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arthur_pendrgn's review against another edition
3.0
Thank heavens. After #6&7 I wasn't sure that I wanted to continue with this series. I kept saying that I liked The Midnight Lock, so it had to eventually get better. This plot made sense. Lincoln pulls the requisite Holmesian reasoning, but its description plays a small part.
I don't care who you are, if the electric company cuts off your power for nonpayment, a simple phone call won't get it restored.
I don't care who you are, if the electric company cuts off your power for nonpayment, a simple phone call won't get it restored.
dja777's review against another edition
4.0
Another fun mystery/thriller from Jeffrey Deaver. I've been enjoying the slow growth of the Rhyme/Sachs relationship.
kdowli01's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
ennime713's review against another edition
4.0
I accidentally skipped this one in the Lincoln Rhyme series and just now caught up with it. WOW very creepy story!! I liked this one better than the last few and it kept me guessing. Very good read and hard to put down.
sapphiresimone73's review against another edition
challenging
informative
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
weaselweader's review against another edition
5.0
George Orwell and Aldous Huxley are spinning in their graves!
1984 and Brave New World gave us a brief glimpse of the world they feared we were creating but The Broken Window takes it over the top. Every reader will shiver as they come to grips with the realization of just how much the state likely knows about their life.
In The Broken Window, Jeffrey Deaver has pitted Lincoln Rhyme, his famous paraplegic forensic consultant, against his most elusive foe to date - "Unsub 522", a deeply disturbed obsessive-compulsive hoarder, an ingenious data-miner, a psychopathic serial killer and "the man who knows everything". The chilling theme of this novel is data - information, storage and retrieval, tracking, privacy, identity and just who has access to what. Unsub 522 is an ingenious master of the dreaded crime of the 21st century - identity theft! He steals data, reconstructs people's lives, destroys some information, rearranges the rest and is even capable of planting legitimate evidence framing an unsuspecting victim for his own brutal serial murders. Arthur Rhyme, Lincoln's estranged cousin, is one of these victims. When he is arrested, his wife pleads with Lincoln to investigate. She and Lincoln both know that, despite the overwhelming evidence against him, Arthur is not the killer that the police suspect him to be.
If you have ever experienced a frisson of paranoia about who is looking over your shoulder, you might want to think twice about reading The Broken Window. If you insist on reading Deaver's novel despite my warning, your little shiver will blossom into a full blown fear that will sit in the pit of your stomach and keep you awake at nights wondering who is looking into the metaphorical windows of your life.
In short, The Broken Window is a first rate thriller with a gut-wrenching theme. But Deaver has also gone above and beyond the call of duty as an author and has brought his protagonists into the real world with a characterization and history that almost brought tears to my eyes. We learn the story of Lincoln Rhyme's father and his brilliant uncle. We discover why he hasn't spoken to his cousin for years. And have you ever wondered about the idea of a paraplegic having sex? In an absolutely fabulous sidebar that doesn't have the slightest scintilla of prurient voyeurism about it, Deaver explains how a paraplegic is capable of a loving relationship that includes a fully functional sexual relationship.
Highly recommended and then some!
Paul Weiss
1984 and Brave New World gave us a brief glimpse of the world they feared we were creating but The Broken Window takes it over the top. Every reader will shiver as they come to grips with the realization of just how much the state likely knows about their life.
In The Broken Window, Jeffrey Deaver has pitted Lincoln Rhyme, his famous paraplegic forensic consultant, against his most elusive foe to date - "Unsub 522", a deeply disturbed obsessive-compulsive hoarder, an ingenious data-miner, a psychopathic serial killer and "the man who knows everything". The chilling theme of this novel is data - information, storage and retrieval, tracking, privacy, identity and just who has access to what. Unsub 522 is an ingenious master of the dreaded crime of the 21st century - identity theft! He steals data, reconstructs people's lives, destroys some information, rearranges the rest and is even capable of planting legitimate evidence framing an unsuspecting victim for his own brutal serial murders. Arthur Rhyme, Lincoln's estranged cousin, is one of these victims. When he is arrested, his wife pleads with Lincoln to investigate. She and Lincoln both know that, despite the overwhelming evidence against him, Arthur is not the killer that the police suspect him to be.
If you have ever experienced a frisson of paranoia about who is looking over your shoulder, you might want to think twice about reading The Broken Window. If you insist on reading Deaver's novel despite my warning, your little shiver will blossom into a full blown fear that will sit in the pit of your stomach and keep you awake at nights wondering who is looking into the metaphorical windows of your life.
In short, The Broken Window is a first rate thriller with a gut-wrenching theme. But Deaver has also gone above and beyond the call of duty as an author and has brought his protagonists into the real world with a characterization and history that almost brought tears to my eyes. We learn the story of Lincoln Rhyme's father and his brilliant uncle. We discover why he hasn't spoken to his cousin for years. And have you ever wondered about the idea of a paraplegic having sex? In an absolutely fabulous sidebar that doesn't have the slightest scintilla of prurient voyeurism about it, Deaver explains how a paraplegic is capable of a loving relationship that includes a fully functional sexual relationship.
Highly recommended and then some!
Paul Weiss
furicle's review against another edition
3.0
I guess I lead too sheltered a life. My wife grabbed this one for me thinking the identity crime theme would be interesting to me. Neither of us connected it to the movie The Bone Collector we'd seen some years ago. It's a series, who knew? Ok, everybody but me likely :-)
All that aside, I can see why it's sucessful enough to have made it to it's eighth sequel.
This one has good guys (and gals) worth cheering for, bad guys worth hating, and evil plans that actually were novel and chilling. Heck, I didn't even figure out who dun nit until way too late in the book.
An enjoyable example of the genre.
All that aside, I can see why it's sucessful enough to have made it to it's eighth sequel.
This one has good guys (and gals) worth cheering for, bad guys worth hating, and evil plans that actually were novel and chilling. Heck, I didn't even figure out who dun nit until way too late in the book.
An enjoyable example of the genre.
rvdk's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
medium-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
The realisation that this could be happening today without most of us noticing was confrontational. It was a well written story, but I did not feel the suspense I expected when I read the back. I also found the protagonist not likeable as I felt as though he had too much self-esteem and I did not like how he commanded everyone around them.
saoirse_b's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0