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Simple Genius | 
| Author: David Baldacci
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  131 reviews
Sales Rank: 433170
Format: Large Print
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 640
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.2 x 1.4
ISBN: 0446581380
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780739480809
ASIN: 0446581380
Publication Date: April 24, 2007
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Sean King and Michelle Maxwell are back, and struggling in the emotional aftermath of the events that brought them to the brink in Hour Game. Dogged by personal demons, Maxwell is seeking solace in a psychiatric institution, after barely surviving a violent barroom brawl. And King, having failed to right their troubled partnership, watches bewildered and mortified by his partner's rapid decline. Relieved to have some distraction, he hastily accepts an offer to investigate a murder at a retreat called Babbage Town, a secret enclave of scientific geniuses working to surpass the capabilities of the most sophisticated microprocessor in the world. But to what end? And more immediate, why do so many of the key players in the menacing project have ties to the institution where Maxwell's staying? Suddenly, the pair find themselves in a race against time to expose a plot that could unhinge the entire global power structure...and destroy what's left of their lives.
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 SIMPLE YAWNER July 23, 2008
Short and sour....the poorest Baldacci book I've read.
These characters and plots were highly interesting in their first two outings. Not so here.
Frankly it was hard to work up any interest or sympathy for the characters or the story. Just mediocre in every regard, and some of the dialog and character reactions were suprisingly banal and predictable. The CIA "bad guys" were equally poorly drawn and the I found the anti-Bush and civil liberties tirades tiresome and irritating.
Save your money and visit your library....it might be worth your time only if you got it for free.
 Not the David Baldacci I used to Know July 21, 2008
"Simple Genius" - Well, it was adequate. I just think Baldacci is capable of so much more. Going way back to "Absolute Power", I thought it was brilliant. With "Simple Genius" I was brought in to a certain extent and then from time to time found myself wondering how many pages I had left to go and looking forward to the next book on my unread shelf.
 Probably Better By Listening July 17, 2008
I really enjoyed the audio version of this book but I can tell that it might not have been an easy read. I found parts of it riveting, parts predicatable and parts incomprehensible but overall the characters kept the story from getting out of hand.
Did Baldacci really write this? June 20, 2008
I am a big fan of Mr. Baldacci. While I wouldn't call him a "great" writer in a literary sense, I have always found his books to be exciting and believable in terms of dialog and character development. Simple Genius however is so bad in these areas that I can't believe David actually wrote it himself. It wouldn't surprise me to learn that it is actually the work of a ghost writer. Given the volume of work he has released lately I get the impression that Mr. Baldacci is "cashing in."
Simple Genius has an engaging story line, and some unexpected twists that could have made it one of Mr. Baldacci's better books. Cheesy dialog between shallow characters really ruined it for me though. Sorry David. You're one of my top-20 favorite authors, and I will continue buying your books (for now at least), but Simple Genius is a real stinker.
Bad as literature...good for long car trips June 15, 2008
I tried to read one of his books once but I found that to be pretty frustrating. For some reason, all of the deus ex machina and silly dialogue isn't so bothersome on a cross-country PCS trip. So that's how I consume all of my Baldacci, and Clancey, and occasionally Grisham nowadays. The library almost always has those authors books on CD.
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