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3.0étoiles sur 5
Hmmmm......., Nov. 26 2005
(This review contains spoilers)Not sure whats happening with Demilles writing of late. Up Country, and now Night Fall both were a somewhat disappointment. Nelson is a good writer and weaves a usually exciting tale. Point of irritation: It seems Demilles favorite words are "I (or he/she) didn't reply" or "I/he/she nodded". I kid you not. In Up Country it drove me bananas! Ha....... I nodded. John Corey, the NYC retired detective was perhaps the most serious, ingenious and at the same time hilarious, character in Plum Island and Lions Game. In Night Fall Demille seems to have parked Corey's wit on the curb. The fact that Ted Nash appears again was the best part of this novel. The interplay between Corey and Nash are extremely entertaining. In Plum Island and Lions Game Corey's musings, observations, saracasm and dislike for Nash had me in stitches at times. The plot of Night Fall was taken from a real event, mildly interesting, but, predictable. I mean, the missle theory had to be the explanation. The hints toward the WTC disaster were easily spotted several chapters before the end. The fact that the ending defeated an potentially incendiary outcome, and left a big question, was well done though. I still a Demille fan, but not of his last two books.
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