Title: Another dreadful formulaic tabloid thriller
Product review: I made the serious mistake of reading this straight after a real novel, James Ellroy's 'The Cold Six Thousand'.I could scarcely believe how bad The Final Judgement was in comparison. I had hoped it would be a lightweight but competent holiday read. Instead it was full of the most tedious and contrived characterisation married to a silly and self-conscious plot. I was very disappointed given the gushing praise on the jacket (who are these people?!).More and more it seems as if there are hardly any excellent thriller writers around today and the publishing industry is pushing books which barely make the readable grade, like this piece of nonsense. I will never again go within 100 yards of a Richard North Patterson book.
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