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| View Larger Image | The Blade Itself: A Novel
by Marcus Sakey
| | List Price: | $6.99 |  | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours | | | | | Sales Rank: | 84934 | | Studio: | St. Martin's Minotaur | | | Binding: | Mass Market Paperback | | Number Of Pages: | 352 | | Publication Date: | November 27, 2007 | | Publisher: | St. Martin's Minotaur |
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Product Description
On the South Side of Chicago, you’re only as strong as your reputation. Danny Carter and his best friend Evan earned theirs knocking over pawnshops and liquor stores, living from score to score, never thinking of tomorrow…until, in the roar of a gun blast, everything changed.
Years later, Danny has built a new life: a legitimate career, a long-term girlfriend, and a clean conscience. He’s just like anyone else. Normal. Successful. Happy. Until then he spots his old partner staring him down in a smoky barroom mirror...
Now, with all he loves on the line and nowhere to turn, Danny realizes his new life hinges on a terrible choice: How far will he go to protect his future from his past?
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CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 49 reviews)
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two thumbs down 
I picked up this book after having heard the Ben Affleck was going to be making this into a movie. I read through all the reviews and was excited to read it. Boy was I wrong! This book was way predictable, the plot lacking and you could care less for the characters. It didn't hold my attentions and it took me a couple of weeks to finish. I only finish it to see if the ending was what I thought it would be and what do I know it, I saw it coming from a mile away. I was disappoint and hope they reconsider about making the movie.
July 02, 2008 | |
Bad Guys from the Neighborhood 
This was a fun, fast read, but nothing spectacular. I recommend Joseph Finder for off-beat intrigue!
May 11, 2008 | |
Disappointing 
This book had all the ingredients but no depth. It had a plot, characters, a beginning, middle and end but there was nothing to hold you or involve you. I know this is not much of a review but it is typical of the book..it is not quite right and not quite wrong.
May 08, 2008 | |
A gripping story with brilliantly developed characters 
As an avid fantasy reader I am sick to death with some same old fantasy novels that all seem to go down the same line, however this book is different. The characters are some of the best developed in fantasy They are not 2 dimensional like a lot of books that I have read and there is not one character that is the normal hero of fantasy. Every character is deeply flawed in one way or another given them depth and making them appear real. In most fantasy books the plot depends on good vs. evil, however in this book the boundaries between these are blurred, there are things you hate about every character but there are also things you love about them. This again moves from the norm of fantasy books. Its hilariously funny at times and at others cruel and cynical. It's nice to read something new and refreshing, so I recommend this to anyone who is bored with the same old stories and anyone else who likes a good book.
April 15, 2008 | |
Predictable
Read this book on the strength of Publisher Weekly's review. Had to keep checking that I was reading the same book that others have raved about just to be sure it was the same one. While I'm happy that Sakey got a publishing deal for his work, this story was entirely predictable, the writing cliched and trite, the action handled clumsily, and the ending telegraphed so early on, it was painful to read through to the end...which I finally gave up on. It felt as if I was always twenty pages ahead of not only the author, but the characters, too. There was nothing notable or new in this story. Evan, the antagonist, was a cartoon, and Danny, the bad-boy-gone-good protagonist, was weakly drawn and unbelievable. By the time I gave up reading, I was hoping that the protagonist would either stop justifying his actions with weak inner arguments, or get killed. That's not a good thing. Will I read anything else by this author? No. Opening this book was a day in my life that I will never be able to retrieve. This is one book that could have used a good critique group before publishing.
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