Night Fall by Nelson DeMille Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Night Fall
Book Review: What a cop-out
Summary: 1 Stars
The theme of this book interested me, because I was one of the hundreds who witnessed the terrible explosion and may or may not have glimpsed streaks of light. I'm happy with the official explanation, but was prepared to go along with de Mille's proposal that a missile could have been involved, and that various governmental agencies hushed it up. But, if they did -- as the plot theorizes -- WHY? What was the point? I waded through yards of the protagonist's stupid and occasionally amusing wisecracks, kept going with a really rather easily put-down book, just to find out the answer to the mystery. And did I get it? No, I did not. Using a tragedy of the magnitude of 9/11 to cover up the author's inability to come up with a gripping, plausible ending was mildly criminal, in my candid opinion. Well, I certainly felt robbed.Book Review: What a waste of time!
Summary: 1 Stars
Two of the most enjoyable novels I've ever read are by Nelson DeMille - The Charm School and Lion's Game. This one, unfortunately, was a real lemon. The book is slow until the last third, then it races to a rather unsatisying non-conclusion. When I finished it, I threw it away . . .Book Review: Worthy, But Not His Best
Summary: 3 Stars
Nelson DeMille has for years been one of my favorite authors, gotta love that bad-boy Corey...but if this had been my first DeMille read I probably would not bother again. The ending is disappointing and flat, and seemed like a cop-out on unraveling the controversy. This novel just doesn't hold your interest as most of his work does, plus terrorism is not a plotline I find interesting. Something is missing here, and it could be due to the fact-based plot. I will continue to read DeMille. When he gets it right it's great.