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Title: How the Mighty Have Fallen
Review: It has been a while since I have read a Jack Higgin's novel. After reading "Without Mercy", I know I haven't missed much. This hackned effort is just plain awful--like some rank amateur's first effort in a creative writing class. The dialog is wooden, predictable,filled with cliche's. The plot, what little there is of it, is flat, difficult to follow, disjointed to the point of confusion, unbelievable, and, surprising for a Higgin's novel, without suspense or excitement. Now for the bad news: the characterization. Shallow stereotypes all, each with a particular macho preference for his own type of booze, all dead-eye marksmen, all without wit, charm, individuality, or development of any kind. I regret what's happened to Jack Higgins' talent, I regret the wasted time reading this monument to creative indolence, and most of all I regret having paid real money to this dog of a novel.
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