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June 20
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Michael
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South by South Bronx (Paperback)
by Jr., Abraham Rodriguez
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Michael
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Spandau Phoenix (Paperback)
by Greg Iles
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read in January, 2008
Michael said:
This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here.
Where have all the Nazis gone?
One thing about the new millenium is that there are no more old Nazi's running around the pages of our thrillers. No more Marathon Man, no more Boys from Brazil! Hell, even Indiana Jones left the Na...more
**SPOILERS**
Where have all the Nazis gone?
One thing about the new millenium is that there are no more old Nazi's running around the pages of our thrillers. No more Marathon Man, no more Boys from Brazil! Hell, even Indiana Jones left the Nazis behind with the new (and hopefully) last installment. So, having been Nazi free for quite some time it was interesting to go back and read a thriller that contained Nazis as well as East and West Germany, Gorbachev, Apartheid and no grunge music.
Overall, the book explored an interesting idea that Rudolph Hess lived into his old age, became a billionare and helped not only South Africa but Israel become nuclear powers all the while planning some sort of weird plan to start a nuclear war that involved Libya nuking Tel Aviv, Israel nuking the Soviet Union and all the Arabs, the Soviet Union nuking everything else and America taking over the world as the new fascist power.
Make a lot of sense? Not really, but Illes keeps the action popping even though it feels like he's padding the plot a bit too thick to cover the almost 700 pages the book spans. If it had been a tighter half of that I might give it four stars. Regardless, I was racing through the last few pages of the book more intent on finishing it than finding out what happened....less
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May 21
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Michael
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Fear Nothing (Moonlight Bay Series, Book 1)
by Dean Koontz
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Michael said:
"Koontz once again demonstrates the fact that he has an amazing imagination and is a deft hand at pacing, but an inadequate second grader when it comes to description. During a long chase scene involving a ne'er do well cat with good intentions I was...more
Koontz once again demonstrates the fact that he has an amazing imagination and is a deft hand at pacing, but an inadequate second grader when it comes to description. During a long chase scene involving a ne'er do well cat with good intentions I was convinced I had just read instructions for hooking up a stereo system....less
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Michael
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Grotesque (Hardcover)
by Natsuo Kirino
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read in May, 2008
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March 30
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Michael
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Tokyo Zodiac Murders: Detective Mitarai's Casebook (Hardcover)
by Soji Shimada
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March 26
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Michael
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Dance, Dance, Dance (Paperback)
by Haruki Murakami
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Michael
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Sputnik Sweetheart (Paperback)
by Haruki Murakami
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Michael
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Hardboiled Wonderland and the End of the World (Paperback)
by Haruki Murakami
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Michael
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Norwegian Wood (Paperback)
by Haruki Murakami
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Michael
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Monster Island (Zombies, Book 1)
by David Wellington
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