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THE DAY STARTED out beautifully for ten-year-old Jack Keller. Read the first page

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Gym Book, Sep 22 2003

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This review is from: Icarus (Mass Market Paperback)

I had run out of books to read on the stairmaster and found this one on the book swap shelf at the gym. I couldn't put the book down once I got 100 or so pages into it. I read solely to be amused, and ICARUS did just that. The story was great, and while the character development may not have been as detailed as some people like, the use of the many characters was first rate. The plot twists were very good.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Not Gideon, by any means, Mar 11 2003

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This review is from: Icarus (Mass Market Paperback)

Save your time and skip this one. Although it has a great opening scene, the rest of the book fails to deliver the sustained pace and excitement of Gideon, which was a great guilty pleasure read. There are several plot twists which are incredible (this is not a compliment) and you will feel at the end of 540 pages you could have done much better. In fact, in one part of the book, Andrews calls out a character who has read everything by authors like Block, Connolly, and others. Read all of them first before you invest time here.

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5.0 out of 5 stars TOO CLOSE TO THE SUN, Jan 15 2003

By	Michael Butts (Martinsburg, WV USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Icarus (Mass Market Paperback)

"Icarus" has one of the most disturbing, unsettling and downright breathtaking openers I've ever read. It reminded me of the frightening opening sequence in the Stallone movie, "Cliffhanger." What makes this so remarkable is that author Andrews accomplishes this without the visuals. The scene of course is the one where Jack Keller's mother meets her fate in a high rise building at the hands of a madman. Wow, goosebumps upon goosebumps in that scene. There are two other scenes in this book that almost match it: the bizarre shootout in the Charlottesville restaurant (where you keep saying, "No, no, don't let this happen..", and the final climactic scene on the terrace of Keller's own high rise.
While the characterizations are nowhere as sharp as others like Greg Iles and Robert McCammon, Andrews manages to weave a tale of mystery and intrigue. A lot of sex, so if that bothers you, you might flinch a little. Although the book is well crafted, and you're never really sure who is doing what, I had my suspicions about the killer, and even though author Janet Evanovich felt it was impossible to detect, somehow through all the red herrings, I figured it out. Pat on back for the year!!!
The supporting characters including Kid Demeter, Bryan Bishop and Dominic are all well developed, and the whole novel is intense and brooding, but a heck of a good read! Would make a tremendous film!!!
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Icarus
This was a wonderful thriller to end the summer with!

Someone is out to get Jack Keller, someone with the grudge of the century. Read more

Published on Aug 30 2002 by sleeping sheepsnake

4.0 out of 5 stars Story Picks up Momentum
Jack is a tough customer whose mentor is a cleaver-wielding butcher from New York City's meat packing district. Read more

Published on Jul 10 2002 by Diana F. Von Behren

4.0 out of 5 stars Great story, great characters, eh ending
This was a very different kind of story. It's not your typical mystery, but it is still very suspenseful and well written. Read more

Published on Mar 11 2002 by R. Robinson

3.0 out of 5 stars Overlong soap opera
This book started off pretty good and had me glued to my chair waiting to see what would happen next. Read more