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Ladataan... DenialTekijä: Keith Ablow
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Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et. Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. I've heard about this author for a while now and have actually had this book on my shelf for several years. I finally pulled it down to read. Generally, when I'm not captivated by a book, I just put it down and move on. This one was tricky. I was not captivated. I didn't really like the main character. I kept thinking "I'm going to give this 2 more pages…." Pretty soon I realized I was 3/4ths the way through and totally hook ed and even was liking Frank Clevenger, forensic psychiatrist, drug addict and alcoholic. There's a serial killer out there and it looks like the killer is using surgical instruments to mutilate. ( ) If you take all the things I don't care for in a character, roll them into a into a ball, and wrap it up with an attitude towards life that I equally don't care for........this novel would pop out. You can skip sections at a time and miss nothing. .....this is just plain crappy writing, and for me, worthless. I am really hoping this is not the same attitude of all his novels, because I have looked forward to reading this author, from friend suggestions and reviews on here. For me, it is hard to take a sex and drug addict seriously...esp. one borrowing money from his mother to buy enough drugs to make it to the next stripper bar....if sex, porn and drugs are your thing, this is for you. But it's not written well or engaging.... just blunt and boring. Frank Clevenger is a forensic psychiatrist who;s job it is to delve into the minds of deranged killers and figure out what drives them...but then again, what drives Frank? In this first Clevenger book we are introduced to Frank as well as some of his personal demons as he tries to uncover the truth behind some killings he gets called upon. As the victims pile up and the motives become more bizarre, you'll find that this book is only half through the mind games its playing with you. Frank Clevenger is a forensic psychologist on the verge of hitting rock bottom. His cocaine habit, penchant for gambling, and his philandering ways have led him to the edge. His love life is in shambles; his job is on the line; and a serial killer is on the loose. This is the first book in a series that came highly recommended. Fortunately, I had been warned ahead of time that the main character, Frank, was not an admirable person up front, but that the book would in fact get better and be hard to put down once the story took off. I was not disappointed. The title, Denial, is very fitting for this particular book, not only in respect to the murdering rage of the serial killer who is acting out on past victimization, but also for the main character who is struggling to come to terms with his own abusive childhood and his current addictions and problems with intimacy. I have never been a fan of sex scenes in books and would have preferred they be less graphic in this particular one, but other than that, I enjoyed Mr. Ablow’s novel and look forward to reading more about Frank Clevenger and the challenges he undertakes. Okay, Ablow has me very confused. I loved his fiction, was disappointed in his non-fiction and now I've read his first (I think) Frank Clevenger book and hate Clevenger - and not in a good way! His attitude toward woman is crude and shallow. In other books I have liked him a lot. This Clevenger is an addict of every kind WHILE being a practicing psychiatrist and I didn't really want to know him. I kept reading because it was Keith Ablow. I've decided that when Ablow is good he's fantastic and when he is bad he is boring or in this case, his character Clevenger is distasteful. Clevenger is worthy of liking in other books in the series. ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
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Dr Frank Klevenger is closer than most to understanding his personal demons. Drugs, drink, gambling, sex - Klevenger is hooked on any quick thrill. When the Marblehead police hire him to assess a schizophrenic tramp, he realizes that this is his last chance to make a success of his career. Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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