The Whole Truth by David Baldacci Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Whole Truth
Book Review: REad During the Summer
Summary: 4 Stars
Baldacci writes great page turners. On some occasions he produces interesting characters such as Simple Genius or the Camel Club. He does half of this in Whole Truth. Shaw and Katie James were just not believable Creel was a real cartoon figure. Also the coincidences in this book are not believable. Having said all of this I still stayed up late finishing it. Book Review: Great story; mediocre writing
Summary: 3 Stars
Based upon the truly superb job he did on Absolute Power, David Baldacci is a better writer than he shows in The Whole Truth. He does tell a really original tale, but his characters are thinly drawn and not very interesting.
Also some of the sentence construction is truly awful; a good editor would have caught and corrected this. In addition, there are several errors (typos and the like) in the hardcover edition.
Hey, it's an okay summer read, but don't expect too much.
Book Review: What a silly book
Summary: 1 Stars
Did David Baldacci really write this book or did he hire a first year creative writing student from a second (no third) rate college to write it for him? How can someone who wrote Absolute Power write such a SILLY book? Only to make money off his previous successes, although not that many. This book is so full of bad writing it is hard to know where to start in describing it. Here is an example of the wonderful prose: "Machine gun fire came at them like a swarm of bees with fifty-caliber stingers." The plot is unbelievable and at the end when nothing seems to be fitting together "Miracles did, it seemed to happen." Well this book did not have miracles, it is just plain BAD. David Baldacci should be ashamed of him self for putting his name on it.
I have read most of his books but will read the reviews first before I spend my hard earned money on him again.
Book Review: An Enjoyable Read
Summary: 4 Stars
Baldacci is a writer with considerable talent and he is cosistently able to write a book that keeps the readers interest throughout. He has become known for his ability to take issues of a contemporary nature and place them into an exciting work of Fiction. Much of this is attributable to the characters that he has developed. They have substance as well as depth and grow as the book takes form. This book takes a bit longer to get going than some of previous works, yet once the action starts, this is a difficult book to put down. He takes on the question of Perception Management in this work. It is best described by a quote that is used at the beginning of the book. The quote asks the question, "Why search for the truth when it is so much easier to invent it?". In the age of the Internet and everyone wushing to be first, it gives one pause as to what is really true and what might be conjecture. Although some of what is written appears far-fetched, one must always be vigilant and in a questioning mode. The book is very well done and it is highly recommended by this reviewer. Book Review: The Whole Truth by David Baldacci
Summary: 5 Stars
The best in a long line of great books from Mr. Baldacci! What makes this book so intriguing and scary, is it is all possible. David weaves in today's world issues, the gullibility of people to accept things without question and the power of Perception Management. This could all happen and no Shaw or Katie to save the day.