The Book of Lies

Feeble. Don't waste a credit. I have been an Audible customer for very long time and have felt compelled to write only one other review. This book compels me to offer another. The character development is very thin and plot is convoluted. I usually enjoy Meltzer, but this book strikes me as the product of an author under contract for a book - any kind of book, and not necessarily a good book. I could not bring myself to finish it.

You know, I think this is only my third review ever after 7 years as an Audible Member. But I just couldn't let this one go without comment.
Brad Metzler's "Book of Lies" is to the "Book of Fate" what Dan Brown's "Deception Point" is to "The DaVinci Code".
Not only does the listener have to stumble along with poor Scott as he reads through this morass, he has to keep stumbling hoping there is a point to this book somewhere.
As a side note to Mr. Metzler, crab-apple trees do not bear fruit in winter in Cleveland.....I know this for a fact as I lived there most of my life....I know it is a small point but man it stuck in my craw.

Cain and Able, the Bible, and Superman. How can it go wrong? I had to read this to see how Meltzer tied it all together, and he did a great job. This one is worth the investment. Be sure to check out Meltzer's website, too. Additional back-story info as well as current events on Superman and Jerry Siegel.

The one star is for Scott Brick. The 4 'non' stars are for; the 'mystery' villain who is no mystery, the everybody-left-for-dead/nobody actually dying multiple recurrances, the lame and thin characters, and the boring and ridiculous 'who cares' plot with a cheesy weak ending ('that's it?!). DON"T WASTE YOUR TIME with this 'Da Vinci Code jr.' If you like Mr. Brick, and want something you can sink your teeth into, check out 'The Company' by Robert Littel.

I can definitely see why everyone keeps comparing this to the DaVinci's Code. There are some similarities... several of them. I'm glad I didn't know that, because I hated DaVinci code.

This was not exactly great literature... a lot of stuff was kind of weak. But it was very entertaining, and unlike DaVinci Code, I didn't have the urge to hunt down the author and explain to him his literary sins using a golf club, a chain saw, and a bottle of lemon juice.

It's been years since I've tried a Brad Meltzer book, and I wasn't disappointed in The Book of Lies. The characters were well developed and interesting and the plot, although a tad unbelievable at times, kept my interest. I'm not a comic book or Superman fan but I found the references fascinating...and I learned a little bit about the creation of a comic book icon as well!

It's hard to decide which was worse: the incredibly bad writing or the inane melodrama with which the narrator read. Every sentence -- which included some pathetic analogy/simile -- was read with an annoying Charlton Heston-like flare. The fact this book is on the NY Times best seller list can only renew one's misanthropic tendencies.

I usually enjoy readings by Scott Brick, but this book left me yawning--poorly written with a ridiculous plot. My advice: skip this one.

It is wonderful when you come upon natural synergy between two creative forces. In The Book of Lies, you will find the tremendously story telling talents of Brad Meltzer, and in this audiobook, the Narrator, Scott Brick, truly adds a new dimension to the narration of the story. I love the books that Brad Meltzer writes and I love the books that Scott Brick narrates. Listening to Scott Brick is comforting no mattter what he reads.

You can loose yourself in the telling of the story through the voice of Scott Brick. So I read the book this summer, and had to buy this audiobook first thing today. I am one of those people who like to read the book and listen to the audiobook. Although I heard Scott Brick reading this book to me in my head this summer, ha ha ha;now I have heard it for real and it was GREAT!

I LOVED the story and loved the reading; You will love it too!

I am a fan of Brad but this one let me down, the narration was outstanding. but the story left something to be desired.