Same old, same old
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Be warned. Once you've read one Michael Cordy book, you've read them all. As far as thrillers go, it's not bad, the plot twists are quite thinly veiled however. The worst things about these books are that they are all the same formula, with a slight change, and why are they re-released under different names?
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Average from Mr. Cordy
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I have been through a spate of enjoying Cordy, John Case and Steve Berry as they all link a fair amount of factual research with cracking adventure story lines which makes a powerful and thrilling combination read. Unlike Cordy's better work of Messiah code, and Lucifer code, this was a bit weaker. The general theme of a love-drug was quite innovative especially throwing in corrupt bankers, venture capitalists, an ego-meglamaniac, the odd Mafiosa, an ice palace, supermodels, and Father and daughter Scientists should make a reasonable story, but it just did not pull enough killer punches to truly impress. I feel he spread the story too thin and I'm afraid I did not fall in love with it!
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Title Changes
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I have read ALL of Cordy's books and keep browsing for his next new novel. He's a great writer, up there with Michael Critchton, although I find Cordy grabs me much quicker (with Critchton you have to persist several chapters).
The only negative thing I have to say (which is more to do with the publisher than the writer) is that they keep republishing the same books with different titles. This is very annoying ... I clicked on "The Venus Conspiracy" expecting to find Cordy's new novel only to find that it is just a republishing of his novel, "True." The publisher has done this with all of Cordy's books; "Lucifer" became "The Lucifer Code," "Miracle Strain" became "The Messiah Code," "Crime Zero" is now "The Crime Code." Please, please, please, you publishing and marketing people, stop confusing the market. You are spoiling the individuality of a great writer by trying to market his books on the back of the success of "The Da Vinci Code." It is a ridiculous insult to readers.
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mmmhhmm...
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This is the first book I have read from this author. The story is more like a love story between two people rather than a prober thriller in the end.
The beginning of the book is somehow pretty awful (the way of the killing) and it took me a while to get back to the book. Even though there still are some disturbing happenings in the plot somehow this book left me with the impression of being more a love story than anything else.
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quite good
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I was initially hooked and excited by this book as i found the plot exciting and the issues raised interesting ,but ultimately i was disapointed by the ending, and having finished the book onsider it forgettable and in a way a cynical exploitation of the whole davinchi code phenomenomyn which has led to change in this books title. Read for a quick fix ,but if you are the type of reader who reads few books due to time or ability ,then avoid this one.
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