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Originally Posted by CRussel
Well, I've never read a book by David Baldacci, but it looks like I can get a copy from the library in plenty of time to read it [...]
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Originally Posted by Dazrin
[...] - The Winner by David Baldacci - I have enjoyed the Baldacci I have read which is a plus. Not sure how "deep" they are though. [...]
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At the risk of knocking down my own nomination, I would describe most of Baldacci's books (that I've read so far) as good but not great; competent but not inspired. I don't think "deep" really comes into it; his books are for entertainment, many of them seemingly written-for-filming.
The Winner is one of his earlier works and has enough interesting points that I think we'd find plenty to talk about.
But for that that might seem damned by faint praise, they are typically easy and enjoyable reads, although I must say that his attempt at YA fiction really didn't work for me. (
The Finisher is the first of a dystopian YA series that I have not been tempted to follow on with - this first book got better near the end, by then I was already disenchanted.)