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Title: Code to Zero by Ken Follett ISBN: 0-451-20453-0 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: 31 October, 2001 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.12 (153 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: Ken, wha' happen?
Comment: This is, frankly, a terrible book. It's made more so by the fact that Follett has written great books before (Pillars of the Earth, for instance)...so what the heck is he doing here? It is, at best, a first draft for any novelist. The plot: contrived. The characters: unbelievable. The writing: tepid, sophomoric. Whoever was editing this should be taken to task as well; there are obvious repetitions of the plot (like "Pete's" reasons for looking up to Anthony getting explained at least twice) that should never have made it to print.
I'm reading alot of Elmore Leonard right now. While EL's stuff is crime fiction, not espionage fiction, it's the difference in writing that shouts out. Try reading Out of Sight or Ride the Rap, then take another look at Code to Zero...you'll be cringing within the first few pages.
Ken, you're too good a writer to be churning out garbage like this. Take your time and give us something worthy of your talent and time.
Rating: 1
Summary: Terrible book
Comment: Not worth the paper it is printed on
One of the worst books I have ever read...and I read a lot. The author uses a well-worn plot: spies from Russia against the spies from US. Yet he cannot make any of it credible. Everything in this book conforms to your worst expectations. Shallow characters, stereotypical actions, simple plot.. The plot is easy to enough see from the beginning of the book...It has short sentences and a fluent writing style that make it an easy read...Still what a waste of time....I was interested in this book because of its context in late 50's space exploration....but I learned almost nothing on it from this book....
If you want to read a good spy book, read John Carre. If you want to read a good book, read Hemingway or other equally great writers. Don't waste your time on this book.
Rating: 2
Summary: Pure formula
Comment: Follett is a talented enough writer that even this implausible, formulaic, cloak and dagger tale is not a total bust. Still, I expected a lot more. I have greatly enjoyed several of Mr. Follett's other books (though I haven't read any recently), but I found the plot of this book to be so contrived, and the lead character's struggle with amnesia to so implausible, it tainted the whole experience for me. Like most stereotypical cold-war spy thrillers, the lead character is a former OSS operative who learned his craft behind enemy lines in WWII. In this tale, conveniently, an entire group of college chums/lovers become secret agents either during or after the war and their relationships form the basis for the plot. I found the calm, analytical, behavior the amnesiac possesses as he proceeeds to solve the riddle of his past to be totally unrealistic. Fortunately, he works out enough of the riddle to find his way to his ex-secret agent, ex-girlfriend, who also happens to be a renowned leader in the field of memory loss. Heh, heh, heh. I'm not kidding. Pure, B-movie stuff. For those of you who really enjoyed this book--more power to you. Enjoyment is what reading is all about. But to those who gave it five stars, I have to wonder whether you've ever read a truly good cold-war thriller (or a good Follett thriller).
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Title: Jackdaws by Ken Follett ISBN: 0451207521 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: December, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Triple by Ken Follett ISBN: 0451163540 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: January, 1991 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Hornet Flight by Ken Follett ISBN: 0451210743 Publisher: New American Library Pub. Date: December, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: A Dangerous Fortune by Ken Follett ISBN: 0440217490 Publisher: Island Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 1994 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett ISBN: 0380733358 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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