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It has been years since I've read a book by such a descriptive writer. He is rapidly becoming a favorite of mine. This book was recommended to me by one of friends from Russia “Dinara”
First of all, this book is over 800 pages, so I found it a little challenging to start because I didn't want to carry it around with me to read on the bus (too
The autobiographical novel, describing Sylvia Plath painful ordeal when she becomes mentally ill is such a book.
This is a disturbingly frightening journey through the mind of a young girl suffering from depression in the 1950's. How far we have come in the last few decades in recognizing depression as a mental illness and treating it with much
This was my first Stuart Neville book and I have to say that it was a stunner. I read this in a day and the story and characters stayed with me for a good long while.
A very dark and gritty psychological, police procedural, murder mystery. Ciaran and Thomas Devine were sentenced for the brutal murder of their foster father when they were young boys. It was Serena Flanagan who brought them to justice. Seven years later when the brothers were released there was a question mark as to which boy committed the horrific murder, the child like and softly spoken Ciaran or his older more vicious brother Thomas.
This is a brilliant, emotional, character driven thriller of the highest order. I so much want Flanagan to be happy and yet her insecurities and problems are what make Those We Left Behind a thriller not to be missed.
Neville has drawn a dark picture of Belfast during the period known as the Troubles. He leads the reader through a series of turns, never revealing too much at one time. At times unsettling, Those We Left Behind is a good read.
Highly Recommended!
Let me begin this by saying that I bought this book many years ago from London, but it took me multiple attempts to actually finish it. Because I imagine one's appreciation of
‘ Until I Find You’ will depend on large part an ability to get through the first couple hundred pages, which mainly consist of a mother and Jack, her four-year-old son, traveling to various Scandinavian churches and tattoo parlors in search of the boy's father. The true story of Jack's father, and how the man's absence ultimately contributed to flaws in the son's character, is the main focus of the book, but oh gosh does it take a long time to get there.
In the meantime we're treated to an exhaustive account of Jack's childhood and schooling consisting of, in no particular order, humiliation, wrestling, molestation, and sex with much older women, continuing through to his career as an actor and his odd relationship with an older girl who in many ways is the love of his life. While the story took awhile to get moving, I love the direction it finally took. I really appreciated how we, as readers, are nearly as blind as Jack is until he finally discovers the truth.
Finally, there is a satisfaction with the novel when we finally step away and view the completed puzzle. “Until I Find You” has a good puzzle, playing with the perspective of youth versus maturity. But my final thought of this book is that at 822 pages, it simply ran on too long. I can only handle about 500-600 pages of sharp wit and irony and overly clever people and/or in their dialog.
First of all, I want to say I couldn't put this book down, the plot grabbed me and held my attention to the very end. I also want to say that the storyline was fresh and entertaining mediocre.
The Black Box is one of Harry Bosch's best cases. A woman is found shot to death in an alley during the Rodney King riots. She is a Scandinavian photographer and journalist. Years later the gun which killed her surfaces. It has been used to kill several other people. Harry investigates, seeking to close a cold case. On the face of it this is a straightforward novel, but the skills required for its execution are considerable.
Connelly takes us through Bosch's thoughts and procedures, at eye level. We see what he sees and we learn how and why he attempts to solve the case in the manner that he chooses. In some ways, detective stories simply involve going from one person to the next, asking questions and piecing together a complex puzzle. That is true, in general terms, for The Black Box. The enormity of the task, however, is such that we are drawn into the case, wondering how on earth Harry will do what Harry does.
I will say that if you want to read a good murder mystery that will have you sitting on the edge of your seat; waiting for the other shoe to drop, then I recommend "The Black Box.
The book starts with this sentence:
"It was a pleasure to burn!"
And I asked these questions;
Can you think of a more effective means of control?
Can you think of a more effective means of Well, me neither .
I didn't intend to start reading it. I really didn't. Somehow it seduced me into it.WOW AND I THOUGHT OKAY THEN LETS DO THIS!
My life is pretty much like this: I spent 11 months and 28 days of every year looking forward to the new John Grisham book and then 2-3 days devouring it. He is the master of the opening paragraph. Immediate hooks. Short sentences. You don't even notice his writing style after the first page or two but it's effortless to read. And there are many
