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The Take by Martina Cole

Advantages: Addictive
Disadvantages: Violent in places

The Take by Martina Cole As I am normally the chick lit Queen, I was surprised that I even gave this one a second glance. A friend lent it to me and told me that it was a good read. I was doubtful, but I thought I'd read the first few pages anyway - expecting to have put it down after a few pages. Instead I was hooked. This book is about the criminal underworld, gangsters and a lot of wheeling and dealing. I don't normally read or watch this type ...
...writing. She brings the characters to life, makes them real, and she really draws you in. The main story revolves around the Jacksons - Freddie and his younger cousin Jimmy. Jimmy looks up to Freddie at the beginning of the story but the tables turn throughout it. Freddie is married to Jackie, a raging alcoholic whose first love is drink, second love is Freddie and third love is her children. She is not in any competitions for mother of the year! ...

jules.34 26.07.2007 · Read Full Review
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Review of The Take - Martina Cole

the runaway

Advantages: cant put it down
Disadvantages: cant put it down

...york mafia this book the runaway has everythin you could posible want from martina cole a dont know wat it is but for me martina cole does it every time i em a true fan of martina cole from wen i picked up her first book at the age of 19 years old one you start reading you wont be able to stop phenominal ...

jaypup22 21.10.2008 · Read Full Review
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John Grisham - A time to Kill

Advantages: Mind-gripping and exciting
Disadvantages: Similar read to all his other novels

This is a fantastic book. John Grisham is a fantastic writter, i havent read a bad book written by him yet!!!! I Would definately recommend this particular book. In some ways similar to the other books written by John Grisham yet in some ways it has a different content...I dont want to give to much information away though!!!! This book is a very easy read and again mind-gripping in the sense that when i started to read it I didnt want to put it down ...

lawjlove 21.04.2007 · Read Full Review
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Review of A Time to Kill - John Grisham

We're all Crazy Now....

Advantages: Gets under your skin....
Disadvantages: Can seem a bit slow at times

...narrator", having been committed to the mental hospital years ago after a lifetime of hearing "voices" in his head. No-one could help becoming involved with Francis; he is vulnerable and afraid of telling anyone about his voices. He does not want to seem crazy and compared to others at the hospital he is relatively normal. Peter the Fireman - Okay, so it's not his real name… in the hospital no-one uses their real names. However he was once a fireman, ...
...- a criminal profiler and the investigator of the serial murders. She has a past - she was attacked and raped years before hence her obsessive need to find criminals and see them go to justice. *** The Plot *** After an invitation to a rather unusual reunion triggers past memories, Francis tells his story of what took place twenty years ago in the Western State Mental Hospital. He tells of his arrival there, how he met and became friends with the ...

wolfatgoogle 20.08.2006 · Read Full Review
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Review of The Madman's Tale - John Katzenbach

Blew me away

Advantages: amazing development, perfect speed, gripping from the first page
Disadvantages: is it bad that it can't be put down?

...He knows what to say when to make it work perfectly. It is clear he knows what he's doing when writing this book, as with his others, because there are no loose ends by the end of the book. It's the kind of book that you know you won't be able to put down from the first page. Each chapter ends with a cliff hanger so intense, you can't help but move onto the next one. I've read this book thrice so far, each time in two sittings. And each time, it ...

mkfunky2602 14.09.2007 · Read Full Review
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Review of When the Wind Blows - James Patterson