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Obres de Dave White

Witness to Death (2011) 36 exemplars
More Sinned Against (2011) 4 exemplars

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male
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USA
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USA

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John Brighton is convinced his ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend is cheating on her so he follows him to get proof. Maybe he thinks this will get them back together, he does still love her. What he witnesses is a shoot-out on the banks of the Hudson River and John ends up the suspect in five murders. What happens next can only be described as a wild ride.

I had a hard time keeping the players straight in this book, first one person has two names, second you never know who is running things. People are not what they appear to be and bodies keep dropping. It was like Hamlet, everybody dies. Well not EVERYBODY.

WitnesstoDeathThis book didn’t live up to the hype for me. Some suspension of what you know to be true is often necessary when a reading a novel, but this book took it too far in my opinion. Plus the fact that none of the characters, even the good guys were likable. I won’t even go into the WTF? ending.

In short, I didn’t hate this book, but I seriously doubt I will read anymore by this author.
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BellaFoxx | Hi ha 2 ressenyes més | Feb 14, 2015 |
Took a peek at page one and it's got me by the scruff of the neck...
This is a solid thriller from Dave White. I burned through it right quick, and don't want to spoil the surprises. Let's just say that a jealous schoolteacher follows his ex's new boyfriend to see if he's cheating on her, and gets dragged into a classic innocent man thriller in the vein of North by Northwest.
Kind like a good season of "24" that you'll flip through fast, seeing where the threads connect, and where the intrigue lies. As a Jersey native I enjoyed his imaginative use of locations and villains. And unlike your average thriller, not everything goes right. The good guys are good, but not perfect, and they can't strut through a van full of mercs like they're fighting kids on a playground. You'll be gripped, wondering if the bad guys can actually be stopped.
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TommySalami | Hi ha 2 ressenyes més | Mar 14, 2013 |
I came to the book through a somewhat odd set of circumstances. I saw a tweet about a book that had a 2000% increase on Amazon. So I followed a link in that tweet to a blog. The blog mentioned the review, about how the author noted he had initial good sales in the first month, but once summer started he was down to about ten books a something. I can't recall if it was 10 a day, or week. Can't be month as the book came out in May, and this is June. Right, so I followed a link there to the actual review. The review was just a paragraph if I recall correctly. Nothing I would think would lead to a 2000% increase in sales on Amazon. So I went back to the previous blog and followed a link there to Amazon. Bunch of five star rated reviews. Description I don't remember if I read. So I tried the sample. Four chapters later I figured I'd pay the $0.99 to see how the book unfolded. Though The sample had one or two more chapters from there.

The story begins with a man named John Brighton deciding to follow his ex-girlfriend's boyfriend. He believes that Frank, the boyfriend, is cheating on Michelle, John's ex. This is based on John spotting Frank having coffee with some woman. So this mild-mannered teacher followed Frank to a train station in Jersey City. Follows him around a building. Starts to follow him towards people wearing trenchcoats. Trenchcoats open fire. Frank fires back. Quite accurately. By this time Frank and John are back around the corner with Frank leaning out shooting. John keeps trying to walk towards Frank. Frank keeps shooting, and pushing John away.

They flee onto a train. Frank orders the conductor to go. The train begins to move. Then stops after the emergency brake is pulled. Can't restart for about twenty minutes. Another bad guy boards. Fight. Death of bad guy, assumed bad guy. All this description is leading up to John and Frank exiting the train at a different train station and John getting his picture taken by a camera phone. Having the picture splashed all over the tv, and having the news and police believing that John is either the killer, or an accomplice. All of this occurs in the first four chapters.

The characters are both annoying and interesting. It seems most stories where a person finds themselves in a strange situation find that person reacting like John McClane on Die Hard. Stepping forward, maybe making wise-cracks, but however they do it, they step forward and get the job done. John (of this book not of Die Hard), finding himself in this unexpected situation, basically comes inches from falling apart. Curling into a ball. Shaking, whimpering, following Frank when Frank pushes him in a certain direction, later following another character when she comes along. He doesn't suddenly find time slow down, he doesn't suddenly find himself, a teacher, tackling and defeating many combat trained attackers. Instead he is a ball of nerves, whimpering. Eventually he starts moving under his own momentum, but he does not follow the normal type of characterization for his type of character in this type of book.

Oh, I mentioned the characters were both annoying and interesting. Interesting because they are not stereotypes lifted from other stories. Annoying because the personalities are annoying. I can't stand Michelle, the ex-girlfriend. Frank seems caught between flat and something more than flat character.

A fast-paced thriller is supposed to be just that, fast-paced, page turning quickly, must see what happens next. This book had that for the most part. Got me through four chapters of the sample quite quickly. Got me to about chapter 13 before I had to put the book down to do other things. And then . . . well, a fast-paced thriller should cause me to quickly get back to it, despite having to take a break for life functions. Yet, I finished another book before I got back to Witness to Death. Then I read the first hundred pages of a new book before finally returning to and finishing Witness to Death. Chapter 13 through 28 pulsed along, my attention drawn back into it before again needing to take a break from it. I found after I returned to it that it, ironically, somewhat picked up again right at that point.

I note that the first four or six chapters are available on Amazon. Check them out. See if it interests. And if it does, the book is only $0.99.
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MikeBriggs | Hi ha 2 ressenyes més | Jun 29, 2011 |

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Obres
2
Membres
40
Popularitat
#370,100
Valoració
3.1
Ressenyes
3
ISBN
26
Llengües
1