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Temptation [Kindle Edition]

Douglas Kennedy (Author)

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Format: Kindle Edition
File Size: 552 KB
Print Length: 402 pages
Page Numbers Source ISBN: 009946926X
Publisher: Cornerstone Digital (4 Sep 2008)
Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.� r.l.
Language English
ASIN: B0031RSAMO
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Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (40 customer reviews)

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Page-turning tale of money and morals 4 July 2007

By Ichabod J VINE™ VOICE

Format:Paperback

Kennedy has dealt with the ephemeral nature of success before, notably in `The Big Picture' and `The Job'. `Temptation' is the tale of David Armitage, a struggling screenwriter who after years of getting nowhere suddenly hits the big time.

The story is like one of those yuppie nightmare movies popular in the Eighties and Nineties, where a wealthy, successful type gets involved in something they shouldn't, makes some poor decisions and sees their life unravel. It covers a well-worn theme - that money does not guarantee happiness. Kennedy's brand of moralising plays to the crowd, i.e. those of us without millions who may enjoy hearing that affluence does not make all your problems disappear, but it's well-written light entertainment and very readable. Four stars on this basis.

A note to prospective male readers: after a string of bestsellers with female narrative voices, Kennedy's publishers seem to have decided to give all his books soppy covers irrespective of content. Don't be put off giving this one a try because of the Mills and Boon type artwork.

Finally, anyone who enjoyed this tale of money and morals should try Stephen Vizinczey's classic `An Innocent Millionaire' for a more literary (though no less readable) take on similar themes and issues.

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Enjoyable but not his usual high standard 11 Nov 2006

By Jenny

Format:Hardcover

I like Douglas Kennedy's novels for what they are - well written page turners. He has a certain style: a love betrayed, a flawed leading character, a build 'em up the watch 'em fall narrative. Nothing wrong with that.

And nothing wrong with this book either. I enjoyed it very much. It's just that it felt 'phoned in'. I'm sure Kennedy worked very hard on it, but I felt that it could have done with a tighter editing. Some of the parts of the books were over long and it was hard to understand why the main character would put up with some of the behaviour that he had to deal with. Great holiday read, but not much more.

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful

Not his best but give it a chance! 18 Feb 2007

By R. Pieters

Format:Hardcover

Douglas Kennedy's 7th novel seems to have received quite poor reviews.I read this in a few days, like all of Kennedy's novel's Temptation's a page turner . Kennedy returns to the male character in the first person, in this case David Armitage a struggling scriptwriter gets the breakthrough to the US West Coast big time, writing a succesful sitcom. In the cut throat world of vitrial media, and his encounter with bilionaire tycoon Philip Fleck. It's well plotted with elements of his earlier novels Big Picture and The Job ,yet it does lack somewhat the originality of other Kennedy masterpieces, by the time I read the last page I felt as if I'd been cheated out of a few chapters.Condemed as superficial and poor by other critics, I disagree. Iput this in the same category as his earlier works The Dead Heart,Big Picture and The Job and it's probably the weakest of that group, as Kennedy's other novels covered female characters. But give temptation a chance it's not that bad.

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A good story

Douglas Kennedy is a born storyteller. From the first paragraph you're hooked into this story of a struggling screenwriter who finally hits the jackpot, creating an acclaimed TV... Read more

Published 2 months ago by Julia Flyte

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This is not the Douglas Kennedy of earlier books, but a kind of clone, who has learned to write by rote in a similar style, overlaid by all the cynicism and tokenism, all the right... Read more

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another great book

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Published 13 months ago by A. Ventura

Numerous errors in the copy!

I'm astonished at the number of typos, spelling mistakes and punctuation blunders in this Kindle edition of the Douglas Kennedy book 'Temptation'. Read more

Published 17 months ago by The Cosmic Whelk

Readable but...

As always with this author, a very readable book if you disregard the holes in the plot already highlighted by other reviewers. A couple of points occur to me, however. Read more

Published 18 months ago by King's Man

Dull

Since Douglas Kennedy moved away from his first genre of books - and turned to writing as a woman I find the pace has gone and keeps going down. Read more

Published 22 months ago by Oscar

great author

I have read nearly all Douglas Kennedy books and find them great, I dont think Temptation is one of his best. Read more

Published on 27 Feb 2010 by Mrs. Barbara Epps

Be Tempted

Hollywood screenwriter hits the top and bottom but it's fun
rolling with this roller coaster, and though not Kennedy's
absolute best, it's a nice holiday read, and the... Read more

Published on 12 Oct 2009 by Mr. John Frank Herbert

Flaw in the plot.

I really enjoy Dauglas Kennedy's style of writing. It flows. However I detected a flaw in the plot of "Temptation". Read more

Published on 1 Oct 2009 by Cecil Habib

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