Wild Fire by Nelson DeMille
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Book Reviews of Wild Fire
Book Review: Not much to recommend
Summary: 2 Stars
I run hot and cold with this author. He is very funny when he's got his main character wisecracking about other people. For this reason I really liked The Gold Coast and Plum Island. But I had to put this one down after several chapters that alternate between men sitting in a room expounding their silly theories, and the protagonist spending time with his girlfriend. I guess, and I'm truly guessing here, that the silly theories are meant to be so terrifying that it would create drama just to have people talk about them. Wrong. I would have given it one star based on that, but I credited him an extra star because he can put a sentence together well. I recommend you avoid this one.Book Review: I had to rate this book zero
Summary: 1 Stars
I've not run across a book quite as boring... and truly not one as irritatingly boring. Don't get me wrong; the idea behind the plot is and interesting one. But this thing just dragged on, filled to the brim with snappy repartee mostly from the main character; often from his wife. Sheesh! Nothing moves. Almost all conversation. And incredibly dumb conversations. Nobody talks that way..not even the author who must've worked like crazy to come up with that silliness. The hero is supposed to be quite intelligent, but talks like an immature idiot. The rest of the characters are poorly developed. The scenes scantily set. Easy to read the sentences, however, because they're quite short, and use 8th grade words. I take that back - I saw one word that was 10th grade level. Not a good read at all. I worked hard to get through Wild Fire, but finally had to quit at page 186 of a 519 page book. Why did I buy that anyway?
I've never written a review before. But today I just had to say "don't waste your time". Bring back Tom Clancey and John Grisham!
Book Review: You call this a thriller!?
Summary: 1 Stars
This was probably the cheapest, weakest, most pathetic attempt at a thriller I've run across, and I wouldn't be surprised if DeMille just dashed this off simply to earn a paycheck. Some demented right-winger decides he's going to decisively win the War On Terror back during the pre-game hysteria for Iraq by framing Islam for his own nuking of LA and San Francisco, which will also somehow help the nation "regain lost honor" by scaring the Vietnamese government into surrendering to us, and our alleged hero John Corey and his wife are too busy having a romantic working weekend in Long Island to notice. The villain practically advertises his intentions to Corey at every possible turn, but Corey would rather complain about France's refusal to join the Coalition Of The Willing to notice. Don't just save your money, save your time and leave this on the shelf in the library rather than reading it.Book Review: Fire isout!
Summary: 1 Stars
As a long-term DeMille fan I was extremely disappointed in Wild Fire. He takes witty banter between John Corey and his wife to the extreme. It was like reading a script from the old Avenger TV series with the endless witty banter between Mrs. Poole and Patric McCoogan. Tally-ho! On to the bad guys! A little of that goes a loooong way. I pitched the book about 1/3 the way through, before I started gagging. DeMille needs to get away from writing comedy and get back to his serious roots. Before purchasing any future DeMille books I will be waiting for the reviews!
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