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The Broken Window |  | Author: Jeffery Deaver
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Category: Book
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Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
ISBN: 1844565513
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ASIN: 1844565513
Publication Date: July 24, 2008
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 32
 Scary idea but no more than that. March 2, 2010
_astra_ (the UK)
Our dependency and blind faith in strings of 0s and 1s is a little bit scary, but what can we do? Could you imagine our life without computers, the Internet, etc.? What if someone abuses the system? Better not to think about it.
Otherwise the thriller is unremarkable.
Well-plotted, engaging detective page-turner January 31, 2010
Kentspur
Producing good stuff a long way into a lucrative, far-fetched series is not easy, but Jeffrey Deaver has pulled it off with this engaging, pacy thriller and he deserves much praise.
This novel is about the hunt for a killer who murders people then - using identity theft and evidence placement - puts a sap in the frame for the authorities to incarcerate. It's a strong premise and, even though Mr Deaver shows it early, he effortlessly creates a strong narrative around the kind of people and organisations that could do this stuff to anyone. Each twist is well-camouflaged and impactful and the over-arching universe - that there are people out there who know everything about you - is well-described and, candidly, terrifying. The killer - when revealed - is not stupid or absurd. He's in there - if you get the clues - yet unexpected; kudos to Mr Deaver. The points made about how much anyone with access to an internet account and specialist knowledge knows about you are very well made. More than that, Mr Deaver delivers a paranoid vision of the world that matches the seventies 'Parralax View' and echoes more recent thrillers about how the 'net can destroy you, but in a more diciplined and clinical fashion.
The main weakness of the book is that it is part of a series and the 'good guys' in this very strong story are a wheel-chair bound forensic specialist - Lincoln Rhyme - and his partner, a fashion-model-turned-cop called Amelia Sachs. You almost wince as these characters - heroes of previous Deaver works - are re-introduced as they are so cliched and stupid. I am sure when Mr Deaver had to sell the first in this series, a profoundly disabled forensics guy was engagingly different for literary agents and publishers; now it feels contrived and ridiculous. Frankly, if there had been different protagonists, this would have been a stunningly good thriller, one of the best I've read in years, but the 'business' around these cartoonish creations pulls the book down. Mr Deaver also repeatedly mentions a woman - Kathryn Dance - who isn't in the action at all - as she is the main protagonist of his next novel and puts in - totally ridiculous to British ears - passages about another killer being hunted by Scotland Yard, who is going to be in the next 'Lincoln Rhyme' thriller. Both utterly redundant in this story. To say this is crass commercialism is an understatement.
Given that, in some ways, I wanted to despise 'The Broken Window' as a cynical, CSI-rip-off tosh-fest, but the fact that I can't - and that I read it in a couple of days - is testament to Mr Deaver's skill. I would strongly recommend this book to anyone who wants a gripping, suspenseful thriller. Steely craft, perfect plotting and excellent exposition combine to deliver a wonderful, popular detective novel; a masterclass in page-turning.
 Even Better Than Before! January 31, 2010
Avid Amazon'er! (UK)
This Deaver book is brilliant. Just like his previous books, Deaver has you on the edge of you seat. Through-out the book you are left guessing as to who the 'baddie' is. The research gone into this book has also paid off - the new technological dangers are both realistic and well explained. I truly wondered if such is currently happening ~ is this a book of; fiction, fact or prediction? I just did not know. When all is revealed at the end, you are truly in for a suprise - a very cleverly constructed story twist! In addition to this great story line, you are treated to an account of Rhyme's younger life. These accounts truly make Rhyme more believeable and realistic. Superb!
 Broken Record, more like January 20, 2010
Clevor Trevor (London)
It took me about one hundred pages to realise The Broken Window is best read as a pastiche of the thriller genre. Once I reached that stage, I found it easy to go with the flow and have a good belly laugh at the cardboard characters (make that recycled cardboard); the countless leaps of faith demanded of the reader (more than the Bible and the Koran put together, at a guess); and the liberal use of cliched plot lines. By the time I got to the bits where Rhyme just happens to be on a webcam link and sees 'the killer' in the background - all a red herring - and Amelia just happens to find a till receipt that leads her to the killer's locale, even though the killer himself didn't drop it - I was doubled up on the floor. As Rhyme himself says, 'pretty serendipitous'.
As for the quality of the writing, I came to this book after 'The Road' by Cormac McCarthy. That's a bit like comparing a sleek thoroughbred with a pantomine horse. But good luck to the author, he's obviously got a loyal following and you can't knock that. He must outsell Mr McCarthy several fold.
Great writer but a little disappointing... January 14, 2010
booklover (Ireland)
very interesting concept for a book...data mining and how, through computers so much information can be found out about anybody and how if manipulated your life could be ruined. I Have read and thoroughly enjoyed Jeffery Deaver's books and the character of Lincoln Rhyme, they are always very well thought out with twists and turns along the way but I didnt think this was his best book and was disappointed in its ending.
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