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Book Reviews Title Saving
Faith Fiction-Net
Rating Buy It
From Amazon.co.uk - BUY
NOW! Cover
Story BELIEVE THE
POWER In a secluded
house not far from Washington, D.C., the FBI is
interviewing one of the most important witnesses it
has ever had, a young woman named Faith Lockhart.
For Faith has done too much, knows too much, and
she'll tell too much. BELIEVE THE
SUSPENSE Feared by some of
the most powerful men in the world, Faith has been
targeted to die. But when a private investigator
walks into the middle of the assassination attempt,
the shooting suddenly goes wrong, and an FBI agent
is killed. BELIEVE THE
ASTOUNDING NEW STORY THAT ONLY DAVID BALDACCI COULD
WRITE... Now Faith
Lockhart must flee for her life - with her story,
with her deadly secret, and with an unknown man
she's forced to trust... We
Say Saving Faith is
basically a novel about a woman who knows too much
and as a result, is on the run. Faith Lockhart
knows information that can destroy the careers of
quite a few politicians and it seems that everyone
is out to kill her. While this is not a new theme
for a novel, Baldacci manages to tell his story
from a fresh perspective. I was glad that
Baldacci had two strong female characters in this
novel. Faith Lockhart is an assistant to a very
persuasive lobbyist. Brooklyn Dodgers Reynolds is a
FBI agent that has not become the hardened bitter
agent that so often graces the pages of novels
today. These two women were portrayed as competent
women who struggled with doing the right things.
They were not super women who had it all, and I
appreciated the fact that they were not portrayed
as women who would run screaming through a forest
in high heels, as a murderer wielding a chain saw
was chasing them. Instead, I saw two very real
women trying to do their jobs well. I will admit
though, at one point I almost put the novel down
because Faith does something so stupid that I was
worried that Baldacci was going to revert to the
dumb female who needs saving routine. Thankfully I
was mistaken. Lee Adams is a
private investigator drawn into Faith's nightmare
by accident, and initially you may think he is
meant to save the day. While Lee does save the day
at certain points in the novel, there is no clear
cut hero/heroine, rather each character seems to
rise to the occasion. Danny Buchanan, Faith's boss
is a man who seems to be running from his own set
of demons, and Robert Thornhill is the man that
seems to be indestructible and knows all. Baldacci
explores the motives behind each of these men's
actions creating an interesting game of cat and
mouse. What I found most
interesting in this novel was the fact that both
the good guys and the bad guys were breaking the
law, each for their own agendas, although one may
seem more altruistic than the other. Still, Saving
Faith raises several questions. Is it okay to do
illegal things in order to help others? Where do we
draw the line, and to what extent will we go to
save those we love? Ultimately what is really
important to us? Overall I would
have to say that Saving Faith was not the best
novel that I have ever read, but I did enjoy it.
The ending of Saving Faith, was not really a
surprise, but I was surprised by the lack of smut
in this novel. I found the lack of smut and the low
key romantic issues refreshing from the novels that
like to provide intimate details for their readers.
Baldacci kept my attention and I found myself
wanting to know what was going to happen next. It
was a quick read despite the length and since
Baldacci kept the story moving quickly I felt it
was a novel worth reading. Review by: Yumi
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