Not for musos

If you work in a rock-band then avoid this novel. While the author has tried to research the "technical" side of gigging he makes some dreadful goofs as far as the gigging vibe goes and the practicality of fullfilling a tour with a decreasing number of bandmates. It just wouldn't work like he says. The first guy to get killed is the bass player but they carry on happily with the keys guy "playing his part" - in a rock band! - get real. I gave up on it ,but if you are not in the business then you may find this a decent serial killer yarn.

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American Sniper

I agree with the review stating this was not as good as his other books. The last two hours in particular could have been done without.

The main story was great, a rock band misquoted incurs the wrath of a soldier suffering from PTSD; so he takes it upon himself to kill them. That was fine, but then there was this whole subplot about a random girl who offered them water and told them to write a healing song; and a rock venue having a haunted past, which was very wishy washy.

I'm onto his next book now, fingers crossed it's a good one.

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Not as good as his other stuff

I am quite a fan of Robert McCammon's "Matthew Corbett" series and when I listened to "Swan Song" I was hugely impressed and thought he could be an alternative to Stephen King. It was with this in mind that I eagerly downloaded "The Five", expecting great things but this one turned out to be a huge disappointment. I found it to be overly long and often rambling in his descriptions but even worse, the book never really seemed to get anywhere.



The story is quite linear and when McCammon does tempt us with a juicy morsel it just dries up and goes nowhere. Even the climax of the book is incredibly weak because one feels no real affinity with any of the characters, unlike Swan Song where every single character was a story in itself.



I must admit to being a bit of a masochist in that I don't give up on books and movies easily. I'm one of those people who hang on in there waiting for the story to change and suddenly get better but sadly more often than not they don't and I was bored with this book after about hour 2 and it never got any better.



I still rate McCammon quite highly as a writer and storyteller but The Five was a real drudge for me.

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