Read Kingdom Come (2007)

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Author

Tim Green

Genre

Nonfiction

Rating

3.09 of 5 Votes: 3

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ISBN

0446615714 (ISBN13: 9780446615716)

Language

English

Publisher

grand central publishing

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Kingdom Come (2007) - Plot & Excerpts

Disclosure: I read this novel back to front by chapter as a little experiment, my view may be a bit skewed as a result. Kingdom Come is the sordid tale of would-be Machiavellian corporate villain Thane Coder (yep, Thane, I thought so too). Thane and his wife Jessica (a Lady Macbeth, sans guilty conscience) devise a scheme that would put him in control of real estate developer King Corp. Then to use his power to squeeze as much illicit money as possible out of it, using ties to the mob to aid in the process. The characterization was decent, the two main characters change as a result of their machinations (for the worse). However, the further a character is away from the main plot the more they appear to have been thrown in as just a part of the scenery. The best of writers know the personality and back story of every character, not matter how minor the role in their novel.It seems to have a good solid plot, I was easily able to piece it together having read it the way I did. Not sure I would recommend it to anybody other than those with an interest in tales of corporate malfeasance.

I really enjoyed how this story was narrated and a kind of love story that I don't think I have read before. I've seen it on television but not in a book. The main character the narrator is truly believable but annoying. I constantly wondered why he never put his spouse in her place. How he was so blinded with love for her that he could not see that he was simply the ends to her means. The saying does go love is blind typically one sided. What was a fresh of air was that the female was the alpha and the most intelligent.

What do You think about Kingdom Come (2007)?

Fun book, but the main characters were the type I could neither love nor love to hate. They honestly irritated me. Thane Coder (Thane? Really??) is your average, ambitions executive who sells out and commits murder for money. He is driven by his greedy wife who cannot be pleased, and likes to carry his balls around in her teeth. All throughout the book I was itching for him to break down and back hand her. Wrong? I think I would have liked it more if they'd fought a little more or spent less time on her.Another thing I didn't like about this book is that there was no mystery element. We knew how it was going to go, and just had to read about a floundering criminal doing a hack job at corruption and killing people in the process ...Yet I still enjoy Tim Green's writing...Oh, and Green gave an omage to readers of The Fifth Angel by bringing back agent Amanda Lee. She was a side character, but made the book more likeable.
—Jennifer