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Never Go Back (2006)

Never Go Back (2006)

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3.68 of 5 Votes: 2
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ISBN
0552152110 (ISBN13: 9780552152112)
Language
English
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corgi

About book Never Go Back (2006)

One of the more predictable novels by this author, which came as a disappointment, as I often don't figure out "who did it". Not so this time around, where the outcome was both unsurprising and predictable. But, perhaps the biggest irritation was the construction and language! Much though Goddard was striving to emmulate Forces personnel in the 50s.....did every sentence HAVE to be interspersed with "bloody"!? I kid not-some attention to detail and judicious editing would have avoided this-I found it grated immensely, and was surprised that such a reasonably talented author relied on cliches so much. The overall plot and characters had enough to mean that I found it an enjoyable enough read-but not up to some of his other works, where originality and imagination are more in evidence. The characters in themselves were not particularly memorable-nor likeable. Should this be the first Goddard you are considering.....think again!

A generally compelling read, although parts seemed a bit far fetched. I kept forgetting that these were supposed to be men in their seventies off exploring and crime fighting. I know that there a lot of active older adults, but it seemed a but far fetched. Also, enough with the stupid fucking nicknames. The introductions of, like, 10 characters in a row with their full names and nicknames was also annoying, and led to me not ever getting a grip on who most of the characters were. Also, naming your two main characters Harry and Barry is dumb. I didn't think the whole government/Erica Rawson part was particularly well explained, but books with government intrigue do hold some interest for me.

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I liked this book. It's just that it's not spectacular, but still certainly not bad.As a thriller or suspense story it doesn't have the most going for it, it is the secretive nature of the plot that's most interesting and a better writer could, quite frankly, have wound up the tension an awful lot more.Still, the details are refreshingly non-stereotypical and there are a good dozen or so twists and turns in the last quarter - it's only a real shame that even someone as dim as I could work out the main bad lad well before he was revealed, and was given an all-too-obvious idea of this only halfway through, which was never sufficiently disguised or supressed.Oh well. I did rather like the main character though, but again, his backstory is, come the finsih, extremely trite.
—Tim

The 18th in my set of Robert Goddard novels.This one was the third in the Harry Barnett novels, but you didn't really have to read the others to appreciate this one. There were references to his wife and daughter, and hints of his past, but you wouldn't miss much if you'd never read the earlier ones.This novel was reasonable. Certainly, he sucked me in and held me, as usual. I don't think it was one of his better ones. Somehow, I expected more twists and turns than this one created. It was a mystery for most of the time, and then moved relatively quickly to a final resolution.
—Bryan Higgs

I debated long and hard about whether to get this book, as I was running out of choices on the visit to the library.I'm glad that I did, and I will find more of his work.Its standard page turning, good for the beach, fiction that does not stand up to too much analysis but has nice characterisation.It tells the story of a group of RAF comrades from national service who meet up again at a reunion in a scottish castle, where they escaped punishment if they agreed to go on an education program from
—Ian Mapp

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