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Knife Edge
by: Douglas Reeman

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Mass Market Paperback
EAN: 9780099436294
ISBN: 0099436299
Label: Arrow Books Ltd
Manufacturer: Arrow Books Ltd
Number Of Pages: 210
Publication Date: February 02, 2006
Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd
Studio: Arrow Books Ltd
Sales Rank: 190826

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Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Oh dear
I have been a fan of his previous books and also his books under the name of Alexander Kent. This book appears to be a series of notes. I failed completely to pick up any story line and very much doubt I will get to the end of it. It is a shame such a great writer appears to be losing it.

Rating:

- Enjoyable but not accurate
I am a fan of many years standing of both the Reeman and Kent books and am very aware that the author must now be 'getting on in years'. Another reviewer says that this book is disjointed and jumps backwards and forwards too much. To some extent I must agree with this assessment but I did find the book very enjoyable on the second reading. I am not sure if two readings should be necessary but I find that the author is using a more abbreviated style than usual in this book. My feelings about this book are that the author has written it based on previous knowledge and research but has not researched the specialist areas of this book at all well or at all. A major section is based in Derry (Londonderry) for example but the city is not in the least ... Read More:

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- Knife Edge, rather blunt
This book is a great disappointment, too "bitty" to follow with the usual ease and enjoyment of a Douglas Reeman tale, it almost seems to be a copy of the author's early notes of ideas for another book!

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- Knife Edge. Douglas Reeman
Having read and enjoyed many of the books by Douglas Reeman, this book has been very disappointing. There has been little flow to the narrative and the action is very disjointed. Too much use of flashback,too much having need to backtrack for clarity. Characters not developed as in other books. Too much chopping and changing prevented enjoyable reading.

Rating:

- Rare poor offering
Douglas Reeman has given us some great tales over the years and he has certainly evolved and changed as a writer, his early works are very different to his later ones.
So I hope I have established that I am a fan and in that context I was very disappointed with this one. This is the latest in the author’s theme of the Blackwood family, a ‘Marine’ family involved in most conflicts since the Marines were first formed. This one has Ross Blackwood as the lead and we see him from the 1970’s through to the Falkland’s conflict.
My problem was that the narrative was dis-jointed and on many occasions I had to re-read things to understand them. Things that Reeman normally handles well do not work in this one and on more then one occasion ... Read More:

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