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Sharp North (Hardcover)

by Patrick Cave (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 400 pages
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd (6 Sep 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0689872763
  • ISBN-13: 978-0689872761
  • Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 14 x 4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 990,877 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Gillian McDonald, Ottakars/Publishing News, May 2004
A dark tense thriller, well written and rich with a sense of menace and atmosphere.

Lucy Masters, Hatchards, September 2004
For readers who want something stylish, exciting and original, Sharp North is the book to choose this autumn.

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5.0 out of 5 stars "A taut thriller", 16 Jul 2006
By Ben Sutcliffe (Berkshire, England, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sharp North (Paperback)
I'm sitting here, after finishing Sharp North by Patrick Cave with my head buzzing. Cave starts the the "blockbuster ... futuristic thriller" with the best opening line since Anthony Horowitz's Stormbreaker:
"When the doorbell rings at 3 o'clock in the morning it's never good news.". The line in Sharp North is:
"The girl nearly didn't find out who she was. What she was.".

This book is published by Simon and Schuster Children's Books. But don't let that deter you, this book is a marvellous read for every age. It will also make a brilliant present, as for some reason it seems not to have taken off quite like Harry Potter or the Alex Rider series. It seems that not many people have this much and rightly praised thriller.

Frankly, it's everyhting the Alex Rider series could have been.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Thrilling and Compelling , 18 April 2006
By A. Weston "Adrian Weston" (Brighton, UK) - See all my reviews
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I've been very lucky with my reading recently - lots and lots of extremely good books - but this is a stand-out title. The book deals with broad brush issues - humanity, environmental disfunction, genetic modification - which other authors have examined, but does it in a very new way. It's also a very pacy thriller. The most impressive element of the writing is the way the book is subtly structure to keep you guessing without disengaging or frustrating. I was genuinely surprised by the finale - it really packed a powerful and totally unexpected punch that remained completely plausible. It's a challenging and exciting book for anyone. I loved it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Fabulous Read, 4 Nov 2004
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I loved everything about this epic of a book: it was dark, tense, atmospheric, thought-provoking and very intelligent. It simply was unputdownable and I couldn't do anything until I'd finished! I would recommend this book to absolutely everyone to read, enjoy and study.
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3.0 out of 5 stars An Interesting Read
Sharp North is set in the future when `Great Families rule the country. These families have been secretly cloning themselves to create `spares' for centuries, while the population... Read more
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this book is sure too mesmerise you! But the book has major plot twists that you don't see coming and can at times be confusing. Read more
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Sadly would not recommend. Great premise explored in a dull way (sorry!). I didn't think that the style of writing was clear enough or enough was explained about the world. Read more
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