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The book, Risk, grabbed my interest immediately, and kept it.
The ending WHAPPED me a good one. Nearly SHREIKED at the ending. ARRRGH. Was frustrated that the story had ended. I WANTED MORE. I STILL want more!
(I actually re-read the last few sentences, and flipped back and forth to see if pages had stuck together, etc...what did I miss??? Of course, with active imagination, all sorts of other stuff could have/might have happened/could still happen, yes?)

I was intrigued by how George handled the boxes exchange, 'tho the threats and implied violence of the Russian thugs was unsettling. I did think it very sad that George's father never revealed the relationship, and thought it amazing that the last paragraph in the book revealed that the old lady DID know. Was so sad...here she was frail, ill dying... and didn't do anything about 'it' sooner-after all, George was 'family'. (the relationship with George? hmmm...when did she find out?)

Good descriptions really helped flesh out the story. I've spent a little time in NY and could almost 'picture' the locales.

I finished this book. It's a short book, but now what I would call quick. I wasn't interested in the book enough to be quick. It actually took me much longer than it should have to read.




It's not poorly written, doesn't involve blood, gore or other things that would immediatly turn a reader off, but I just wasn't into it. I wasn't connected to any of the characters. In fact, I can't remember the names of them without opening the book, or looking in the summary. The author really tries to create an image of a secondary character, the girl-friend of the dead guy, but she's not even a big part, yet I remember more about her than anyone else in the book!


The fact that this old woman contacts a young lawyer who worked for her late husband in order for him to do some investigavie work seems a bit out of place. Granted, the ending kind of tries to put that piece together, but I still think it was odd.


Basically it boils down to this: The lawyer figures out what happened the night that the son of the rich woman died. I knew he would solve it before I was half-way through the book. I couldn't predict the exact outcome, so a couple of points there. Otherwise, this book didn't make my top 100 list for the year! But, don't take my word for it! It might appeal to you!