Hemlock Bay (FBI Series)
by Catherine Coulter
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Author: Catherine CoulterEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2002-07-02
ISBN: 0515133302
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: Jove
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- ISBN13: 9780515133301
- Condition: New
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Book Reviews of Hemlock Bay (FBI Series)
Book Review: Worse than Juvenile
Summary: 1 Stars
I have tried on several occasions to read Coulter's suspense novels. And I thought I'd bravely try one more time. Unfortunately, the outcome was the same: utter disappointment.
Don't assume 1 star implies any redeeming value in this book. Amazon simple didn't give an option to award zero stars.
I suppose I'll start with a pet peeve, and get it out of the way before critiquing the novel on more than just my personal likes/dislikes, so here goes: I don't like thrillers that deal with the torture of children. The first book I ever read by Dean Koontz dealt with this and he was forever off my list. There are some places I just refuse to go, and this is one of them.
The opening chapter of this book give us a band of merry FBI agents who can't backslap and high-five each other enough because they've caught a couple of serial killers just seconds before they attempt to kill their latest victims: two adolescent boys. Never mind that the kids will be emotionally scarred for life after the ordeal that Coulter conjures up for us. Never mind that real agents, no matter how jaded, would be physically sick to their stomachs and probably deeply introspective after observing such human cruelty. Nope. In Coulter's world, the FBI agents whoop it up, and the kids and parents skip away to live happily ever after. Need I say more?
OK. Rant finished. On with the review.
I have to agree with a previous reviewer (shereads) regarding one of the main problems I have with all of Coulter's novels: the dialog. It is ridiculously juvenile. Frankly, when I read true juvenile novels, like my son's "Guardians of Ga'Houle" series, or the "Maximum Ride" series by James Patterson, even though the books are aimed at young readers, at least the dialog reads like real people talk. They just use simpler words, fewer references to things that young reader's won't get, and the plots have fewer convolutions. But when it comes to dialog (and plots...we won't even go there), Coulter's books are impossible. The dialog is not only lame, but the way the characters respond to situations is almost always implausible, as I noted above in my pet peeve rant. Coulter is a master at conjuring up characters that cheerfully and consistently defy reality in their dialog, their emotions, and their responses.
So, if you are willing to regularly overlook these shortcomings in a novel, then Coulter's the author for you. If not, then you'd be better served to look elsewhere in this genre.
As to the plot of this book, I won't comment on it for two very good reasons:
1. Other reviewers have already done so quite adequately.
2. The dialog was so lame that I couldn't get past the second chapter.
I won't reiterate all of my other reasons for not liking Coulter's suspense novels (you can look up my review of her book "The Cove" if you need more evidence to avoid this author). I'll just say I've given her ample opportunity to prove herself as an author and she has been found seriously lacking.
Summary of Hemlock Bay (FBI Series)
FBI Agent Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock must discover whether Savich's sister's car crash was a suicide attempt, or a murder conspiracy to gain her extremely valuable paintings.
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