The Gate House
by Nelson DeMille
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Author: Nelson DeMilleEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-10-28
ISBN: 0446533424
Number of pages: 688
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
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Book Review: "As I said before", too much padding
Summary: 3 Stars
I love me some Nelson DeMille but this was a lazy effort. He and his editors could and should have cut about 200 pages. The first half of the book consists mainly of the protagonist, John Sutter, rehashing all of the events of the prior book, The Gold Coast, then rehashing them in bits and pieces yet again as the book goes on. If your main character's most common statement is "as I said before", you know you're not organizing or editing well. One of the pleasures of reading DeMille is his macho characters' funny, smartass commentary on anything and everything, and this at least is done well with John Sutter's character. Though I have to admit that I kept asking myself how a patrician tax attorney raised in a privileged society could turn out to be such a hard-ass macho man. Not really believable. But okay, I will suspend disbelief. Additional credit to DeMille because he made the Susan Sutter character more full and more likeable this time around. I found myself touched by the husband and wife (ex-husband and wife) relationship. The Sutter children were sort of cardboard cutouts however, and with this book's endless length DeMille could at least have introduced us to new interesting people. A plotline about an Iranian neighbor goes more or less undeveloped though perhaps DeMille is setting up for a third book in this series. If so, I will read it but please edit a hell of a lot better next time.
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