Tag: Book reviews
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Review: A Better Goodbye takes look at gritty underside of L.A.
by G. Robert Frazier You know how they always say you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover? In the case of A Better Goodbye (Tyrus Books), this is one instance in which you certainly could. The cover of John Schulian’s debut novel depicts a brilliant yellow and orange sunset…
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Review: Personal demons fuel Petrie’s war hero
My first review for BookPage, Nicholas Petrie’s The Drifter, is now available to read. Check it out here.
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Review: The Gap of Time updates Shakespeare for a modern audience
by G. Robert Frazier It takes a top-notch writer to be able to capture the essence of a classic William Shakespeare play and present it in an entertaining way for a modern audience. Jeanette Winterson pulls off that feat with her new book, The Gap of Time (Hogarth, $25), an…
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Review: Steven James peels back twists in Every Crooked Path
by G. Robert Frazier Reading Every Crooked Path, the new novel by national bestselling author Steven James, is like peeling an onion: each layer of mystery pulled back reveals something more foul and evil than the last. What starts as an investigation into a fatal stabbing takes a twisted turn…
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Review: Herman Koch’s The Dinner a tasty good read
by G. Robert Frazier The main course of Herman Koch’s The Dinner is deliciously twisted, and so too is the dessert. After reading this compulsively addictive novel, you’ll want to make it the topic of conversation at your next dinner with family and, perhaps, for many meals to come. Originally…
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Review: Questions posed in Powerless linger well after novel is finished
by G. Robert Frazier If you’ve never given a thought as to what to do in a disaster, you’ll probably change your mind after reading Tim Washburn’s terrifying debut novel Powerless (Pinnacle Books). At the very least, you’ll find yourself taking an extra long look at those survivor magazines at…
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Book review: White Leopard a gritty, graphic PI novel
by G. Robert Frazier Whether it’s shooting thugs in the kneecaps, punching them in the solar plexus, or chopping off their hands at the wrist, author Laurent Guillaume doesn’t pull any punches in his gritty and graphic English-language debut, White Leopard (Le French Book, $16.95). Guillaume’s anti-hero Souleymane (Solo) Camera…
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Review: Neil Patrick Harris’ autobiography a hilarious diversion
by G. Robert Frazier Choose Your Own Autobiography by Neil Patrick Harris (Three Rivers Press, $16) was a fun little diversion from the usual high-octane thrillers and hard-boiled detective novels I like to read. Every once in a while you need something a bit more light-hearted to sort of decompress.…
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Review: Medical thriller Fatal Complications best left in the waiting room
By G. Robert Frazier Believable characters – and what motivates them to do what they do – are the key to any great story. If the reader can’t buy into the character’s actions, then the story is going to fail no matter if everything else is done well. Unfortunately, Fatal…
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Review: When Clowns Attack a silly, but serious survival read
by G. Robert Frazier Just in time for Halloween comes an indispensable survival guide, When Clowns Attack (Ten Speed Press, $14.99). The slim hardcover book by Writer’s Digest advice expert Chuck Sambuchino may sound silly, but it treats its topic as deadly serious. (Hey, clowns might look like they are having…
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