I read this on my husband 's recommendation. He really enjoyed it and went on to read the next in the series. I liked it but not as much. I was not comfortable with the way the wedding was handled and thought the whole thing was melodramatic. I also found the way so many miscellaneous adults wer...
This awesome, very well written book took place beginning in the late 1800's and reaching into the 1970's through the life of Charlie Trumper. Charlie grew up learning the fruits and vegetables trade from his grandfather, the only reliable, dependent adult in his young life. All he ever wanted ...
Dear Jeffrey Archer,Your long novels suck but your short stories are amazing. Your long novels are boring but your short stories are interesting.I always found the twists in your long novels intolerable but the ones in your short stories, you guessed it, were witty and fantabulous.To conclude, p...
As far as memory serves this is the first Jeffrey Archer I have read. I am a lover of the short story form and so when a friend, who is a big fan of ex-Lord Archer, lent it to me it seemed a good place to begin as it would be a win-win. If I liked his style of writing then I could throroughly enj...
771 - 2013Sebenarnya... agak boring sih dibandingkan dua buku sebelumnya. Tapi dengan buku ini kita jadi bisa membandingkan kondisi-kondisi penjara di Inggris untuk terpidana kategori A sampai D.Di buku ini Jeffrey Archer menceritakan pengalamannya selama berada di penjara terbuka North Sea Camp,...
What did I think of this novel? In a simple line- a perfect entertainer. No, it certainly isn't one of Jeffrey Archer's best novels. No, it isn't as classy as "Kane and Abel". No, it isn't without its flaws. But, unless you are an avid hater of drama-thrillers, I can assure you, you will find it ...
With such a clear allusion to the dysfunctional brothers in Genesis, we were intrigued. Would the Able character in Jeffrey Archer’s novel suffer a cruel fate at the hands of his brother? Does the title even refer to a pair of brothers? Does the title even refer to people? Is Jeffery Archer e...
paling suka cerita mengenai Mark yang ga niat kuliah, pengen hidup nyantai sambil kerja di pabrik ban mobil seperti bapaknya. tapi si bapak yang sudah berusaha keras agar anaknya mendapatkan kehidupan yang lebih baik menyuruh Mark untuk bekerja di restoran selama liburan. dari tukang cuci piring ...
765 - 2013Bagian 2 dari trilogi menghitung hari-nya Jeffrey Archer, di mana ia naik kelas dari maximum security prison (tempat para pembunuh, penjual narkoba dan terpidana seumur hidup) ke kelas yang lebih mendingan, sambil menunggu ditransfer ke tempat yang lebih nyaman: penjara terbuka (heaven)...
Finished reading: October 21st 2014 “Adam took one hand off the handlebars and fingered the envelope in his inside pocket like a schoolboy the day before his birthday feeling the shape of a present in the hope of discovering some clue as to its contents.”(view spoiler)[This book was recommended ...
This is a story about four very driven characters competing in the British political environment from 1964 - 1991, all aspiring to be Prime Minister one day:Charles Seymour (Viscount)- an Eton/Oxford graduate born to money and banking - obviously a Tory (Conservative) but also an aristocratic, ar...
اول قراءاتى لجيفرى آرتشر الذى اعجبت به منذ قرأت سيرته الذاتية الموجزة التى ذكرها ف مقدمة ذلك الكتاب حيث أشار إلى إنه استوحى قصص ذلك الكتاب من فترة وجوده بالسجنلم تعجبنى كل القصص فقد تراوحت جمالها وروعتها الادبية بين ممتاز وجيد ومتوسط .. جاءت اكثر القصص جمالا " الرجل الذى سرق مكتب بريده " العنوان...
I do not rate Jeffery Archer as a great author, but he is a great story teller. His book The Eleventh Commandment had been taking up shelf space for years, so I decided to read it and then give it away to the local charity shop. That way it would no longer take up room in my book case.Jeffrey How...
أكشن / إنجليزيوليس كل ما هو إنجليزيا أمريكيالم تكن "الطلعة الأولى" بالسهولة المتوقعة فيما يخص الأسلوب والمفردات اللغوية المستخدمه، ورويدا رويدا وباستمرار التوغل وصلت لحالة من الاعتياد والتأقلم، وبهذه المناسبة أشكر قاموسي العزيز الذي عانى معي ويلات تلك "الطلعة بمشاهد قصيرة تنتهي كل منها بنهايات مث...
'Shall We Tell The President' is something a bit different from Jeffrey Archer. Instead of his usual character-driven epics, we're treated to a lean, taut political thriller involving the potential assassination of US President Florentyna Kane. First, a clarification: 'Shall We Tell The President...
I listened to the book on CD version of this title. At first, it took some getting used to the particular accent of Desmond Tutu, the narrator. But I would say that after a minute or two I had adjusted to his cadences and diction. In fact, by the end of this book, I would say that he was the p...
While Archer’s The Fourth Estate is a blatant fictionalisation of the careers of Rupert Murdoch and Robert Maxwell, it’s nevertheless dramatic and interesting, and an intriguing look into what can be a very shady world.Townsend and Armstrong (as Murdoch and Maxwell are rechristened) are built up ...
(2.5 stars)I quite enjoyed Jeffrey Archer as a teenager, so thought I should revisit this volume to see whether the writing holds up at all as an adult. It's a collection of short stories, all of which contain a twist. While twist fiction is generally held to be a little hackneyed these days, it'...
As a friend very rightly put it…’A Prisoner of Birth’ has all the makings of a Bollywood Masala Movie.Danny Cartwright, a humble East-End mechanic has just proposed to his childhood sweet heart Beth. He decides to celebrate by treating his fiancée and best-friend Bernie Wilson (who also happens t...