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Saving Faith

5 star:		(10)
4 star:		(21)
3 star:		(17)
2 star:		(7)
1 star:		(8)

 

 

This is not War and Peace however, it is an entertaining read to occupy your mind during relaxing times. There's too much realism in the world already, this was an interesting story, with a happy ending. What more could you want from a fun read. When I want real life drama and depression, I turn on the TV news stations.

This book is good, but it's not his best book. Baldacci's characters are more real than some of the characters out of Grisham's books, for example, but I thought it was easy to become confused with the number of people introduced at the beginning of this book. Like all of his books though, the first few chapters pull the reader in just enough to make them finish the book. This book, while good (I have read much worse), is easily forgotten and blends together with all of the other D.C.-centered legal thrillers out there.

Baldacci has quickly become one of my favorite authors...and for good reason. Like a runaway train about to jump the tracks, the plot wound through "Saving Faith" is exciting and unpredictable. Baldacci writes expertly in a violent drama that starts slow, but simply becomes too compelling to put down.
The main characters will draw you in if nothing else will. They are easy to identify with...even when battling a web of corruption that could end both of their lives. If you're looking for a good thriller, pick up "Saving Faith".

I'm somewhat disappointed in David Baldacci after reading "Saving Faith." To begin with, the storyline is somewhat far-fetched, yet too familiar. At times it seems like we've been down this road before.

Robert Thornhill is the classic conspirator that all conspiracy theorists live to find. His use of CIA resources to top the FBI is the stuff that people in Montanta cabins dream up. On the other hand, Danny Buchannan, the consumate Washington lobbyist, in his zeal to save the starving world, gets tangled in Thornhill's schemes.

Enter Faith Lockhart and Lee Adams, the beautiful heroine and manly savior, respectively. After Faith runs to the FBI for help, she is unwittingly cast in the middle of a fight that she's not quite sure of. Adams appears as her guardian angel.

The ending leaves the reader somewhat hanging, leaving us to wander whether Baldacci is considering a sequel.

Overall, I will say that I was somewhat disappointed. The work appeared somewhat forced.

I'm new to Baldacci and the title almost kept me from picking it up. I'm glad I did. This is a fast paced thriller with plenty of action and suspense. I enjoyed the intertwined relationships of the characters and I was kept guessing until the end.

Anyone who enjoys a good guy saves girl love story with plenty of shooting and surprizes will find pleasure in this read.

After titles like "Absolute Power", I really expected more from David Baldacci. While this isn't a bad book, and actually did keep my interest, it wasn't the dynamic page-turner that I was hoping for.

Like others have said, the opening stages are a little rough. The plot is intriguing but as the book wears on, it becomes predictable. You know what is going to happen, just not HOW it is going to happen. There was a nice twist at the end, but not enough of one to get the book up to 4 stars.

It's a good read overall but not a top priority book. If you have a choice, go for a David Morrell, Tom Clancy, Gayle Lynds, or someone in that class.

I started reading this book hoping it would as good as his other books have been in the past. I was wrong it was boring from the first page I couldn't get into it. David Baldacci usually writes a good supenseful book that I can't put down . This book was a disapointment to me.

Faith of the title of this Baldacci novel is Faith Lockhart, a lobbyist in the nation's capital whose boss (Buchanan) has been buying off politicians to promote his interests. In an effort to save herself, and she hopes, her boss, she goes to the FBI. It is her intention to tell them all she knows, but only if Buchanan will also be given immunity. Her boss does not know where she is or what she intends, so he hires private detective Lee Adams to find her and make sure she is all right. Unbeknownst to any of them, another government group has determined that Faith must die before she tells names.

What follows is a fast story with each side being put into check, only to get the upper hand once more. Adams is determined to save Faith and find out what is going on. Baldacci's stories come across well on tape and this one, read by Chris Noth, is a pleasure, even though Noth sometimes has a little too much fun with different voices. As well as this abridged version came across, one does have to wonder if the full text begged for tightening.

Although Baldacci's "Last Man Standing" is fairly different from this one, readers will probably enjoy it too. This is good action adventure.

David Baldacci knows how to write engaging novels without resorting to cheap drivel and profanity. Although the story is (hopefully) unrealistic, one gets emotionally involved with the many protagonists as the reader wonders how the story can untangle successfully. I really enjoyed the prime villain's fate, and was stunned by the admission of his accomplice late in the story. The novel is fast paced and highly entertaining. Enjoy!

This book is a slow moving but easyreading that helps keep your interest. At times things getexciting but it is not a pageturner. The same old competitionbetween the CIA and the FBI forfunding and recognition gets a bittiresome. Faith Lockhart is a legal assistant to Danny who hiresLee to follow someone to start thelife and death of Agents (take your pick) as they betray and/orshoot their way up to fame or life's end. It involves Congessmembers vieing for the best gravyjobs after retirement. Someone gets killed by accident, another gets shot by taking the bullet tosave a friend. The reader keeps on reading this to the end and isassulted by a "They lived happilyever after" line you won't wantto hear. Baldacci usually writestoo long a story and has troublebringing them to a close. Thatgives it a 3 1/2 star but it isBaldacci so I gave it a 4. The line "And so he did." actually rates it a 3. This is a book from1999 so don't rush to read it.