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Eve Duncan is Back. Hooray!
Johansen has reprised some of my favorite characters. Eve Duncan is back, doing what she does best, sculpting the dead. Joe is back, doing what he does best, walking on egg shells around Eve. Jane is back, precocious as ever. Sean Galen is back guarding Eve as she takes on a dangerous reconstruction in the bayous of Louisiana. There is murder, there are bad guys. There...
Publié le Sep 25 2003 par Katie Osborne
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eve, eve, stop your wallowing
ms. johansen weaves a great tale, but eve has got to get it together. thisis not healthy my friend! the books real good though!
Publié le Fév 5 2004 par nix100
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The Body of Lies, Avril 25 2004
This novel was an excellent read. I wasn't able to put it down once. She made this book a wonderful suspense. The plot was excellent, by introducing the troubles in people lives and there sacrifices to cope with bad experiences. I'd recommend this novel to everybody who loves learning new things.
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eve is tough?, Avril 18 2004
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Gosh, she's tough. She's one tough lady. We can tell she's made up her mind,and she's tough, so she won't change it. She is so tough.....that it takes at least 4 men to protect her, and all she does is whine. Her daughter, Jane, could be sweet, but she is given no friends and such adult dialogue that she doesn't provide the relief this book needs. The last chapter was interesting.
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eve, eve, stop your wallowing, Fév 5 2004
ms. johansen weaves a great tale, but eve has got to get it together. thisis not healthy my friend! the books real good though!
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Better used to prop up furniture..., Janv. 12 2004
This was by far, the worst book I have read in a number of years. It was lent to me by a friend and I have to admit, I owe him a beer because he made me promise not to burn it and I did anyhow.The dialogue is laughable. The characters ridiculous. A gradeschooler with ADHD probably could have polished this novel. In short, don't waste your time with this book. It will make you hate your self and hate the world. That is all.
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What an awful book, Janv. 12 2004
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I got the unabridged recorded book from the library. I kept listening to it (9 CDs!) amazed by how flat and stupid it was. It's hard to believe that the author has any experience in writing novels. The dialog is terrible, and the relationships unbelievable. The conspiracy behind the whole plot is ludicrous.The reader, Cristine McMurdo-Wallis, is very boring to listen to. One character is supposed to be from Liverpool, but he almost never sounds English, let alone "Liverpudlian." The other characters are all from the south, but they seldom sound southern. Her voice just drones on and on. . .
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Starts off with promise, anyway., Déc 1 2003
Iris Johansen, Body of Lies (Bantam, 2002)I picked this up after having the first two chapters sent to me on the chapteraday mailing list and reluctantly allowing myself to get intrigued. The first chapter really does pack a wallop. I just with the rest of the book could have carried out the promise. It doesn't, unfortunately. After the first chapter comes long, drawn-out setup that is in no way justified by the payoff. Robert Parker does the same thing, but he does it in about a third of the number of pages per novel used by Johansen. The woman could use a few lessons in tight prose and how it heightens tension in a novel. But this one's a lost cause; by the time her protagonist finally gets around to reconstructing the face on the skull, will the reader still care? Not this one. (zero)
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Eve Either has to Grow Up or Go, Sep 25 2003
Eve Duncan is back and she's still grieving. Author Johansen has brought back Eve, Joe, Jane and Galen in this Robert Ludlum type adventure that is so much better than her last book ("Final Target") that I can't believe it. I was worried about Iris, afraid she'd lost it, but clearly she can still tell a story. Now if only Eve would get over her loss. And how come Joe puts up with it? Maybe it's time Johansen retired Eve, maybe a story centered around Sean Galen.Still, I found the book an exciting read, loved most of it and am giving it four stars. The book was exciting, as Johansen fans have come to expect, but that Eve, she's either gotta grow up or go. Reviewed by Vesta Irene
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Eve Duncan is Back. Hooray!, Sep 25 2003
Johansen has reprised some of my favorite characters. Eve Duncan is back, doing what she does best, sculpting the dead. Joe is back, doing what he does best, walking on egg shells around Eve. Jane is back, precocious as ever. Sean Galen is back guarding Eve as she takes on a dangerous reconstruction in the bayous of Louisiana. There is murder, there are bad guys. There are plot twists and turns that are both confusing and intriguing. Our characters are flawed and sometimes not very pretty, in short, human.I loved this five star thriller and would recommend it to anyone, though perhaps it might be better if you read the first three in the series first. Review submitted by Captain Katie Osborne
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More like a passing grade 3 and a half., Jui 5 2003
Iris Johansen's "Body of Lies" is a fairly entertaining novel.The cat and mouse aspect is well done, as the hunted do not use super human powers to keep on the move. As the story progresses, a ticking clock subplot propels the action. A secret society lends an almost credible conspiracy theory to the mix. Throw in a resourceful hardboiled British bodyguard with a dubious background, a corrupt Senator, a seemingly average reporter, a skillful assassin and a covert research project involving fuel cells and things move rapidly. Forensic sculptor Eve Duncan is terrific when doing her job recreating the face on the skull of an unknown murder victim. When fretting about her romance everything bogs down and becomes a pitiful soap opera. Colorful villains, some wolves in sheep's clothing and the nefarious secret organization keep Eve and Atlanta detective Joe Quinn hopping and the pages turning. The ending was too pat.
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Proficient but routine thriller, Avril 29 2003
The book centres on a forensic sculptor ,named Eve Duncan who is living in Atlanta with her lover, Joe, a cop, and her adopted daughter.She is slowly putting her life into some semblemce of order following the death of her young child ,Bonnie ,whom she sees in dreams (or are they visions from the other side ? the question is kept open )
She is a driven woman ,obsesssive where her work is concerned and determined ,as a mission statement almost ,to ensure the unidentified dead are given face and form by her work.
She is pressured by a Presidental aspirant Senator Melton to take on a job in Baton Rouge -identify a skull recently uncovered that may have implications for his career.When she refuses someone goes to great lengths to ensure her relationship is placed in jeopardy and ,under duress she takes on the job .Soon two people are murdered and she herself almost dies from poison.
She together with Joe .and a Liverpudlian hit man ,named Galen ,not to mention an environmentalist/journalist set out to strike back at those responsible -a secret society ,named with stunning lack of imagination ,the Cabal ,and it all build to an implausible climax in Florida It is solid second string work and its major drawbacks for me where a lacklustre plot and the stylistic unremarkability of the prose .Eve is given more than her share of neuroses and traumas but is a likeable heroine although for me as a Brit the most interesting figure was Galen.A working class guy from Liverpool,he is not the conventional cold and cynical hit man nut a gregarious gastronome with a sly and at times inappropriate sense of pich dark humour I want more of these two and hope that a stronger plot can be found as a basis for additional Eve Duncan books
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Body of Lies par Iris Johansen (Mass Market Paperback - Mars 4 2003)
CDN$ 11.99 CDN$ 10.79
Habituellement expédié sous 3 à 5 semaines
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