Wild Fire by Nelson DeMille Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Wild Fire
Book Review: Compelling Premise, But Gets a Bit Long in the Tooth
Summary: 3 Stars
I generally like DeMille's books, and his John Corey character (also featured in this one) amuses me, but this book was not my favorite. I thought the post-9/11 nuclear terrorism premise was compelling, but the book got long. Also, the reader knows the entire plot within the first few chapters of the book, so essentially for the rest of the book we are just waiting for John Corey and his wife (FBI agent Kate Mayfield) to figure it out too. This means there are many conversations where they are trying to figure out things we already know, and it gets tiresome after awhile. I found myself skipping pages of dialogue for that reason, obviously not a great sign in a thriller.
So it's a decent read with an interesting premise, but not great overall.
Book Review: Fire isout!
Summary: 1 Stars
As a long-term DeMille fan I was extremely disappointed in Wild Fire. He takes witty banter between John Corey and his wife to the extreme. It was like reading a script from the old Avenger TV series with the endless witty banter between Mrs. Poole and Patric McCoogan. Tally-ho! On to the bad guys! A little of that goes a loooong way. I pitched the book about 1/3 the way through, before I started gagging. DeMille needs to get away from writing comedy and get back to his serious roots. Before purchasing any future DeMille books I will be waiting for the reviews!Book Review: I had to rate this book zero
Summary: 1 Stars
I've not run across a book quite as boring... and truly not one as irritatingly boring. Don't get me wrong; the idea behind the plot is and interesting one. But this thing just dragged on, filled to the brim with snappy repartee mostly from the main character; often from his wife. Sheesh! Nothing moves. Almost all conversation. And incredibly dumb conversations. Nobody talks that way..not even the author who must've worked like crazy to come up with that silliness. The hero is supposed to be quite intelligent, but talks like an immature idiot. The rest of the characters are poorly developed. The scenes scantily set. Easy to read the sentences, however, because they're quite short, and use 8th grade words. I take that back - I saw one word that was 10th grade level. Not a good read at all. I worked hard to get through Wild Fire, but finally had to quit at page 186 of a 519 page book. Why did I buy that anyway?
I've never written a review before. But today I just had to say "don't waste your time". Bring back Tom Clancey and John Grisham!
Book Review: Nelson and Det. John Carey do it again.
Summary: 5 Stars
I cannot immagine any male reading this book could have a negative comment. I am an admitted Fan of most of Mr. DeMille's writing. My one exception is Gold Coast which I have read twice and still do not really understand. As opposed to "Up Country" where the author takes us back to Viet Nam through the guise of a fairly good plot with interesting characters, while in reality he has taken us "Up Country" to where he himself fought as a soldier in the Viet Nam War.That one I understood and loved every page of it.
If you are reading this review to determine whether or not you should purchase this book?; then stop-don't buy this book-not yet.
Go to the list and purchase "Plum Island". That is where you will be introduced to Detective John Carey and I guaranty you will be hooked by this guy who acts and behaves like we all wish we could.
He disdains the political correctness that has permeated all facets of our lives and likes to take that little step outside the bounds while pursuing his quary in unorthodox ways that drive his superiors crazy and other organizations mad with envy.
Open a book and settle in for a rollicking ride with a well developed charater with whom we all wish we could identify or emulate.Then you will be back here to get the next volume or order them all so as to ensure a continous adventure with one of the best fictional charaters around. Why John Carey has not been made into a Hollywood hero I don'y know. Or is it that Hollywood has become so ardently politically correct that they can't find anyone to play the character. Doubt that though, Bruce Willis is stil working isn't he?
Book Review: Not much to recommend
Summary: 2 Stars
I run hot and cold with this author. He is very funny when he's got his main character wisecracking about other people. For this reason I really liked The Gold Coast and Plum Island. But I had to put this one down after several chapters that alternate between men sitting in a room expounding their silly theories, and the protagonist spending time with his girlfriend. I guess, and I'm truly guessing here, that the silly theories are meant to be so terrifying that it would create drama just to have people talk about them. Wrong. I would have given it one star based on that, but I credited him an extra star because he can put a sentence together well. I recommend you avoid this one.
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