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The Blue Zone

by Andrew Gross

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This book was a very light read. I thought it had a weak plot, weak characters and was boring and mediocre overall. There were a few times the writing piqued my interest, but for the most part, this book made me seriously think about laying it down and finding something else to read.

If you are looking for something that is a quick, easy read without much substance, you might like this one. Otherwise, pick out something else. ( )
  porchsitter55 | Oct 13, 2009 |
Rubbish.
I was halfway through a longish rant about just how rubbish this book was when my PC rebooted and I lost it all. The essance though, was that this was free ebook bundled with my new Sony Reader, and as such it made perfect training material on how to find a comfortble way to hold it and what all the buttons did. You certainly didn't want to spare any attention for the actual words.

Kate learns that her idyllic rich family might have a few skeletons in the closet. However such a pampered life means she feels totally happy completely bypassing the FBI (who are ludicrously inept at stopping her) and deals with all the gun-toting mob thugs very unrealistically.

The plot is totally predicatble, with any significant twists being telegraphed miles in advance. And the jumps in narrative voice managing to give away anything else that might have contributed to dramatic tension or character development.

Oh, and the ending is pathetically weak as well.

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  reading_fox | Jun 10, 2009 |
GREAT BOOK, VERY SUSPENSFUL! ( )
  lg4154 | Apr 30, 2009 |
Kate's life becomes unraveled when her family has to go into the Witness Protection Program for their own safety. But wait....just who is her family???

Gross does so much better writing without Patterson, in my opinion. He seems to have a better story line with better development of characters.

This definitely is difficult to put down! ( )
  LivelyLady | Mar 7, 2009 |
Despite some flaws (characters that didn't make sense, some clumsy plotting, obvious conclusion etc), it was a reasonably fast read. However, my criteria is whether I would go out of my way to read another book- and the answer is no. ( )
1 vote beccam2 | Jan 4, 2009 |
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0061143413, Mass Market Paperback)

From the number one New York Times bestselling coauthor of Judge & Jury and Lifeguard comes this electrifying solo debut, The Blue Zone.

Kate Raab's life seems almost perfect: her boyfriend, her job, her family . . . until her father runs into trouble with the law. His only recourse is to testify against his former accomplices in exchange for his family's placement in the Witness Protection Program. But one of them gets cold feet. In a flash, everything Kate can count on is gone.

Now, a year later, her worst fears have happened: Her father has disappeared—into what the WITSEC agency calls "the blue zone"—and someone close to him is found brutally murdered. With her family under surveillance, the FBI untrustworthy, and her father's menacing "friends" circling with increasing intensity, Kate sets off to find her father—and uncover the secrets someone will kill to keep buried.

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