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All the Queen's Men by Linda Howard

alaina123's review against another edition

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5.0

4.5 stars rounded up

ccgwalt's review against another edition

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4.0

A 3 star read in print (read 2009), I bumped this up one star on audio. In print I remember struggling to get into the book after the exciting first part. I liked it, but wasn't wowed by it. On audio, narrated by Kate Forbes I found myself enjoying all the details and never getting bored. Forbes does an excellent job with both the male and female voices. Her style is to change tone and inflection without trying to make her voice sound masculine. It mostly works and I rarely had trouble following who was speaking. I enjoy Linda Howard, and I'm glad I added All the Queen's Men to my audio collection.

deeangel85's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

3.0

nononanette's review against another edition

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3.0

I would have given this 4 stars but the book fizzled a bit toward the end. it was a really great read until then. very alistair maclean, ken follet with attention to detail, great characters. but true to romance form, she took an easy out to move the plot forward. (their going into town to shop and relax). Still, i would look for another one by howard.

sewcialist_librarian's review against another edition

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4.0

Excellent, but somewhat rushed, storyline. Niema and John are drawn together by their work in the CIA. A shared past, conflicting emotions, and international intrigue carry this story. After reading all the other books by LH that hint at John Medina, I was a bit disappointed by his character; but still enjoyed this book.

gillenwaaah's review against another edition

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If you told me this book was written by a white man id believe you. It is so aggressively male!!! The descriptions of all women feel kinda skeevy, the thoughts of Medina make lots of weird assumptions about how into him women are makes it impossible to look past the praise of the military. Just really missed the mark for me

thenia's review against another edition

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4.0

RTC

bhunky's review against another edition

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3.0

I enjoyed the story, the only thing I didn’t care for was the voice of the woman reading the audiobook. She sounded like someone’s grandma or something.

epictetsocrate's review against another edition

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3.0

Iran, 1994
În micuţa baracă improvizată era foarte frig. În ciuda păturilor atârnate peste unica fereastră, pentru a camufla lumina, şi peste uşa dărăpănată, aerul îngheţat pătrundea înăuntru. Niema Burdock sufla în palme ca să şi le încălzească şi respiraţia ei lăsa un uşor abur în lumina chioară a singurei lămpi cu baterie, la care avea dreptul doar Tucker, conducătorul echipei.
Soţul Niemei, Dallas, părea că se simte la largul său, în tricoul cu mâneci scurte,şi împacheta calm calupurile de explozibil Semtex,aşezându-le în compartimentele echipamentului pe care urma să-l poarte. Niema îi urmărea cu atenţie mişcările, încercând să-şi ascundă neliniştea. Nu în privinţa materialului exploziv îşi făcea ea griji; explozibilul plastic era atât de stabil încât soldaţii din Vietnam îl utilizaseră chiar şi în loc de combustibil. Dallas şi Sayyed trebuia însă să-l amplaseze în fabrică, iar treaba aceasta constituia partea cea mai periculoasă a misiunii lor, care şi-aşa era destul de dificilă. Deşi bărbatul ei ştia cu precizie ce are de făcut, Niema nu putea fi la fel de calmă ca el.
Detonatorul acţionat prin unde radio era unul artizanal. Optaseră pentru el în mod deliberat, ca o precauţie pentru cazul în care ar fi încăput cumva pe mâini străine. Nimic din ceea ce foloseau nu trebuia să trădeze vreo legătură cu Statele Unite. Din acelaşi motiv se alesese Semtex-ul în locul explozibilului C-4. Pentru că dotarea lor nu era de cea mai bună calitate, Niema se străduise din răsputeri ca măcar funcţionarea să nu ridice probleme, în definitiv, degetul soţului ei urma să apese pe declanşator.

kbton's review against another edition

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4.0

Excellent. I love Howard's characters. They're always so well fleshed out.