Riptide (FBI Series) by Catherine Coulter Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Riptide (FBI Series)
Book Review: Lots of suspense that keeps one guessing 'till the end!
Summary: 5 Stars
This was a really great book! I know it wasn't as romantic as her other novels but for me, all the suspense made up for it. From the way the summary had been given inside the cover, I'd expected as much anyway. I love the main caracter, Becca and I found the story really picked up when Adam showed up. The whole Tyler thing was just spooky (makes you think of your own guy friends) but a great ending, especially with Adam finding out about Becca's "run-in" with Tyler at the end.I love all of Catherine Coulter's books, romance or suspense!
Book Review: Lowering the standards of literacy
Summary: 1 Stars
Having never written a review before now, my reaction to this "best selling" book was such, that I felt a compelling, if not overwhelming, need to caution others. Fortunately, I did not buy the book, but picked it up at the library. Being a devoted fan of Daphne Du Maurier's "Rebecca," there was something wonderfully reminiscent about its dark stormy night cover that had me imagining myself all curled up with a full weekend ahead to do little else but savor, what I assumed would be, a spellbinding thriller. Apart from the story, which does a fairly commendable job of weaving and turning its way to a fairly predictable close, the prose is so awkward, stilted, amateurish and bad, it is hard, if not impossible, to focus on the story. Either the author or the editor, or both, were so arrogant, or simply sloppy, as to allow the repetitiveness of ideas, dialogue, thoughts, etc., which were nothing more than a series of rearranged words, to appear throughout -- within plain view of each other!
From my understanding, this is an author of some renown with several best sellers to her credit. In my view, books such as this don't elevate literacy, but dumb it down.
Book Review: Mere pulp fiction
Summary: 2 Stars
I went into this novel knowing little to nothing about Catherine Coulter and her FBI series. I do not know how this novel measures up to her previous works, but I can compare it to my personal expectations and have to say that I am thoroughly disappointed.
The novel began off very promising with the stalker calling the protagonist and even setting off a bomb to prove his control. However, the stalker pretty much disappeared after the narrator moves to the town Riptide. Instead of the antagonist, the author subjects us to painful, mindless characters whom we can care less about. I don't care about this FBI agent; I want to see more of the stalker. Basically, the author dragged out all of the wrong parts and brought them to the fore.
The writing was average. There was no figurative language or amazing revelations. The characters were developed somewhat, but not to a point in which I began caring about them, only to a point in which it was above the cheap romance novels one sees at grocery stores. The author also has a terrible tendency to use repetition... but not the good kind. "Suddenly without any warning" jumped out of the text at least four times. Very poor word choices on the author's part.
I simply couldn't finish this book. I have a whole list of what I would like to read next and this book was taking away that precious time from me.
Book Review: More than Minus tide
Summary: 1 Stars
Take a look at the reviews for any of Coulter's FBI series and the comments are all pretty much the same. She is the author people love to hate. If you are looking for an excellent writer that can keep you in suspense while using very descriptive language that adds to the enjoyment try Michael Connelly for one. No slang expressions here that sound like some teenager's writing and the FBI agents sound like FBI agents. They don't drag their 6 month old baby on the job for sure.
Book Review: NOT QUITE
Summary: 3 Stars
The 3 stars are for the Basic plot idea. It rambles around a bit, perhaps she tried to write a longer novel..however it would have been MUCH better if she'd tightened it up instead of rambling and sometimes not making any sense at all. Her characters.. again, they are great, simply not fully developed and don't quite become real people. The lines they speak are shallow and cutesy. This style worked well in her historicals, but not in modern romantic suspense. The author thanks Iris Johansen, Kay Hooper and Linda Howard in her dedication. It might help if she read one each of their books and then compared it to one of her historicals. MISS COULTER, Please try again. You start off with great ideas. Sigh...