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  • I loved this book... absolutely beautiful writing.

    

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  • A beautifully written story about a group of people who, thrown together by a terrorist kidnapping gone awry, find out they have more in common than they would initially have expected.

    

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  • Boring, flat characters to match a boring, flat storyline. The ending was so completely random I'm still stunned. I can't believe I fell for the 'reviews' on the back of this book saying that it would be my new favorite book and I would tell all my friends to read it. Why do I always fall for mar ... Continue

    Boring, flat characters to match a boring, flat storyline. The ending was so completely random I'm still stunned. I can't believe I fell for the 'reviews' on the back of this book saying that it would be my new favorite book and I would tell all my friends to read it. Why do I always fall for marketing lies? Skip this snooze of a story.

    

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  • A bunch of diplomats and wealthy people are at a party when terrorists break in and decide to hold them hostage. Among the hostages is a famous opera singer who had been hired to sing at the party, and her music really moves the terrorists.
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    A bunch of diplomats and wealthy people are at a party when terrorists break in and decide to hold them hostage. Among the hostages is a famous opera singer who had been hired to sing at the party, and her music really moves the terrorists.
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    The plot line was pretty good. At times it seemed a bit boring because the hostages were way more complacent about being there than I would've been. The end of the standoff would be how I expected it to end, but the last chapter... I just have to say RANDOM. It doesn't even fit with the story line, and makes no sense. I gave it a so-so rating because of that.

    

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  • A passion for opera runs throughout the book.

    

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• ― Missmath144 said on Jun 13, 2008 about the Paperback edition| Add your feedback

Somewhere in South America, at the home of the country's vice president, a lavish birthday party is being held in honor of Mr. Hosokawa, a powerful Japanese businessman. Roxanne Coss, opera's most revered soprano, has mesmerized the international guests with her singing. It is a perfect evening -- until a band of gun-wielding terrorists breaks in through the air-conditioning vents and takes the entire party hostage. But what begins as a panicked, life-threatening scenario slowly evolves into something quite different, as terrorists and hostages forge unexpected bonds and people from different countries and continents become compatriots.Friendship, compassion, and the chance for great love lead the characters to forget the real danger that has been set in motion and cannot be stopped.

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