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Title: He's going to lose me if he keeps this up.
Review: The Third Twin was the beginning of Ken Follett's descent into mediocrity. The Hammer of Eden continued his decline. Code to Zero cemented it. It has trite diaglogue, is badly edited, lacks the detail of works like Eye of the Needle and The Key to Rebecca, and just plain stunk. The pages were double-spaced to make the book reach its required page length. One of the things I've most loved about his books was his ability to write vulnerable male characters and strong female characters. His characters were so thinly drawn as to be caricatures. Unless he goes back to being the writer he used to be, he's lost me. I doubt I will ever read him again.
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