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Knife edge is a reasonably common thriller, set over the period of one day. An ex-para Neville finding hard to believe that peace is
iminent in Northern Ireland, threatens to set off several bombs in London with a gap of 1 hour between each unless he is given his daughter in the custody ... Read review
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A review by dazzagaelic on Knife Edge - Shaun Hutson June 25th, 2004
Author's product rating:
Would you read it again?
No, never
Story
Very weak
Characters
Very ordinary
Readability
Poor
How does it compare to other works by the same author?
Poor
Advantages:
Easy to read
Disadvantages:
No suspense, dull characters
Recommend to potential buyers:
no
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I have read one Hutson book before and it was quite good, nothing special but good. This felt like he was just churning it out to pay the bills. He is obviously a good writer and the book was very easy to get into. Knife edge is a reasonably common thriller, set over the period of one day. An ex-para Neville finding hard to believe that peace is iminent in Northern Ireland, threatens to set off several bombs in London with a gap of 1 hour between each unless he is given his daughter in the custody of his ex-wife. Doyle (very similar to the character of Gibbs in Lethal Weapon and even has the dead wife thing going on) is a counter-terrorist expert assigned the job of finding Neville killing him before the bombs go off. Not surprising he is always close to getting him but always misses out and so this goes on for the majority of the book. Of course some of the bombs go off but Doyle gets him in the end.
I was very disapointed with this book as I quite enoyed Renegade (in which the character Doyle first appeared, I think) but the character of Doyle hasn't progressed at all and the other characters in this book where just awful, and I just didn't feel that there was any suspense.
Having only read two of Shaun Hutson books, I would hope that this is the worst he has ever had publish, because I would not recommend this to my worst enemy, don't waste your time reading this. Go and watch the Leathal Weapon Films they done it much better.
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Advantages: fast paced Disadvantages: not a horror
...elements and instead he produced Knife Edge where the villains are real (sort of) and the atmosphere far more political. Set during the height of the Northern Irish Troubles this is a fast paced thriller which pits the quick witted hero against the criminal geniuses of the IRA and their bombing regime.
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Advantages: Re-readable and still enjoyable Disadvantages: You cant put it down
...know that its going to be another great read and another one of those days curled up in front of the fire, nobody to disturb you, nothing between you, just you and your imagination...or is it ?
The Sunday Independant :
"I challenge anybody to put down this book once they have read the opening chapter">
Time Out :
"An expert in the art in keeping the reader turning the pages...the energy of their telling is overwhelming"
Also from ShaunHutson are :
KnifeEdge, Nemesis, Dead Head, Lucys Child, Renegades, Slugs, Erebus, Heathen, Deathday, Assasin, Captives, Relics.
£5.99 paper back in all leading book retailers and a good second hand copy can be bought from ebay for a few quid.
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