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A review by karaklos
Total Control by David Baldacci
2.0
Total Control is one book with too many stories. While it’s not difficult to follow, it seems completely preposterous that all of these stories would even occur to begin with...much less be linked.
The main character is Sidney Archer. She’s beautiful, intelligent, a successful attorney and mother. Her husband makes some poor choices with bad people and she ends up in big trouble. Despite her great intelligence, she repeatedly makes very poor decisions landing herself in more and more trouble. Don’t worry though! She can handle a gun, outwit the bad guys just in time, fight off the bad guys too (again just in time!), and the bad guys will also let her go free sometimes. There’s also a plane crash, several murders, and a lot of bad dudes. Note: if you suspect someone is a bad dude, he is.
I had a hard time keeping up with the characters. I had to go back a couple times to remind myself who someone was. Also, the book went on far too long and was poorly edited.
As an aside, reading this book so many years after its original publication made the story much less intense. The references to floppy disks and America Online were funny to see.
The main character is Sidney Archer. She’s beautiful, intelligent, a successful attorney and mother. Her husband makes some poor choices with bad people and she ends up in big trouble. Despite her great intelligence, she repeatedly makes very poor decisions landing herself in more and more trouble. Don’t worry though! She can handle a gun, outwit the bad guys just in time, fight off the bad guys too (again just in time!), and the bad guys will also let her go free sometimes. There’s also a plane crash, several murders, and a lot of bad dudes. Note: if you suspect someone is a bad dude, he is.
I had a hard time keeping up with the characters. I had to go back a couple times to remind myself who someone was. Also, the book went on far too long and was poorly edited.
As an aside, reading this book so many years after its original publication made the story much less intense. The references to floppy disks and America Online were funny to see.