- Paperback: 576 pages
- Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers (1998)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0006496784
- ISBN-13: 978-0006496786
- Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 10.9 x 4.1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 272 g
- Average Customer Review: 2.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (98 customer reviews)
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Bad, so very very bad.,
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This review is from: The Matarese Countdown (Mass Market Paperback)
I was terribly dissappointed by this follow up to the superb Matarese Circle. I've read almost every Ludlum novel and this certainly ranks down among his worst. This belongs in a black pit next to The Road to Gandolfo and the Osterman Weekend. The dialogue of the first 100 pages is cheesy and amateurish. It reminded me of the style of writing typical of a Harlan Coban novel; cheeky.The key to Ludlum's genius is in his ability to wind complex plots that always keep the reader guessing. The Matarese Countdown is remarkable in its complete lack of drama or suspense. The villians were uninspired and at no point did the hero's appear to be in danger. The resolution was achieved way too easily. Brandon Schofield the great CIA agent from Matarese Circle, and his aid the younger Pryce are so superior in ability and intellect to the 'evil' Matarese that they never made a mistake, ever. If you were to connect each loose end in this novel you could lasso the moon with the rope. I can think of no reason why anyone should read this novel. If you're in the mood for a fluffy easy to read adventure grab something by Cussler. Check out my other reviews for more of Ludlum's hit's and misses.
1.0 out of 5 stars
The Swedish Chef Meets Dudley Do-Right,
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This review is from: The Matarese Countdown (Mass Market Paperback)
I bought the book-on-tape of The Matarese Countdown and have been listening to it in my car for the past few days. Big mistake. The dialogue in TMCis so hilariously awful -unintended, I'm sure, by the author and the actor who's reading the book to us -- that I'm laughing too hard to steer the car and see the road. Every German character sounds like Colonel Klink; every Swedish character sounds like the Swedish Chef; you get the picture. All of this comes at you in a pulsing staccato reminiscent of the urgent voiceovers on 50's newsreels. I see from other reviews that much of the dialogue in TMC is punctuated with !, which may explain the breathless narrative. Reading this book couldn't be any better than listening to it, so I recommend that you give it a miss.
1.0 out of 5 stars
pathetic,
By bob20799 "bob20799" (the magic theater) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Matarese Countdown (Mass Market Paperback)
Okay. Lets face it, Ludlum was never much of a writer, but there was a time when we was a great story teller. He is one of those writers that a reader keeps picking up in the hope that, desptie that last 5 - 10 - 20 years, whatever, he may have a return to what he could once do ( think Stephen King or Peirs Anthony). In this case he falls short of everything he has done since that stuff that was rejected before his name was known and since published just because his name was one it ( oops flash back to the others I mentioned but that is another story ).There are really only two points needed in this book to dismiss it. The first being that it exists. This book is set up as a sequal to the Materese Circle in which the formerly thwarted bad guys have returned, but the end of the Materese Circle makes it clear that they don't need to return, despite that hero having won his battle he lost his war. In his pleasant retirement he contemplates their victory. Mow they are lost and trying again? The second point is even more grevious ( afterall, we all know that the first story will alway be thrown out the window for a sequal ), the bad guy tries to feed the hero to his pet birds. Even from a writer who would use the same metophores over and over until you were convinced it was simply a macro on his computer, you don't expect Snidely Whiplash villians. In this scean, as the birds turned on their master ( surprising, huh?) I fully expected him to rear up, twirl his mustache and say "curses, foiled again." If that is what you like, enjoy.
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