The Consultant: Amazon.ca: Alec Donzi: Books

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G. K. Hendricks, Pocket Books

Very exciting and compelling. Donzi’s thriller is certainly action-packed!

S. Ross, Crown & Crown

The Consultant is an engaging story.

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3.2 out of 5 stars (6 customer reviews)

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1.0 out of 5 stars Should Have Checked A Writing CONSULTANT, Oct 7 2003

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Paul C. Johnson (Kalamazoo, MI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Consultant (Paperback)

After 120 pages of drivel that should have taken no more than 20 pages, I gave up. Fact: Alec Donzi can't write and would have failed a creative writing course offered in high school. He seemed most interested in filling pages than in building a plot. One chapter seemed entirely devoted to the virtues of Austrian pumpkin seed oil (I couldn't have made this up). Another to what laptop he needed to buy to write the tripe that he managed to get published. On that point and that only he gives us all hope that we too can be in print.

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2.0 out of 5 stars had potential, Feb 7 2003

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Drake "Drake" (Montreal, Quebec Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Consultant (Paperback)

Sadly I will have to agree with the other reviewers on the editing. In the beginning I thought it wasn't so bad, but then it really got deplorable. I really really wanted to like the book. It started off well, and the premise and story was original. As was, the style. But in the end it fell flat and I rushed myself just to finish the book (I skipped and skimmed pages). It felt rushed.

The idea of North Korea was intriguing considering the current situation, and there was a some good elements to the book.

In the end, I think the writer has potential. But obviously going from journalism to fiction writing is not a simple step.

And a real need for a real editor would help.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A prophetic suspense thriller, Dec 5 2002

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This review is from: The Consultant (Paperback)

There aren't too many novels or books for this matter that deal with the very serious and realistic danger of the nuclear threat from North Korea. But THE CONSULTANT by Donzi does and amazingly he puts hard facts into this fast-paced fictionalized account. At the same time we learn about the ethics of corporate America where undeniably greed is the dominating factor. This novel is an exciting read and is full of exotic locales (from Naples, Florida to the Far East, to Europe incl. Paris, France and through Bermuda). And the action never stops.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fiction & Reality merge
I devoured my copy of the "The Consultant" within 48 hours. Every decade or so, there comes along a book that you just have to read as it introduces us to a new era of... Read more

Published on July 25 2002

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent! The best novel in years!
Over the past couple of years I've read through all the new books by Grisham, Clancy, Crichton, Harris, Patterson and others. Read more

Published on July 20 2002