The Gate House by Nelson DeMille Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Gate House
Book Review: the gate house
Summary: 2 Stars
after reading all of nelson demille's books, and finding him a great writer, i found this book to be lacking and boring. It came about 10 years too late - those who have not read The Gold Coast - will not know the characters and those that have, will not care. It's way too long - by about 250 pages, very slow moving and not really that captivating. It took a lot to get thorugh the book. The characters are as flat as the plot and can only hope that the next DeMille book will be a lot better.Book Review: un- demille like
Summary: 3 Stars
This story just did'nt have the readability of a usual demille novel. Yes we get it. he loves his ex. must we go on and on about it? Nelson, try another stand alone novel please!!!!Book Review: unsure
Summary: 1 Stars
To date I have not read this book. In the receipt of this book I found it to be fiction and thought I had chosen such title of non-fiction. But I still intend on reading. Thank youBook Review: when you need some cynicism, philosophy and black humor,
Summary: 5 Stars
nobody does better than this author. i thoroughly enjoy almost every sentence and paragraph he wrote for this sequel of 'gold coast'. people given low rating of this novel were probably at very different but absolutely wrong angles. the angle of reading this novel is to appreciate the cynicism, the philosophical thoughts about life and death, how time flies, how a person retrospect his past, revisiting where he came from, the inevitable changes of time and places and, look at them with regrets, nostalgia and cynicism in a pitch-dark black humor. the scenario, the storyline, the tempo of this novel are actually totally irrelevant and unimportant. demille has successfully transformed himself into john sutter, a guy who came back to gold coast after so many year. wiser? you tell me; more cynical? definitely, of course; with stronger sense of black humor? of course. stabbed even harder to the phony facade of the american culture and political environment? certainly. this is a novel in satire genre. gold coast might have more storyline and plot in it, but this 'gatehouse', in my opinion, is better and more mature, just like demille. this novel is far better than the 'plum island' & the 'lion's game', because they were not seriously written by demille, they were just like trendy fashion shows after 9/11, they both had certain time limitations. while reading 'the gatehouse', i seemed to become part of john sutter and nelson demille, and could actually look at what they saw in gold coast. don't ever consider demille a racist since there are always so many racial bashing in his novels. he is actually expose the inner thoughts and the hidden attitude toward immigrants of most white americans.
appreciate the prose of this satire, not the plot is the only way to read this sequel.