Comments | brooklynnotes: #799: Baldacci's The Camel Club

brooklynnotes

#799: Baldacci's The Camel Club

Mar 19, 2007 17:15

The Camel ClubDavid Baldacci ( Read more... )

utter crap, au:baldacci, book_reviews, novels

Comments 8

purejuice March 19 2007, 21:36:23 UTC

if you're interested in the Real washington, george pelecanos is your man.

brooklynnotes March 19 2007, 22:14:32 UTC

I've heard this. I need to check him out.

optimussven March 20 2007, 00:36:22 UTC

I always see this guy's ads on the Metro and scoff to myself. He just looks like a jerk and a horrible writer.

brooklynnotes March 20 2007, 01:46:57 UTC

He is a truly terrible writer. I am seriously embarrassed I read this.

saint dorothy was obviously invoked cataptromancer March 20 2007, 02:10:27 UTC

Har! Did you see the Kirkus reviews bit on the page you linked to?

"A lukewarm would-be potboiler of uninvolving intrigue....Baldacci himself seems only partly engaged in the task here. He writes as if he imagines his typical reader to be a business traveler staring down a long layover." Kirkus Reviews

Re: saint dorothy was obviously invoked brooklynnotes March 20 2007, 02:15:32 UTC

God that review is so right on. I am a fool for wasting my time, but what can I say? I started it, so I had to finish it.

queenvish March 20 2007, 05:29:58 UTC

So I take it you haven't read the Scooter Libby thriller yet?

spitemeat March 20 2007, 17:51:58 UTC

I am just tingling with anticipation to see what gets #800. I love milestones.