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Deep As The Marrow (1997)

Deep as the Marrow (1997)

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ISBN
0312862644 (ISBN13: 9780312862640)
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English
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forge

About book Deep As The Marrow (1997)

When the POTUS decides to push an agenda of legalizing drugs, the cartels decide to fight for their lives. The President needs to die, but it can't be an assassination. Thank goodness his personal physician has a reason to do the deed.Deep as the Marrow is different from other books I've read by Wilson. There is no hint of the supernatural in any way, it is a straight thriller. It is also a very well written one. Wilson effectively moves from POV to POV, each time allowing a bit more of the story to be revealed and developed. I thought the way that the situations with the lowest rung of criminals involved were described were fascinating. It was presented as normal activity for those characters - that was the way their life was lived at the moment, even if they were planning to change. It was all very matter-of-fact.The character of Poppy turned out to be one of my favorites. She started out very one dimensional, but developed well and incorporated the reveals about her past into current behavior seamlessly. I also enjoyed the inclusion of the Jersey Pines into the story. It was nearly Deliverance in New Jersey, and a reminder that the entire state isn't just a big turnpike littered with urban foxholes and burned out factories. I really enjoyed that twist to the story.

As a recreational writer, I sometimes force myself to read writing that I don't enjoy simply to study what the author does and doesn't do that makes the story work.This is one of those books, unfortunately.I was greeted by very one-dimensional characters, dialogue written for a teen Disney movie, and an extremely predictable and simple plot. I was hoping F. Paul Wilson was a new author to the scene and, if he was, I would give him some credit as a new author for trying. But once I read reviews online saying this wasn't his first book I was surprised.A few things on which I will commend him: the action scenes were intriguing. The plot wasn't a complete wash-out and had me interested enough to finish the book. But, overall, I wouldn't recommend this author, or--at least--the book.

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This book pulled me in immediately, and never let go. The characters ran the gamut from innocent to terrifying, and were superbly drawn. I really enjoyed the plot, which was interesting enough just based on the book’s back cover. But then halfway through the book the plot took on a life of its own, taking me for a roller coaster ride that had me on the edge of my seat. Just when I thought I knew what was going to happen next, something I couldn’t see coming happened to drive the action in a new direction.I think that the character of Poppy was my favorite. Though I didn’t identify with her, she was compelling to watch, especially as she rose to meet the challenges she faced and became a sort of hero. Snake, a villain, was horrifying in his casual evil. While he was riveting, I hated him.This book lacks the .5 off a perfect rating because I was conflicted about this book’s bittersweet ending. While I liked it on one hand, it seemed a bit over the top, also. Yet I have to wonder if things had happened differently if I would have been as moved by the book, and I think the answer to that is no. My final conclusion is that something was missing, so I was left slightly unsatisfied. But I still highly recommend it!
—Tara Hall

Interesting idea for a plot, that the president would be pushing to decriminalize all drugs. But that was just the background for the story of Katie, the daughter of the president's personal physician, who was kidnapped by a drug syndicate to get her father to poison the president. Originally I was concerned that it would be a tiring, gruesome kidnapping story (the kidnappers were going to send him her toe as a persuader to cooperate), but the author is very imaginative and the story was full of twists and turns that made it very interesting.
—Roger Scherping

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