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    • Bel Canto
    • 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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  • Readingrat said on Jan 29, 2009
    • 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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  • Deanna Kyre said on Dec 6, 2008 about the Hardcover edition
    • 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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  • Miraclesmommadesigns said on Nov 20, 2008 about the Hardcover edition

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Book Description

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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Paperback 336 Pages
Edition: Reprint
ISBN-10: 0060934417
ISBN-13: 9780060934415
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Pub date: Apr 01, 2002
Dimensions: 20 cm x 13 cm x 2 cm Just how big is that?
Also available as: Hardcover, Audio CD, Audio Cassette and Unbound
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