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| The Final Reckoning | 
 enlarge | Author: Sam Bourne
Publisher: Harper
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 846
Media: Paperback
Pages: 576
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Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 4.4 x 1.5
ISBN: 0007266499
EAN: 9780007266494
ASIN: 0007266499
Publication Date: August 4, 2008
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 Gripping read based on a truer than life story October 22, 2008
A elderly man is shot dead in front of the UN in New York. A disillusioned ex-UN lawyer is asked to visit the relatives of the deceased and stumbles upon a secret reaching all the way from the Holocaust and some of the darkest times known. Excepting the relationship between the lead male and female characters, the book fairly rattles along and is an easy, gripping read. Other characters come in and out of the novel and are dropped before the climax leaving you with a sense of shadows and unfleshed characters.
The great positive about this novel is that it left me with a desire to find out more about the historical events and people upon which the novel is based. Sam Bourne isn't writing anything incredibly new or original, but for the most part, he is writing it well.
 A dark exploration of a tough subject matter October 21, 2008
I found this book hugely compelling and it prompted me to buy the rest of Sam Bourne's books.
What impressed me the most was the subject matter that was explored. I found it fascinating and could not put it down - always learning something new and delving deeper and deeper into areas few people have the confidence and sheer nerve to write about. A fascinating read.
Ok, not gripping September 22, 2008
It takes me a while to get involved in books but this one I stuck with. Although the idea behind it was good there is no real story, and eventually the writer goes off at a tangent and is not talking about the present story line, but another one set 50 years in the past.
He also spends far too much time describing the 'passion' between the two lead characters which seemed to come from no where but still be a dominant part of the story for some reason.
I think the writer was too involved in this story, and as such kept leading off at tangents which ultimately made me lose interest.
 A rather plodding 'thriller'. September 10, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This was my first reading of 'Sam Bourne' and I don't think I will read another one. It was good enough to carry on reading till the end of course, but I found that the mixing of real second world war history within a 'thriller' plot was really artificial and the inserpt of flashbacks here and there felt easy to get the book going. The relationship between Tom the lawyer and Rebecca is simply to silly for words, crashing straight into obvious devices. Their common search of the 'truth' feels artificial again with awkward moves and the resolution I found utterly unconvincing, especially when you learn a certain something about Rebecca. Why take us on this long lasting inquest when you learn that rather crucial bit at the end ?
A real history book on the 'Avengers' themselves would certainly be more gripping !
Entertaining and historically interesting September 6, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Daily Mirror is quoted on the cover as saying that this is "The biggest challenge to Dan Brown's crown" and unlike another review (taken from the Jewish Chronicle) I see this as a compliment for the simple reason that both writers make you interested in finding out more when you've finished the book. Whether it be more about art and paintings, religion, or in the case of 'The Final Reckoning', the photographs of George Kadish.
Kadish was a Lithuanian Jewish photographer who documented life in the Kovno Ghetto during the Holocaust by constructing small cameras that could take photographs through his coat buttonhole.
Surely a book that inspires us to learn more about any subject has to be worth a read?
The novel itself begins well, and keeps a good pace throughout. Some of the plot 'discoveries' were over explained, which could be a bit insulting to the readers intelligence, and some of the plot developments could be anticipated (certainly before the two main characters anyway).
However the plot as a whole and the way the story moves between the past and the present worked well and the facts were obviously well researched.
Definitely worth a read.
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