Title: Saving Faith: predictable, disappointing
Product review: True enough, David Baldacci's writing style is easily read and sentence structure is sound. Unfortunately, well written words do not a good novel make. The characters and plot were far too predictable for my tastes. I suppose one could liken this work to a poorly researched, Tom Clancy wannabe. Perhaps Mr. Baldacci watched too many episodes of Mission Impossible as a child. The representations of the CIA and FBI agents as a mix of Attilla the Hun and Barney Fife was just too hard to swallow. And really, a drunken, naked, abusive, nearly sexual assault scene? Do books need a sex rating like the movies? I can't deny that I was entertained - I like spoofs as much as the next guy. Unfortunatley, I doubt that the authors intent was a parody.
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