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Sweat (2012)

by Mark Gilleo(Favorite Author)

3.91 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1611880513 (ISBN13: 9781611880519)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

The Story Plant

review 1: There were a lot of errors in this book (DC has a height-limit, so there aren't any 14-story office buildings; McPherson Square's escalator has about 15 steps); the language was very awkward (few contractions used among characters whose first language is English); and there were far too many characters to have to keep straight. Additionally, the opening scene from the preface isn't discussed again until more than 100 pages later. By that time, two or three other storylines had been introduced, and I'd completely forgotten about that scene. When it was mentioned again, I had to stop and think and try to figure out what the author was talking about. The plot itself was pretty good, but it was just made much more complicated than necessary.
review 2: Not a particu... morelarly appealing title and yet, due to the subject matter, entirely appropriate. Mix sweatshops on American soil, American exporters, Senators (we all know Congress is broken) plus the Mountain of Shanghai, an exporter’s son, a homeless ex-CIA operative plus various and sundry other characters in a close-to-the-headlines story and you’ve got great fun. You feel like you’re racing to the end of the story with the characters. Close to not-able-to-put- it-down territory. Very readable thriller. Received free copy for review. less

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