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leni314's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
dee9401's review
1.0
Just didn’t like this. 2-d characters, ridiculously quick ending, nasty stereotypes.
sandin954's review against another edition
3.0
Lots of tension and suspense in this debut by the author which was published back in 1975. The terrorism plot was realistic, though sometimes it did becomes mired down in the technical details of the plan, and the characters and their motivations were well drawn. A good first effort though his later works were much more polished.
dcboycm's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
trisha76's review against another edition
Inhoud:
Als in New Orleans op Super Bowl Sunday de wedstrijd begint zullen 80.000 mensen sterven. Het stadion van de Super Bowl - in de VS hét sportevenement van het jaar - is opeens de gevaarlijkste plek ter wereld.
Michael Lander is de gevaarlijkste man van Amerika. Hij bestuurt elk weekend een tv-zeppelin die boven volgepakte stadions hangt. En hij is gestoord. Daarom is hij verleid door een mooie Palestijnse. Daar zal - op Super Bowl Sunday - de wereld getuige zijn van de moord op de Amerikaanse president en van het grootste bloedbad ooit vertoond. Tenzij iemand ontdekt wat Lander van plan is... en hem als eerste doodt.
Waardering:
Omdat ik, toen ik het boek las, nog geen beoordelingen en mening gaf over boeken is het voor mij niet mogelijk om nu een juiste waardering aan het boek te geven.
Boekinformatie:
Uitgeverij: Luitingh Sijthoff
ISBN: 90.245.3793.2
287 pagina's; Paperback
Als in New Orleans op Super Bowl Sunday de wedstrijd begint zullen 80.000 mensen sterven. Het stadion van de Super Bowl - in de VS hét sportevenement van het jaar - is opeens de gevaarlijkste plek ter wereld.
Michael Lander is de gevaarlijkste man van Amerika. Hij bestuurt elk weekend een tv-zeppelin die boven volgepakte stadions hangt. En hij is gestoord. Daarom is hij verleid door een mooie Palestijnse. Daar zal - op Super Bowl Sunday - de wereld getuige zijn van de moord op de Amerikaanse president en van het grootste bloedbad ooit vertoond. Tenzij iemand ontdekt wat Lander van plan is... en hem als eerste doodt.
Waardering:
Omdat ik, toen ik het boek las, nog geen beoordelingen en mening gaf over boeken is het voor mij niet mogelijk om nu een juiste waardering aan het boek te geven.
Boekinformatie:
Uitgeverij: Luitingh Sijthoff
ISBN: 90.245.3793.2
287 pagina's; Paperback
astroneatly's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
relaxing
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
vance_31's review against another edition
3.0
I loved Red Dragon by Thomas Harris, so I thought I'd give his first book a try.
Characters ☆☆☆
Only one character was remarkable. The rest were so generic.
Writing ☆☆☆
Boring. It didn't have the charm of Red Dragon's writing.
Flow ☆☆
Zzzzzzzz.
Ending ☆☆☆☆
The ending's pretty good. Action-packed.
Overall ☆☆☆
'Sall right. I'm not really a fan of the genre, and the execution did not compensate. This book reminded me of books by Robert Ludlum and Tom Clancy, the type of books I'll never touch again.
Characters ☆☆☆
Only one character was remarkable. The rest were so generic.
Writing ☆☆☆
Boring. It didn't have the charm of Red Dragon's writing.
Flow ☆☆
Zzzzzzzz.
Ending ☆☆☆☆
The ending's pretty good. Action-packed.
Overall ☆☆☆
'Sall right. I'm not really a fan of the genre, and the execution did not compensate. This book reminded me of books by Robert Ludlum and Tom Clancy, the type of books I'll never touch again.
shahrun's review against another edition
3.0
This is a surprisingly modern and very relevant story of terrorism. Very surpring to me it was written and first published in the 1970s. I found it slow and a bit hard to get into. For me the story only picked up a bit when we found out Michaels back story. I felt it a shame that we didn't really find out much about Dahlia, what exactly led her to being involved in terrorism. I found the built up the end quite exciting. I worried that maybe for once the author was going to let the terrorists get away with it! It went right down to the wire.
jamikaye1980's review against another edition
5.0
This was a very good book. After reading the Hannibal series, I was pleasantly surprised by the change of pace.
tbr_the_unconquered's review against another edition
3.0
When your plot line involves a major terrorist attack, there are some plot elements which are unavoidable : the pace that builds up until the D-day, terrorists and law enforcement trying to outwit each other every step of the way, a couple of romantic flings on either side of the law and then the whole world goes to hell ! Black Sunday is no different and within the premise of the story, Thomas Harris brings the Israel-Palestine conflict to the heart of America.
When you set out to read this book, don't think of this as a work by the author of Silence of the Lambs ! This would seriously dampen your enjoyment levels but if you think of it as another thriller by an author who is as yet unknown to you. While the Israeli Mossad and the Palestinian Al Fatah battle it out on the streets of New Orleans, the American intelligence agencies are reduced mostly to bystanders. The climax is not one that is not anticipated but still a cliff hanger. You will get a whiff of Thomas Harris's later work only in one character and his name is Michael Lander and that perhaps is the only place where the story moves away from the realm of cliche.
A decent enough thriller.
When you set out to read this book, don't think of this as a work by the author of Silence of the Lambs ! This would seriously dampen your enjoyment levels but if you think of it as another thriller by an author who is as yet unknown to you. While the Israeli Mossad and the Palestinian Al Fatah battle it out on the streets of New Orleans, the American intelligence agencies are reduced mostly to bystanders. The climax is not one that is not anticipated but still a cliff hanger. You will get a whiff of Thomas Harris's later work only in one character and his name is Michael Lander and that perhaps is the only place where the story moves away from the realm of cliche.
A decent enough thriller.