Blind Side
by Catherine Coulter
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Author: Catherine CoulterEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-06-29
ISBN: 0515137200
Number of pages: 368
Publisher: Jove
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- ISBN13: 9780515137200
- Condition: New
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Book Reviews of Blind Side
Book Review: Slightly better than "Blowout"
Summary: 2 Stars
When I read "Blowout" I vowed I'd never read another Catherine Coulter novel, but I already owned "Blind Side" and decided I'd give it a go. The best thing I can say about it is that it isn't quite as bad as "Blowout." Still, it's well below average for the "thriller" genre, but apparently there is a market for really bad novels.
The plots involve a mysterious kidnapping without a ransom and a serial killer who only murders math teachers. There's nothing of special interest there, except for the fact that the denouements are absurd. But then I'm not fond of metaphysical explanations, expecially in mysteries.. FBI thriller, this is not, despite the blurb on the dust jacket. The FBI agents are in the mess briefly and have little or nothing to do with the outcome of the main plot. I would add further that one kidnapper is so elusive that it becomes funny. She should have put the cuffs on him when she had the chance.
The characters are not especially well-drawn or interesting: FBI agents, a small town Tennessee woman sheriff, a flinty eyed preacher and his submissive wife, a couple of loser kidnappers, cute kids, Dad of a cute kid, etc. The writing is clumsy to the extreme. For example, at one point the preacher is descirbed as wearing a "lovely white robe." I tried to picture that--and couldn't. The dialogue is also bad, and in the case of the children it is horrible. There's one lengthy exchange between the children that is like fingernails on a blackboard. The editor's job (I was once a book editor) is, among other things, to eliminate adjectives and adverbs that don't add anyting--and straighten out the dialogue. This book is full of meaningless modifiers and screechy exchanges.
This might have been a fairly good book, but the clumsy writing, inept dialogue, poor plotting and the shallow characterizations keep it from being recommended.
Summary of Blind Side
Get blindsided by the #1 New York Times bestselling author.
FBI agents Savich and Sherlock face two baffling cases in Catherine Coulter's electrifying thriller, a riveting novel of knife-edge suspense.
FBI agents Savich and Sherlock face two baffling cases in Catherine Coulter's electrifying thriller, a riveting novel of knife-edge suspense.
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