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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
By J. Chippindale
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A series of murders are happening all over the world. The slums of India, New York and the beautiful city of Cape town in South Africa. They cannot possibly be linked can they?
New York Times reporter Will Monroe thinks not, that is until his stunning wife Beth is kidnapped. The men who have taken her seem ready to kill without any qualms whatsover. Is it already too late for Beth?
Desperate to fine the whereabouts of his wife Will follows a sinister trail that leads him to a mysterious cult, fanatical followers of an age old religion. Now he must unravel the puzzle of ancient prophecies and riddles that are buried deep in the bible to find the secret that people are not afraid to kill for again and again.
With more and more victims dying the clues that are wrapped in an ancient code need to be solved as time as running out . . . not only for Will, but for the whole of human kind.
I found this book far better than the Da Vinci Code (and I enjoyed that). The book is fast paced and it is difficult to find a lull in the plot where you can put it down to get some sleep. It really is an enjoyable book. Feeding off the Da Vinci Code bandwagon? Possibly, to a degree, but well worth reading (listening to) in it's own right. Like me, you may even think it is the better book.
New York Times reporter Will Monroe thinks not, that is until his stunning wife Beth is kidnapped. The men who have taken her seem ready to kill without any qualms whatsover. Is it already too late for Beth?
Desperate to fine the whereabouts of his wife Will follows a sinister trail that leads him to a mysterious cult, fanatical followers of an age old religion. Now he must unravel the puzzle of ancient prophecies and riddles that are buried deep in the bible to find the secret that people are not afraid to kill for again and again.
With more and more victims dying the clues that are wrapped in an ancient code need to be solved as time as running out . . . not only for Will, but for the whole of human kind.
I found this book far better than the Da Vinci Code (and I enjoyed that). The book is fast paced and it is difficult to find a lull in the plot where you can put it down to get some sleep. It really is an enjoyable book. Feeding off the Da Vinci Code bandwagon? Possibly, to a degree, but well worth reading (listening to) in it's own right. Like me, you may even think it is the better book.
21 of 23 people found the following review helpful
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This is a first attempt from 'Sam Bourne' and in truth the quality of the tale lies somewhere between previous reviews.
'Like' the Da Vinci Code but with bigger words and an obviously more talented writer. It doesn't rely on blatently ripping off another book and gives an insight into the Hassidic community across the world.
It moves along at an average pace - and this is the major problem. Bourne evidently CAN write, but is so focussed on making this book better than TDVC he is in serious danger of disappearing up his own backside. He repeatedly bludgeons the reader with the same questions - sometimes twice within the same page - all from the main characters perspective, which makes our hero seem like a whining idiot.
Bourne fails to make you care about the cast, which means there is a lack of involvement on the part of the reader, which in turn means that this is no more than words on paper.
This book could have been so much better if he had paced it better. It takes nearly 400 pages before there is any sort of reveal - which anyone with half a brain would have figured out 150 pages earlier.
It should have been editted by 200 pages, but that may not necessarily be Bourne's fault.
In all it isn't bad - I recommend it over any of Dan Browns' offerings - but as someone said earlier, it is beach reading and no more.
'Like' the Da Vinci Code but with bigger words and an obviously more talented writer. It doesn't rely on blatently ripping off another book and gives an insight into the Hassidic community across the world.
It moves along at an average pace - and this is the major problem. Bourne evidently CAN write, but is so focussed on making this book better than TDVC he is in serious danger of disappearing up his own backside. He repeatedly bludgeons the reader with the same questions - sometimes twice within the same page - all from the main characters perspective, which makes our hero seem like a whining idiot.
Bourne fails to make you care about the cast, which means there is a lack of involvement on the part of the reader, which in turn means that this is no more than words on paper.
This book could have been so much better if he had paced it better. It takes nearly 400 pages before there is any sort of reveal - which anyone with half a brain would have figured out 150 pages earlier.
It should have been editted by 200 pages, but that may not necessarily be Bourne's fault.
In all it isn't bad - I recommend it over any of Dan Browns' offerings - but as someone said earlier, it is beach reading and no more.
36 of 40 people found the following review helpful
By J. R. Rees
Format:Paperback
I have noticed a lot of negative reviews here so I am drawn to write my own impressions. This is a very good book. I wish people would stop comparing books/authors and see work for what it is. There was no Jewish thread in the Da Vinci Code so why compare it. Are we forever to be thinking that there is only one book ever for a given genre.
I see similar parallel's with Tolkien & others who have followed with their fantasy quest's only to be burdend with the label 'It's not Lord of the Rings'.
So we have here, in the 'Righteous Men', a gripping drama novel set in New York and centered around the Hasidic community of the Lower East Side. The author takes you into a world that few amongst us will have experienced a creates a vision that is both facinating and a little disturbing. There are not too many characters but then again it is difficult to relate to a string of characters in a solitary book.
The central character is an Oxford taught Journalist trying to make a name for himself in the big apple and he unwittingly becomes the central player in an apocalyptic tale which the writer later states is not all based on his imagination.
No more info. If you are the type of person who likes to be intrigued with the mysteries of culture and appreciates a read that is thoughtfully paced, you could do worse that get yourself a copy of this book.
Excellent Holiday novel, which is precisely when I read this.
I see similar parallel's with Tolkien & others who have followed with their fantasy quest's only to be burdend with the label 'It's not Lord of the Rings'.
So we have here, in the 'Righteous Men', a gripping drama novel set in New York and centered around the Hasidic community of the Lower East Side. The author takes you into a world that few amongst us will have experienced a creates a vision that is both facinating and a little disturbing. There are not too many characters but then again it is difficult to relate to a string of characters in a solitary book.
The central character is an Oxford taught Journalist trying to make a name for himself in the big apple and he unwittingly becomes the central player in an apocalyptic tale which the writer later states is not all based on his imagination.
No more info. If you are the type of person who likes to be intrigued with the mysteries of culture and appreciates a read that is thoughtfully paced, you could do worse that get yourself a copy of this book.
Excellent Holiday novel, which is precisely when I read this.
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