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Originally Posted by leebase
Wow....interesting. While I don't put too much stock in a books' self description....it makes sense to me if a books says "if you like Ludlum and Clancey you'll like this book". Now, it's advertising so they may be lying. However, I find it helpful for an unknown-to-me (untomeknown) author gives me a comparison to work from.
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But, with most of those comparisons in the description, they aren't nearly as good as the author(s)being compared. The information is helpful for know what books not to read. In your example, Ludlum and Clancy are worth reading. But the author doing to comparing, not so much.