for this book when I opened it up. Baldacci has in my opinion written a few of the biggest stinkers of the last decade. So when this book started off with such an unexpected promise, I was so shocked that I went back and rechecked Baldacci's old work just to make sure this was the same author that I thought it was. Well, all you have to do is read more than the first hundred and fifty pages or so and all of the seemingly unusual plot threads start coming together in groaningly hollywood shallowness.
By the end of this book, if you have any self respect, you will have to agree that this book is a real ugly dog. The plot lines are so unrealistic that its a slap in the face. If this were written as a parody it might have some value, but its really just disgusting.
I am giving the book two stars because I liked the first third of it a lot. If you for some reason enjoyed this book and have not read Harlan Coben, I would suggest that you try out his last few books that don't contain the character 'Myron Bolitar.' Coben is not the greatest author ever, but he reminds me a lot of a modern day Hitchcock.
Book Review: Awful...
Summary: 1 Stars
How I managed to finish this book is beyond me. I've read "Split Second" and kind of assumed that Baldacci's other works would be similar: fast-paced, enjoyable airplane read. Shame on me. This book was slow and dull.
This has to be one of the longest, more painful "thrillers" I've ever read. My main problem with this is the scope of the book. In my opinion, Baldacci tried to take on entirely too much, too many twists, too many characters, etc. In the end I just didn't care. The characters were lifeless and stereotypical, and not a single one stuck out to me. He tried to be be a bit Clancy, with a dash of Grisham topped off with some Dan Brown, and it didnt' work.
I just can't, in good conscience, allow anyone else to read this book, it was that bad. However, I have enjoyed "Split Second" so if I get the opportunity to read his other stuff from a library, I may take it, but never again will I have the patience that I did with this one.
Book Review: Extraordinarily Awful
Summary: 1 Stars
This is perhaps the worst book I have ever finished. The only reason I read it all the way through is that I was on vacation in a non-english-speaking country and had nothing else with me.
This book reads like the fantasy of a gun-obsessed 10 year old boy. The characters are, without exception, cliches. Everyone is the best of the best at what they do -- super-elite hostage rescuers, graduating at the top of their class from ivy league institutions, world-class horse breeders, the best drug dealer around.
The plot makes absoutely no sense and is slowed down by numerous digressions into wholly irrelevant material, like computer cookies, horse trailers, and target practice.
I like books like this, but I will never ever read a David Baldacci book again. The author should be ashamed of himself for putting out this embarrassing piece of trash.