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    <body><![CDATA[The Reapers Review<br/>By: Aanan Rahman 206<br/><br/>                                      <br/>*Warning: this review Contains spoilers*<br/>What was the book about?<br/>The Reapers is about underground assassins whose names are only said with fear and respect. The book revolves around a few m...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81687338">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a strange, and strangely unsatisfying, addition to the so-called “Charlie Parker” series. (Actually, Parker barely appears in this novel.) Connolly dedicates this entry to a focus on Angel and Louis—and the result is a bit of a hack job. There’s so much 10-cent psychology here—so m...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79733029">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[They are the Reapers, the elite among killers. Men so terrifying that their names are mentioned only in whispers. The assassin Louis is one of them. But now Louis, and his partner, Angel, are themselves targets. And there is no shortage of suspects.<br/><br/>A wealthy recluse sends them north to a town that no longer exists on a map. A town ruled by a man with very personal reasons for wanting Louis’s blood spilt. There they find themselves trapped, isolated, and at the mercy of a killer feared above all others: the assassin of assassins, Bliss.<br/><br/>Thanks to former detective Charlie Parker, help is on its way. But can Angel and Louis stay alive long enough for it to reach them?]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[An intriguing dark tale about assassins and the underground world they live and work in.  Louis (a Reaper) and Angel (his partner in life) are professional killers who are being hunted.  As we travel the twisted underground where they operate, their tale slowly unfolds and we catch a glimpse into a ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47729797">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[In &quot;The Reapers,&quot; John Connolly has given his readers some background on the history of two of Charlie Parker's humorous, homesexual sidekicks.<br/><br/>Someone is after Louis because of something he saw when he was a teenager.<br/><br/>We learn of Louis' childhood and the misfortunes ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80880689">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[They are the Reapers, the elite among killers. Men so terrifying that their names are mentioned only in whispers. The assassin Louis is one of them. But now Louis, and his partner, Angel, are themselves targets. And there is no shortage of suspects.<br/><br/>A wealthy recluse sends them north to a town that no longer exists on a map. A town ruled by a man with very personal reasons for wanting Louis’s blood spilt. There they find themselves trapped, isolated, and at the mercy of a killer feared above all others: the assassin of assassins, Bliss.<br/><br/>Thanks to former detective Charlie Parker, help is on its way. But can Angel and Louis stay alive long enough for it to reach them?]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was looking forward to reading this book because I had loved &quot;The Book of Lost Things&quot;, but &quot;The Reapers&quot; could have been written by a completely different person. I guess that can be both good and bad... Good because it shows the writer's versatility and bad because you are gr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58124835">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Vamos a dejar una cosa clara: John Connolly es el mejor escritor actual de novela negra. Escribe como los ángeles, pero eso sí, te ha de gustar la temática policiaco-detectivesca. Este es el séptimo libro de la serie de Charlie Parker, aunque hay que decir que son de lectura independiente. En é...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55650990">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[The Reapers are the elite of killers, shadow men who exist only to end the lives of others, and Louis, confidante of troubled private detective Charlie Parker, was once among their number. Now the sins of his past are about to be visited upon him, for someone is hunting Louis, targeting his home, his businesses, and his partner, Angel. The instrument of revenge is Bliss, a killer of killers, the most feared of assasins, and a man with a personal vendetta against Louis.<br/><br/>But when Louis and Angel decide to strike back, they disappear, and their friends are forced to band together to find them. They are led by Parker, a killer himself, a reaper in waiting . . .<br/><br/>The harvest is about to begin . . . ]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[John Connolly is a great literary crime writer. His latest novel The Reapers is an excellent fast paced novel. It has a great plot and is action packed, a real page turner. It has 544 pages long of excitement and is published by Hodder. Its ISBN is 034093668 and it is now in paperback. It’s cover ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57849082">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[They are the Reapers, the elite among killers. Men so terrifying that their names are mentioned only in whispers. The assassin Louis is one of them. But now Louis, and his partner, Angel, are themselves targets. And there is no shortage of suspects.<br/><br/>A wealthy recluse sends them north to a town that no longer exists on a map. A town ruled by a man with very personal reasons for wanting Louis’s blood spilt. There they find themselves trapped, isolated, and at the mercy of a killer feared above all others: the assassin of assassins, Bliss.<br/><br/>Thanks to former detective Charlie Parker, help is on its way. But can Angel and Louis stay alive long enough for it to reach them?]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've always wondered about the back stories for Louis and Angel two prominent secondary characters in Connolly's Charlie Parker series.<br/><br/>The Reapers provides Louis back story is the premise of the novel. Louis is one of the reapers, assassins, who shall not be named, for fear they will mat...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35452863">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Rather than focus on Parker, this book concentrates instead on Louis and Angel and the peculiar web of protections and allies Louis has built to supply them, house them, and keep them safe.  They all stem from his past as a hired assassin, trained up from boyhood by the man Gabriel as a Reaper, the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32377337">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[If you're looking for a definition of &quot;atmospheric&quot; in literature, John Connolly's hauntingly melancholy and melodic prose aptly defines the genre, and &quot;The Reapers&quot; is certainly another noble effort in the transformation of tortured souls to words. Brooding, dark, and allegorica...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31144450">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I have read most of the Charlie Parker series from John Connolly and have enjoyed them.  They are a fast read, well paced, and while sometimes predictable mostly suspenseful.  The Reapers was an interesting deviation from the series, instead of focusing on Charlie Parker it employs Angel, and Louis ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24722136">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[They are the Reapers, the elite among killers. Men so terrifying that their names are mentioned only in whispers. The assassin Louis is one of them. But now Louis, and his partner, Angel, are themselves targets. And there is no shortage of suspects.<br/><br/>A wealthy recluse sends them north to a town that no longer exists on a map. A town ruled by a man with very personal reasons for wanting Louis’s blood spilt. There they find themselves trapped, isolated, and at the mercy of a killer feared above all others: the assassin of assassins, Bliss.<br/><br/>Thanks to former detective Charlie Parker, help is on its way. But can Angel and Louis stay alive long enough for it to reach them?]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was given this book by a friend who highly recommended the author and only had this book to lend. So I jumped into the Charlie Parker storyline a ways down the road. The novel did a great job of standing on it's own so I'm really excited to start at the beginning. It was an easy read and Connolly ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/82139741">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<strong>A brilliantly chilling novel by <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author John Connolly about a chain of killings, linked obscurely by great distances and the passage of years, and the settling of their blood-debts -- past, present, and future.</strong><p>As a small boy, Louis witnesses an unspeakable crime that takes the life of a member of his small, southern community. He grows up and moves on, but he is forever changed by the cruel and brutal nature of the act. It lights a fire deep within him that burns white and cold, a quiet flame just waiting to ignite. Now, years later, the sins of his life are reaching into his present, bringing with them the buried secrets and half-forgotten acts of his past.  <p>Someone is hunting him, targeting his home, his businesses, and his partner, Angel. The instrument of revenge is Bliss, a killer of killers, the most feared of assassins. Bliss is a Reaper, a lethal tool to be applied toward the ultimate end, but he is also a man with a personal vendetta. <p>Hardened by their pasts, Louis and Angel decide to strike back. While they form a camaraderie that brings them solace, it offers them no shelter from the fate that stalks them. When they mysteriously disappear, their friends are forced to band together to find them. They are led by private detective Charlie Parker, a killer himself, a Reaper in waiting.<p>Connolly's triumphant prose and unerring rendering of his tortured characters mesmerize and chill. He creates a world where everyone is corrupt, murderers go unpunished, but betrayals are always avenged. Yet another masterpiece from a proven talent, <em>The Reapers</em> will terrify and transfix.</p></p></p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Another great read from the pen of John Connolly. This is a bit of a departure from the other books in the Charlie Parker series and the story concentrates on Angel and Louis, particularly Louis. You learn more about Louis' past and what made him the man and killer he has become. As always there is ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55706336">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<strong>A brilliantly chilling novel by <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author John Connolly about a chain of killings, linked obscurely by great distances and the passage of years, and the settling of their blood-debts -- past, present, and future.</strong><p>As a small boy, Louis witnesses an unspeakable crime that takes the life of a member of his small, southern community. He grows up and moves on, but he is forever changed by the cruel and brutal nature of the act. It lights a fire deep within him that burns white and cold, a quiet flame just waiting to ignite. Now, years later, the sins of his life are reaching into his present, bringing with them the buried secrets and half-forgotten acts of his past.  <p>Someone is hunting him, targeting his home, his businesses, and his partner, Angel. The instrument of revenge is Bliss, a killer of killers, the most feared of assassins. Bliss is a Reaper, a lethal tool to be applied toward the ultimate end, but he is also a man with a personal vendetta. <p>Hardened by their pasts, Louis and Angel decide to strike back. While they form a camaraderie that brings them solace, it offers them no shelter from the fate that stalks them. When they mysteriously disappear, their friends are forced to band together to find them. They are led by private detective Charlie Parker, a killer himself, a Reaper in waiting.<p>Connolly's triumphant prose and unerring rendering of his tortured characters mesmerize and chill. He creates a world where everyone is corrupt, murderers go unpunished, but betrayals are always avenged. Yet another masterpiece from a proven talent, <em>The Reapers</em> will terrify and transfix.</p></p></p></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[They are the Reapers, the elite among killers. Men so terrifying that their names are mentioned only in whispers. The assassin Louis is one of them. But now Louis, and his partner, Angel, are themselves targets. And there is no shortage of suspects.<br/><br/>A wealthy recluse sends them north to a town that no longer exists on a map. A town ruled by a man with very personal reasons for wanting Louis’s blood spilt. There they find themselves trapped, isolated, and at the mercy of a killer feared above all others: the assassin of assassins, Bliss.<br/><br/>Thanks to former detective Charlie Parker, help is on its way. But can Angel and Louis stay alive long enough for it to reach them?]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[His characters are interesting, dialogue and descriptions are a particular strength.   I wish his books were less violent, though, as there are always several heave inducing scenes in which everyone involved is maimed (physically, psychologically, or both).  This book is no exception. But, if you ca...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64791288">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I had my doubts about this one. I liked ‘Bad Men’ but in this novel the author was still introducing characters on page 100. That’s all he was doing. A semblance of plot had yet to arise. Nor a sense of mystery or suspense. And the writing was tiresome. I’ll mark it as ‘read’ but I am gi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68574135">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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