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Product Reviews:
The Gate House |
Rating: 3 (out of 5)
Summary: Slow starter however great
Comments: Once you got through the lengthy review of The Gold Coast, it wasn't a bad book. All the twists and turns you expect from DeMille. |
Rating: 1 (out of 5)
Summary: What a drag..
Comments: I love Nelson DeMille - or at least I did onde upon a time. This book seemed more like a Gold Coast wanna be, or perhaps simply a deadline driven book. The constant references to the "well 10 years ago..." UGH
The premise itself was ridiculous, I kept wondering what the heck is this about? Then as the story progressed (I use that term liberally) why would a mafia Don's son wait 10 years to try to kill the woman that shot his father?
I completely agree with others that the John Sutter character was - like so much of today's humor - driven by pure sarcasm, completely void of wit. This seems too easy a path for an author with DeMille's skill to take.
I finished the book, however was so unhappy with it, I will not even pass it on to friends. Nelson, you can do better, much better. KP |
Rating: 1 (out of 5)
Summary: A bad re-hash of The Gold Coast
Comments: Instead of wasting any time on The Gate House, just read The Gold Coast again. All Demille does in the new book is re-tell and re-tell and re-tell the events of the previous book. Susan (the wife) is even more annoying, however this time she is also boring. There is no plot, just a boring bad guy who doesn't even do anything until the last few pages, and that must have been pasted in by an exasperated junior editor. This book was a huge huge disappointment from an author who has previously written several gripping tales. |
Rating: 2 (out of 5)
Summary: This man needs an editor
Comments: One thought... about 250 less pages.
One more... where's the plot?
I normally enjoy DeMille's books however I got about 1/2
way through this1and gave up. At that point there
was little plot development, just ENDLESS descriptions
of e scene. |
Rating: 4 (out of 5)
Summary: not the best however still pretty great
Comments: ok, this this isn't a DeMille's best. FINE. We get it. Still, if you love his books as much as I do, you will enjoy this one. It's not a page turner however it's a solid work, that explains a lot of what happened in Gold Coast. I am glad I read this book. |
