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A review by luffy79
The Whole Truth by David Baldacci
3.0
The Whole Truth carries the stamp of Baldacci all over it. He recycled some of his plot points from the Camel Club.
If Oliver Stone had had a flashback sequence about his distant past, this book, partly, could be just that. This book behaved like the page turner it was. Though it didn't hit the high notes that I've come to expect from the author, it was a pleasure to read. I liked that the platonic distance between Shaw and James was enacted with natural effortlessness. There was something that struck me though.
When I read, the book plays like a movie in my mind. Well, Shaw is a very tall and broad man. I imagined his 'acting' as competent enough, but when he cried for his girlfriend in the hospital 'scene' the acting in my mind was bad. It seems that even in imagination, tall and muscular heroes were still awful actors.
If Oliver Stone had had a flashback sequence about his distant past, this book, partly, could be just that. This book behaved like the page turner it was. Though it didn't hit the high notes that I've come to expect from the author, it was a pleasure to read. I liked that the platonic distance between Shaw and James was enacted with natural effortlessness. There was something that struck me though.
When I read, the book plays like a movie in my mind. Well, Shaw is a very tall and broad man. I imagined his 'acting' as competent enough, but when he cried for his girlfriend in the hospital 'scene' the acting in my mind was bad. It seems that even in imagination, tall and muscular heroes were still awful actors.