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Loading... The Book of Lies (2008)by Brad Meltzer
Meltzer writes unashamed action-adventure stories that are genuine popular hits and how! Fast paced action with plenty of narrative twists and turns to keep the reader off-balance; a McGuffin that is just this side of unbelievable and driven by good research; stock characters, but still people you identify with as someone you want to be. The dialogue creaks a little, especially when trying to tackle (gulp!) emotions. A great summer holiday on-the-beach read, and none the worse for that. (  ) pierthinker | May 6, 2013 |  Meh! In the biggest way possible...MEH!!! I'm not sure what is more annoying, the first person narrative from Cal or the I'm the bogey man/Your worst nightmare/The devil in the dark forced vibe that comes from the villain. (  ) lesmel | Apr 11, 2013 | I wish they would have gone more into depth about how answers came about and how things were happening in the book. It was good, but sort of like finding out how many licks it takes to get to the center of the Tootsie Pop without doing any tasting. ( ) E.J | Apr 3, 2013 | Yet another quasi-religious, action-adventure conspiracy book. I'm a sucker for these things. But unlike a lot of others I've read this one is a little different. Firstly there were no exotic locations. No tramping around cathedrals and crypts. No catacombs or canals. All the action was limited to Florida and Ohio with one brief flashback to Sweden. Secondly there was no history lessons, only a little bit of Bible lore. This was both good and bad. Good in that it was a nice break from the ones I normally read, bad in that I like those history lessons :P The action was good and I liked the villain (both seen and unseen) but would have preferred to see a bit more. The link with Jerry Siegel and the creation of Superman was great. For me the biggest letdown was the ending. It was just too quick and too... nice. Just needed a bit more too it. In all though it was a good book and I would like to read more from the author. (  ) Shirezu | Mar 31, 2013 | Generally speaking I find Brad Meltzer to be a fine writer, and his skill is evident in this novel. Although I liked the big concepts in this story like the tie-in to Cain and Abel as well as to the creator of Superman, this novel veers off the path of what I have enjoyed in some of Meltzer's other work. Certain aspects of the novel were a bit too hard to swallow. Reading a Meltzer novel, one has to be ready to accept grand conspiracies and wild plot lines, but even within that context, The Book of Lies was a bit much. Many of the actions from the characters didn't make sense within the context of the story, and it also failed to deliver much of the high drama that I have come from his other stories. In addition, the big reveal at the end of the story was a bit of a letdown. Despite all of these shortcomings, there was enough going to hold my interest throughout, and the book is worth reading, just not very high up on one's reading list. Carl Alves - author of Two For Eternity ( ) Carl_Alves | Oct 14, 2012 | no reviews | add a review
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