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The Fallen by David Baldacci

ljones's review against another edition

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3.75

The story was OK. It wasn't great, but OK. But I still love the Amos Decker character.  The interaction between Decker and Alex's neice in this installment showed a different side to the "memory man."

cjcunn's review against another edition

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4.0

Enjoyed the way that several mysteries were resolved convincingly. Plot twists and character development were a nice touch

jbrito's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

mwintersss's review against another edition

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mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

dorareadsstuff's review against another edition

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3.0

DUDE.
SO many WENT DOWN

detective novels aren’t my faVORITE esp on audiobooks but somehow this one managed to hold my attention span (for most of the time anyways)

Gotta hand it to Detective Decker *tips fedora* that one was hard to solve,,,, and personally *I* didn’t solve it before the reveal, but like…
still enjoyable ig

jenny_presto's review against another edition

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3.0

There were a few too many characters to keep track of.

dominique_endeavors's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

In this installment, Amos Decker and his partner, Alex Jamison, are in a small western PA town visiting her sister, brother-in-law and nice.  One night while Decker was out on the back deck chatting with 8 year old Zoey, Jamison's niece, he spotted a flicker and them a spark of fire across the way through a window in a neighboring house. Upon investigating, Decker finds two dead bodies in the house. But, that was just the beginning of all of the nefarious activities going on in this small town.  overall, I enjoyed this book and the ending was good, too.  There was a good amount of action and I liked the twists.  Although, I did figure out around halfway through one of the characters that was involved. solid 4-star read for me.

ibnjah's review against another edition

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dark emotional informative mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

lunaseline's review against another edition

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3.0

Han går på rutin, gör han, Baldacci. Men rutin är = erfarenhet, vilket faktiskt är att föredra när en nu ska läsa en snabbfotad amerikansk deckar-thriller.
Ja, det är mycket exposition, det är många små samtal om till synes helt meningslösa saker (som en därmed förstår kommer bli meningsfulla), och det är minst tre "twister" för mycket.
Samtidigt gör han det sömlöst, och slänger utan ansträngning in - det i deckartraditionen så upphöjda - s-a-m-h-ä-l-l-s-p-r-o-b-l-e-m-e-n. Här får vi en blick på Trumps Amerika (eller det som ledde till att det blev Trumps Amerika?); avdöda småstäder, industrins förfall (eller utveckling?), fattigdom och en enorm drogepidemi. Är siffrorna som DEA-agenten slänger sig med i närheten av sanna är det betydligt mer galet än eventuella mänskliga mördare... men för nattsvart att läsa om, så Baldacci kör på med sitt goda FBI-par, ett byoriginal, en mytomspunnen familj, och de vanliga skurkarna med storhetsvansinne. Typ.
Förra Decker-deckaren (!) tänkte jag att jag redan hade tröttnat (både överdriven och seg historia), men här läser jag med lite mer sympatisk blick igen. Det är nog för att jag gillar Amos, konstigheter and all (och med mycket mer lättläst/behaglig version av syntesi än i t.ex. The Color of Bee Larkhams murder). Men också för att den här historien håller ihop bättre. Det är inte bra-bra, men underhållande. Rutin, men erfarenhet.

jazzijessi's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced

4.0