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by Harriet , Feb 17 '00
Pros: A gripping drama by a master storyteller
Cons: I wish the book was even longer
THE LION'S GAME
Nelson DeMille
Warner, Jan 2000, $26.95, 677 pp.
ISBN: 0446520659
On April 15, 1986, American planes bombed Libya. Now, the infamous terrorist Asad "The Lion" Khalil is heading to New York...
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by donnadoodle , Mar 08 '00
Pros: Fast, exciting
Cons: A little bit lengthy
This is by far Nelson DeMille's best book yet. His sarcasm and wit kept me laughing all the time. I've been a fan of Nelson DeMille forever and his writing and story plots just keep getting better and better. The subjects are all current and it is...
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by bill_bryant51 , Mar 15 '00
Pros: Entertaing, Excellent Dialogue
Cons: none
DeMille has again written a spellbinding mystery packed with intriguing factoids. The fantastic verbal and mental dialogue is outrageously entertaining and guaranteed to keep you grinning with delight. John Corey, former NYPD Detective, returns as the...
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by dmuszynski , Jan 19 '00
Pros: True to life information involved in book
Cons: Can get a little difficult to read--a long read
I've just finished reading The Lion's Game by Nelson Demille. I think it is one of his best. His hero from Plum Island, John Corey makes his appearance and takes up where Plum Island left off, personally speaking for Det. Corey.
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by wickengel , Jun 25 '00
Pros: relevant thrilling thoughtful "a wake-up call" character-oriented
Cons: that we might take this as "mere fiction"
Readers who survive DeMille’s laborious windup will be treated to an exhilarating scenario exhibiting the very essence of contemporary terrorism – and, more importantly, counter-terrorism.
"The Lion’s Game" has become an...
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by tojo , Feb 09 '00
Pros: well-written, bare bones suspense
Cons: some may find it too long
DeMille's hero, John Corey, is a wise-cracking, not-politically-correct cop, in the tradition of Sam Spade. Although DeMille has written other books featuring Corey, "The Lion's Game" stands alone. You don't need to have read "Plum...
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by aaronrubin , Jan 21 '00
Pros: Exciting, suspenseful, fast-paced, fun, action-packed
Cons: none
Nelson DeMille has long been one of my favorite authors, with fabulous books like The Charm School, The Rivers of Babylon, and The Gold Coast. His last book, Plum Island, left me a bit disappointed. However, that was apparently a fluke, because The...
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by suthnbeaut , Oct 18 '00
Pros: great thriller
Cons: a little long, but worth every page
The name of this book and the cover caught my eye. I'm married to an airline pilot so the airplane tail on the cover grabbed my attention. Of course no amount of airplanes in a book can keep my attention if the book is crummy, but this book (all 677,...
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by ar_c , Aug 30 '00
Pros: exciting, great plot, lots of action
Cons: poor ending
This book sent a chill up(and down) my spine. Not just from the action and tension that the book produced, but from the realism and details presented by the author.
Having spent some time in the intelligence field myself, I was shocked at the...
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by dkarmol , Sep 12 '01
Pros: Tightly written, exciting, edge of your seat reading- like other DeMille books.
Cons: none
When I first heard about the plane hitting the World Trade Center on my way into work in Washington, DC yesterday, this book that I recently read immediately came to mind.
The author, Nelson DeMille, weaves a fascinating plot about a young...
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by LWarchol , Apr 09 '00
Pros: None
Cons: The book
Nelson Demille was an author that I could always count on to provide a great product, one that kept me up at night reading just a few more pages that soon turned into 100 or so. But not this time around. The Lion's Game was and is a real let down. I...
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by dbsav , Jan 24 '01
Pros: Chilling story, great main characters
Cons: Sags at the end
First of all, I am a big fan of Nelson DeMille. Ever since I read "Plum Island" a couple of years ago, I thoroughly enjoyed each of the four books that I read. When I heard that DeMille had come up with a sequel to "Plum Island", I was anxious...
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by tprizes , Jul 10 '01
Pros: Great use of humor, all to real premise
Cons: Language a bit rough, a few too many "nick of times"
O.k., so any book that stars a terrorist and features hundreds of murder victims probably shouldn't provoke laughter. I have to say, though, that DeMille's use of humor in the character of John Corey kept me smiling throughout. The wisecracking Corey...
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by tbrucato_88 , Feb 28 '00
Pros: witty, good plot, great characters
Cons: none
We welcome back Detective John Correy who we fell in love with in Plum Island. He is working with the FBI and the CIA on an Anti-Terrorist-Task-Force and he finds himself right in the middle of the biggest terrorist attack in our nation's history.
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by thallinan , Nov 12 '00
Pros: Great action, breakneck speed, well-developed villain
Cons: Longer than life itself
Nelson DeMille's "The Lion's Game" brings back John Corey, the former NYPD homicide detective DeMille introduced in "Plum Island." In the new book, Corey has been recuited for an elite inter-agency anti-terrorist unit, where he...
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