The Advocate: The Advocate, Book 1
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| Rating | : | 4.59 (586 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00JAQ4RUE |
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| Number of Pages | : | 455 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-31 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
As Sabre's passion to find the answers intensifies, she discovers a twisted history of desperation, deceit, and revenge. And she discovers how obscure and treacherous the truth can be. The Advocate, a legal-suspense murder mystery, is the first book in The Advocate Series. Three characters continue throughout the series, Sabre Orin Brown, defense attorney; her investigator, J.P. Torn; and her colleague Bob Clark. Confronted with mysterious clues and strange occurrences, Sabre is threatened by someone wanting to make her suffer the unbearable anguish of losing everything - including her life. Sabre finds herself immersed in a case with too many unanswered questions. Her quest for the truth takes her coast to coast and five years into the past. For Sabre Orin Brown, life is good; she has it allor would have, if only she could solve the mysterious disappearance of her brother. The search for her brother and her career as a juvenile-court attorney collide when she defends a nine-year-old whose father will go to any length to o
did not finish this After about did not finish this Diane Hofer After about 4-5 chapters, the dialogue is just too contrived or forced, I just couldn't read any more. After her first visit with a child, Sabre is not happy and her lawyer friend, Bob immediately says: “You’ll win her heart, just as she’ll win yours.” This is not "man-speak", plus it's said after the briefest of details are given, so why would Bob say this? Just one example.. -5 chapters, the dialogue is just too contrived or forced, I just couldn't read any more. After her first visit with a child, Sabre is not happy and her lawyer friend, Bob immediately says: “You’ll win her heart, just as she’ll win yours.” This is not "man-speak", plus it's said after the briefest of details are given, so why would Bob say this? Just one example.. "Hugely Disappointing!" according to D. R. Johnson. I was not familiar with this author until I received an email about Book 6 in The Advocate series. Assuming that only a successful author would be publishing her 6th book in a series, I investigated further, saw the Hugely Disappointing! D. R. Johnson I was not familiar with this author until I received an email about Book 6 in The Advocate series. Assuming that only a successful author would be publishing her 6th book in a series, I investigated further, saw the 4 & 5 star ratings, and read many of the flowing reviews. I decided to begin at the beginning and so purchased Book 1. I was excited to have found a "new" author and had high hopes for the entire series! What a huge disappointment! Although I really wanted to like this book and hung in there for almost 1/2 of the book, I hated it so much that I could no longer force mysel. & 5 star ratings, and read many of the flowing reviews. I decided to begin at the beginning and so purchased Book 1. I was excited to have found a "new" author and had high hopes for the entire series! What a huge disappointment! Although I really wanted to like this book and hung in there for almost 1/2 of the book, I hated it so much that I could no longer force mysel. William Mead said Can't believe I read the whole thing. "The Advocate" had some virtues (little profanity, no explicit sex, generally clear writing, interesting scenario) and was good enough to keep me reading to the end. However, I was sputtering and struggling with the book's unrealistic aspects throughout. Looking back, I should have quit sooner. I feel misled by the many, many positive reviews-- I've seldom encountered a book this bad with so many glowing reviews, although it does happen. I think the book might be enjoyable to non-critical readers, but would not recommend it. More details are given below, but the rest of this review f