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 enlarge | Author: Sam Bourne
Publisher: Harper
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 841
Media: Paperback
Pages: 576
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 4.4 x 1.5
ISBN: 0007266499
EAN: 9780007266494
ASIN: 0007266499
Publication Date: August 4, 2008
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Entertaining and historically interesting September 6, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Daily Mirror is quoted on the cover as saying that this is "The biggest challenge to Dan Brown's crown" and unlike another review (taken from the Jewish Chronicle) I see this as a compliment for the simple reason that both writers make you interested in finding out more when you've finished the book. Whether it be more about art and paintings, religion, or in the case of 'The Final Reckoning', the photographs of George Kadish.
Kadish was a Lithuanian Jewish photographer who documented life in the Kovno Ghetto during the Holocaust by constructing small cameras that could take photographs through his coat buttonhole.
Surely a book that inspires us to learn more about any subject has to be worth a read?
The novel itself begins well, and keeps a good pace throughout. Some of the plot 'discoveries' were over explained, which could be a bit insulting to the readers intelligence, and some of the plot developments could be anticipated (certainly before the two main characters anyway).
However the plot as a whole and the way the story moves between the past and the present worked well and the facts were obviously well researched.
Definitely worth a read.
Sam Bourne back on track August 25, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I loved the book the Righteous men and after finishing it went and bought the Last Testament. Although I loved the first book, the second did nothing for me. This book had blown me away. I just cant put it down.
Well worth a read.
 Stunning thriller August 24, 2008
16 out of 17 found this review helpful
Jonathan Freedland, in his alternative persona of thriller-writer Sam Bourne, should wince when the Daily Mirror seeks to shower praise on him by calling him "the biggest challenger to Dan Brown's crown". It is a barbed compliment. Freedland, after all, can write, while the jury is still out as to whether Dan Brown has yet to acquire such a skill.
The story begins, with a shooting within the grounds of the United Nations in New York. The action then moves rapidly to London. Here, the victim's entire life history is discovered and his daughter becomes involved with a former UN lawyer.
The victim turns out to be a Holocaust survivor - and avenger.
The Final Reckoning is rooted in fact, following the story of a group of young Jews who, having survived the Holocaust, set out to exact as much revenge as they can on as many Nazis as they can identify.
Hugely entertaining, The Final Reckoning is tense thriller and a superb read.
 not so good August 22, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is Sam Bournes third novel and I must admit to me it did not come anywhere near the interest of his previous books.
While the storyline was good it and flowed easily, and the writer takes the trouble to research his subject, the story as a whole was to me weak. it was however a reasonable sort of read, a book to take on a plane or train and pass the travel time. Definitely not abook to stay on the shelf for re-reading at a later date
A REAL PAGE TURNING WITH AN IMPORTANT DARK UNDERBELLY August 7, 2008
14 out of 15 found this review helpful
Sam Bourne's latest novel as at its heart the darkest event of the twentieth century- that of the Holocaust and its subsequent repercussions. Here fact and fiction are skillfully intertwined in a way that compels the reader to keep reading until well in the early hours. The dark subject matter, however, is what stays with the reader well after the last page has been read.
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