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Sword of God by: Chris Kuzneski List Price: £6.99 Childrens Toy Shop Price: £3.91 You Save: £3.08 (44%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback EAN: 9780141034430 ISBN: 0141034432 Label: Penguin Manufacturer: Penguin Number Of Pages: 432 Publication Date: October 04, 2007 Publisher: Penguin Studio: Penguin Sales Rank: 2605 Related Items: Related Items:      see moreBrowse for similar items by category:
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 Rating: - Kuznewski keeps his style - a fast running and entertaining thriller with shallow language & many stereotypesI picked this book up by change as I like this genre of thrillers. And it follows the expected pattern: a religious secret, short chapters, different guys following the same story from different angels. As usual it is based on the feeling that religious groups are not honest and that believes are based on lies. The threat however merge very late in the book - more than half way through. And for a very long time one has not a clue why one is following these various lines. However there are some changes to the "usual story": first it is not - again - another secret of the Catholic Church which is covered up. Here it is about the Islam. And a large part is therefore not set in Rome or the Vatican but in Mecca. Similarity is that the ... Read More: Rating:  - A no-brainer?Thanks for the advice from a previous reviewer that the best way to enjoy this was to switch off your brain first. Unfortunately the problem here is that someone appears to have given that exact same advice to Mr Kuzneski before writing it. There are some mediocrely written passages here, but for the most part it wavers between sub-standard, poor and laugh-out-loud ridiculous. The humour is pathetic frat humour at best. The sort that if Mr Kuzneski took his bag of jokes on the stand-up circuit of the hard-bitten Northern working-men's clubs, he'd have been carried out in a body bag by now. Yes, in fact, that is my recommendation to Mr K: give up writing and go on the stand-up club circuit. Rating:  - An easy and fun readSword is the third book by Kuzneski featuring the two US military characters, Payne and Jones and is a standalone story, with little connectivity between previous volumes. The author is clearly becoming more confident with the characters as the series progresses, creating more banter between the likeable protagonists. Kuzneski has adapted his writing style to feature less of the pointless cliffhangers than marred his previous book. The distracting feature of Sword of God is that for most of the book it feels like two distinctly separate plots. That said, this approach does keep the reader keen to see how they ultimately converge. In fairness, the Sword of God title is although a minor point in the story, almost added to ride the Dan Brown coattails, ... Read More: Rating:  - Don't listen to other reviewsI have read all three of Kuzneski's books and thought every one of them as great entertainment. I have no idea why there are so many negative reviews. I don't like to over analyse books, I just like to switch my brain off and get immersed in the book and Kuzneski is the type of author that you can do that with. I loaned all three books to the book club in my work and every one who read the books enjoyed them. The books are fast paced full of likable characters and with twists and turns in every chapter. So its summer time relax on the beach and chill with a few good books like these. Rating: - Boring...........I gave his previous effort 3 stars and hoped there would be a definate improvement this time round. Unfortunately there isn't - I've read approximately half of it and put it down, I can't summon up any interest in it whatsoever. |
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