The Whole Truth
by David Baldacci
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Author: David BaldacciEdition: Hardcover
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2008-04-22
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 416
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
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Book Review: cartoon characters, written by a robot
Summary: 1 Stars
I have liked Baldacci in the past, but like many writers who succeed they quit writing and either have some C- high-schooler do their writing or just do it for the money. The characters in this book are so one-dimensional they are cartoons, but there are no illustrations to entertain you. You just don't care about them because they are not real.
All descriptions are so extreme they are juvenile. The billionaire's house is so big it could hold a dozen Monticellos. Gee golly gosh! The woman Shaw loves has long legs and so does the journalist - from this you know they are special. When the alcoholic writer throws up 5 days of booze binging you are mystifed that this is even medically possible. Five days of hard liquor consumption is still in her stomach? The bad guys are caricatures, totally vile, and the conversations are from noir tv shows of the 50s: short, sarcastic, and silly.
The premise would be good if not so overblown, that we sheep are manipulated by press and p.r. types and not privy to the real truth behind what we read. Too bad it wasn't written by Lee Child who gives you an exciting lead character, believable action for starters. (Dear Lee Child, Please don't go in this direction). Or by Lescroart who takes you inside the real world of courts and office politics and how the game of life is really played with believable good guys and bad guys.
If this is the only book you can find and you are a on a desert island then read it for instruction on how not to write your next novel.
I would have put it down but for some misguided belief I have to finish a book once started. So word to the wise: don't pick it up.
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