Ground Zero
by Bonnie Ramthum
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Author: Bonnie RamthumEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2000-09-01
ISBN: 0425176320
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: Berkley
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Book Review: Grow baby, grow!
Summary: 1 Stars
Listening to Coast to Coast with Art Bell one morning, I heard Bonnie as a guest. She was smart, funny, and seemed to have a good head on her shoulders. So, I purchased Ground Zero and Earthquake Games. I thoroughly disliked BOTH of these books, although Earthquake Games is a bit more mature. First: the books contain too many coincidences that solve issues in the plot or build the plot. Another review mentioned 'made for TV' and that is a good explanation. The plot should be a natural progression of events leading to a logical conclusion. The only thing logical about the conclusion is that you know something will coincidentally happen at the exact right moment to solve everything (which makes anything the characters purposefully do anti-climactic). Second: and this is a style issue, but occasionally she will introduce a new word or concept and then she tends to use it many times in the same paragraph. Third: character descriptions are cookie cutter in the sense that the style of introducing them is the same for most characters; i.e. character name, character description, and brief life summation. Varying the approach and building the characters would help greatly! Also unimportant characters often have their life story summated. If the character has very little to do with the story, I do not need to know that much about them. Finally: If you want a story that revolves around food and coffee, these books are for you. Honestly, very few pages go by without someone eating a meal or a snack, or someone drinking the 'best damn cup of coffee' they've ever had. While everyday events can help to humanize a story or character, they do very little to forward the plot and should be used sparingly AND only when important to the plot. If a character contemplates life or a problem over a cup of coffee, then that might be an important event. But when every time someone drinks a cup of coffee or eats a meal and it is marked with its description then the point no longer carries the same weight. I don't usually write negative reviews, but I think that the concepts behind these two stories are very strong. When her next book is published I will read it for two reasons; one is to enjoy an interesting concept and the second is to see if she continues to grow as a writer. I hope she does because she has the intelligence.
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When a computer War Game at a high-security military complex ends in the brutal death of a programmer, a homicide cop and a CIA analyst follow a trail of clues through a maze of international intrigue and treachery-and learn that one murder was only the beginning.Literature & Fiction Books
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