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Drop By Drop: A Thriller (2000)

by Keith Raffel(Favorite Author)

3.51 of 5 Votes: 1

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review 1: The right amount of insider's view of Washington mixed with well drawn characters, smart dialogue without being cute, and a believable national security / terrorism story line made this a very readable book, and one which kept me guessing until very near the end. Only a couple of real negatives mar the praise I'd give the book. One was a jarringly sexual scene that felt like something added on just for titillation value. The author writes well and could have wrapped up the character action in a far better way. It was enough to cause some degree of disappointment in a novel that up to that point hung together well. Other than an unnecessary Diego Garcia piece, an unbelievable lapse of decorum in the White House, and another odd bit about the George character that would be a... more spoiler if mentioned here, Drop By Drop was a good story that did not stretch credulity in a major way.Political thrillers are rarely pieces of serious literature so don't let these details keep you from giving this one a shot. It was really a very enjoyable read.
review 2: This novel begins with Professor Sam Rockman taking his newly pregnant wife to the San Francisco Airport where she is leaving for a business trip. As Sam is inside the terminal, his wife outside, a car approaches and there is a massive bomb explosion that takes her life. That was the exciting promise of more thrilling scenes to come. But, the promise was not fulfilled. From there the author swings into too much meaningless, mundane dialog that encumbers Washington DC politics and daily affairs. Too often the author loses me in this as well as in his flamboyant use of words that I had to refer to a dictionary to interpret. I'm glad I just had to click the word on my Kindle to understand his intent of a sentence. The end scenes were not that thrilling, as he seemed to rush to the last 'thrilling' scene. Oh, and there is an attempted sex scene at the very end that doesn't go anywhere either. As I finished reading this book, I said to myself, "This was such a waste of time." The story idea is good, and it could be made into a thriller if the author considered the reader who wants more action, simply written. less

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