James

Details were done well. Dialogue natural.

Revisado: 01-14-24

This guy has these characters down pat. Perfect crime thriller. Well done. The midwestern version of Travis McGee.

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Time

Revisado: 12-05-23

Like it all. A great look into the differences that time brings. Get it now.

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Good one

Revisado: 10-21-23

Standard Reacher. High body count and more ruthless than usual. Brick does fine but still miss Hill.

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Hogue

Revisado: 08-15-23

Not too good.
Go for different.
Teenage pablum.
Try David foster Wallace instead.
You’ll benefit.

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Different type of protagonism

Revisado: 02-10-23

Sort of as if Jesus was brought back as a medieval times fantasy world character but didn’t mind killing people ruthlessly to get his job done. It was like Harry Potter meets Jack Reacher, with a dragon and a sling instead of an owl and a Glock.

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Moving tale

Revisado: 01-04-23

Worth the time and narrated with aplomb. Romantic and ultimately satisfying. Pays homage to the past and accepts the present.

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Buy it.

Revisado: 12-25-22

It’s great from start to finish. And there’s two more to go. You won’t be sorry.

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Worth Your Time

Revisado: 04-16-18

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I don't normally write reviews, but this book was a standout success. It was smart, funny, intriguing and quick-paced. The narrator did a great job, with good inflection and a voice that was easy to listen to. The writing was excellent and made some impressive contributions to the hard-boiled crime metaphor database, harkening back to Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett. One of my favorites was when Goldman compared a kiss to a paratrooper falling behind enemy lines...hilarious. Goldman appears to be fresh on the scene...I hope he becomes prolific.

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Self-consciously irreverant fun.

Revisado: 05-08-17

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This book is hilarious. As a result of his previous successes, I believe, the author was able to take a lot of liberties with the content and the style. I don't laugh often, but there were many passages in Supersymmetry that made me laugh out loud, not just at the content, but also at the composition of the story.

Konrath thumbs his nose at his editors, himself, his readers, and his characters in an amusing way. In several instances, he plagiarizes medium-length passages from Timecaster, and just when you're starting to think he's being a lazy hack, he acknowledges that he's being a lazy hack...but in a funny enough way to make it all right. The book also repeats itself verbatim, several times, but it comes across as a reasonable technique in a story taking place in several nearly identical multiple universes.

I've read most of what Konrath has made available to the public, and this is his "loosest" novel so far. I mean that he seems to be purposefully having a good time writing it outrageously, and seems not to care what the readers might think. I liked the freedom this style suggested. He warns you in the forward, and after that, makes no apologies. I wonder what the discussion was like with his editor when he turned in the final draft.

Konrath has embraced the millennial culture of the rude, crude, and vulgar, similar to the television and movie industries, but if you can stomach the raunchiness, there is no better purveyor. He's funny. Really funny. Do NOT attempt without reading Timecaster first!

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Downer

Revisado: 03-15-17

Kerouac is a downer. It's important to sample his work, but brace yourself for depression. Fortunately, it's short, and the narrator is excellent.

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