The Book of Fate
by Brad Meltzer
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Author: Brad MeltzerEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Published)
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2006-09-05
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 528
Publisher: Warner Books
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Summary: 3 Stars
This was the first book written by Brad Meltzer that I have read and I did not know what to expect. While I did not know what to expect, I did expect something a little more. The story is good and I was engaged throughout but that extra something that makes a book really good was missing.
There were a couple of things that bothered me in the book. First, "The Book of Fate" is really not existent in the story. Other than a couple of times when a psychopath recollects his mother saying observe the Book of Fate it is not part of the story line. The same is true regarding the Freemasons as a part of the story. It is implied in the cover that there is a Freemason component. However, other than a few small facts it is non-existent but warrants an author's comment chapter regarding Freemasonry at the end of the book. These are minor, but it makes you wonder what they are pushing with the cover and title. A final point is that it probably didn't need to be as long as it is and could have been tightened up a bit.
As there were a couple of bothersome aspects, there were a couple of things that were good. First, you like the good guys and you don't like the bad guys. A novel cannot get any more basic than that in making it work. The storyline built up and had a twist that you could make guesses at but not be sure of until exposed. Finally, the storyline was far enough to be outside the bounds of reality but not so far or inappropriate to make you think it defies belief.
Overall, a decent read but not a great read. It is something to read if you want a light read that basically kills time.
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Six minutes from now, one of us would be dead. None of us knew it was coming. So says Wes Holloway, a once-cocky and ambitious presidential aide, about the day that changed his life forever. On that day, Wes put the president's oldest friend, Ron Boyle, into the presidential limousine. By the time the trip came to an end, Wes was permanently disfigured, and Boyle was dead, the victim of a crazed assassin. Eight years later, Boyle is spotted, alive and well, in Asia. In that moment, Wes has the chance to undo the worst day of his life. Trying to figure out what really happened takes Wes back to a decade-old presidential crossword puzzle, disturbing secrets buried in Masonic history, and a 200-year-old secret code invented by Thomas Jefferson. But what Wes doesn't realize is that the Book of Fate holds everyone's secrets. Especially the ones worth dying for. The Book of Fate. What does it say about you?Subjects Books
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