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boleary30's review against another edition
1.0
good start, for the first 25 pages, then it drops off a cliff and is bad.
sscs's review against another edition
3.0
One thing I love about Peter Abrahams is that he gives us the villain's perspective. He does a lot of that here, though it is probably the least interesting villain he's ever written about. I am doing my best to read all of the old Peter Abrahams I can find because I like him as an author, but he was just off on this one. A lot of it is that his female characters are really off here, which is too bad given that he draws the women pretty well in my favorite of his books "A Perfect Crime."
His storytelling is better than his writing, and he still kept me interested, though.
His storytelling is better than his writing, and he still kept me interested, though.
nessla's review against another edition
1.0
I knew this book wouldn't be good, I knew it, and yet I decided to give it a try. It really wasn't worth it.
I found the structure of the book very confusing, the themes (deciding your own future? Money? Missing fathers?) got lost in the way, too many insignificant characters, too long a beginning (with nothing really happening), and especially the lack of interesting characters: I couldn't care less what happened to them. They remained plastic and boring, especially the main trio (twins + Nat). Even more, Nat seemed rude, (can't understand why the twins loved him so much).
The only character that had some personality in him was Freedy. Did I like him, no, but was he interesting, certainly.
Overall, not worth reading.
I found the structure of the book very confusing, the themes (deciding your own future? Money? Missing fathers?) got lost in the way, too many insignificant characters, too long a beginning (with nothing really happening), and especially the lack of interesting characters: I couldn't care less what happened to them. They remained plastic and boring, especially the main trio (twins + Nat). Even more, Nat seemed rude, (can't understand why the twins loved him so much).
The only character that had some personality in him was Freedy. Did I like him, no, but was he interesting, certainly.
Overall, not worth reading.
thrifty_librarian's review against another edition
3.0
This doesn't read like a typical suspense novel. In fact, it isn't "suspenseful" at all until the last 50 pages. That's fine with me and actually made me like it more. However, the suspenseful part was garbage. It was too rushed and seemed thrown together. It's a shame because I really enjoyed the character building and the premise of the book. I liked Ned, the main character, and his two partners in crime and could sympathize with them. I also REALLY liked how it was narrated in parts from the bad guy's perspective. Like I said, though, the end ruined it for me and made all the build-up feel like a waste.
ulharper1's review against another edition
2.0
I know now that I have a habit of dropping books. I'm going to add this book to my bad habit. About forty pages in I decided there was no point to go on. Yep, forty pages. It doesn't even seem fair. I was willing to give the story a shot. No problem there. What I'm not going to give a shot is the writing style. Mr. Abraham's who apparently is usually very good, simply rambles his way through the character development. It's not crisp, not flowing, and it drags, yes, even at about page forty. Maybe his style makes sense later on in the story but I don't have the patience. There are great books to read and I plan on finding at least an okay one to read.
Thank you for your time.
U.L. Harper
Thank you for your time.
U.L. Harper
cspiwak's review
3.0
not bad-enjoyed the perspective of the criminal-but there is a reason identical twins have been on the list of non-nos for so long
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