The Winner by David Baldacci Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Winner
Book Review: If a title isn't for you, you cannot make another think what you think
Summary: 5 Stars
I am appauled at some of the poor reviews given by some readers of the book titled the winner by David Baldacci.For someone who hasn't a long line of novels at bay for us to revel in and enjoy, his titles and it's contents inside holds a sort of power or control in it's sense.For those who have read(or as they put it attempted to)the book with thier eyes open and mind, they will see it caputres a woman who would do anything to give her child a chance in life.bottom line.Who wouldn't want thier child to have a life? Considering where she was said to oringinally hail from?As an up and coming author with many side talents,i believe this book outlined the words love, trust, and deception and if that isn't capturing enough to some readers, i don't know what is. This book has outlined intelligence as well as sophistication. that's what i call everyhting summed in one. That's life. Knowledge is power.Book Review: Don't take it seriously...
Summary: 3 Stars
This is my first introduction to David Baldacci and I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt.
The plot is good and the action sequences have their moments but I struggled to get through the first 30 pages. Once past those, it did pick up and was, for the most part, very enjoyable. But the antagonist is truly awful. What starts out as a fairly believable sinister character, descends into farce and overly dramatic cliché by the end of the book.
By the end of the book I cared less for LuAnn than I did at the start.
I'm not writing off Baldacci just yet, I have already bought two of his other books.
Baldacci is nowhere close to Grisham's league and has a lot of ground to make up to reach my current favourite, Michael Connelly. And I don't believe this should ever be made into a movie.
Book Review: Entertaining
Summary: 4 Stars
I tend to get fed up with books populated by incredibly ingenious villains overcome by a fortuitous combination of handsome, spunky men and beautiful, talented women who live more or less happily ever after (what they call in German a "Happyend"). But then, I guess, if they were ordinary folk, we'd never get to hear about it because (a) they would be too boring for words (just like all the rest of us), or (b) the baddie would inevitably triumph and we'd never be any the wiser, so perhaps I shouldn't moan. So, what we need to get us from the beginning to the inevitable end in an entertaining manner is a good plot, well told. This manages fairly well on both counts.
At the beginning of the book, I guessed the end, and got it nearly right (there were more survivors than I expected). All in all, an entertaining read, just the right thing for train and plane journeys. Sure you could read a lot better, but you could also read a lot worse.
Book Review: A Terrific Thriller Writer
Summary: 4 Stars
David Baldacci attended law school at the University of Virginia, and went on to work as a trial lawyer, and later as a corporate lawyer, in Washington, D.C. He is now a full-time writer whose best selling novels include Absolute Power, Total Control, The Winner, The Simple Truth and Saving Faith. He lives in Virginia with his wife and two children.
This is one of David Baldacci's earlier books, written in 1997. Probably one of the books that has made him such a popular author for thriller reader's everywhere. His writing style has changed very little since then and the plots of his early novels are just as interesting as his later work.
A young woman, LuAnn Tyler is approached to take part in a crooked lottery scheme. However she uses her common sense and says that she refuses to have anything to do with it, even though it solve all of her problems at a stroke, with the millions of dollars that she could make on the crooked deal. Later when the single mother is framed for a murder she did not commit, she has no choice but to go along and participate . . .
Book Review: Outstanding reading
Summary: 5 Stars
This was the first book I had read by David Baldacci and will most definitely not be the last. Although I more or less guessed what the outcome would be I was still intrigued. Where does he get his ideas from? An absolutely brilliant read. Highly recommended. Now I'm looking for more books by this author. Outstanding.