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Title: Mr. Paradise : A Novel by Elmore Leonard ISBN: 0-06-008395-6 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 13 January, 2004 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.42 (24 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: leonard on auto-pilot
Comment: Mr. Paradise is bad. The fact is, there are no interesting characters. Leonard, who has dreamed up many memorable ones in the past, comes up glaringly short. I was especially dissapointed with the bad guys. They are usally Leonards trademark, his most exciting characters. Here, they were just stupid. Not cleverly stupid--poorly written stupid. Boring. Instantly forgetable.
Leonard is a master at narrating thoughts, but without any interesting characters, why do we care what they're thinking?
He can make even the most outrageous actions seem inevitable, even reasonable. Here they just seem far-fetched. Their actions frequently made no sense. Several times I had to stop and just shake my head.
Usually, I'm looking forward to the final showdown, but not this time. As I expected, it fizzled. Who's gonna win? The good guys...who cares? The bad guys...who cares? I wanted them all to die. By the time I got to the end I was that underwhelmed.
Elmore Leonard is one of my favorite authors. I've read many of his books and enjoyed them all. He writes with control and finesse I can only marvel at. Even the masters, though, put out cheese every once in awhile. This book felt like a rough draft. Like he did it in a hurry and didn't care. Like he's got nothing to prove...I hope not. Hopefully he spends more time on his next work. If you haven't read Elmore Leonard yet, DO NOT START WITH MR. PARADISE. IT SUCKS.
Rating: 5
Summary: Big fun!
Comment: Shady characters, brilliant dialogue, irony, masterful writing and a lively and humorous story line are what we expect from Elmore Leonard. "Mr. Paradise," a Runyonesque tale, has all this and more...it does not disappoint.
Eighty-four year old retired mob lawyer Tony Paradisio's favorite pastime is watching tapes of classic Michigan football victories with an escort or two cheering topless in ways not athletically encouraging.
After learning that he has been eliminated from Mr. Paradise's will, Montez (Mr. P's main man) arranges a hit that is supposed to look like a home invasion gone wrong.
The perps and Montez are members of the criminal mindless.
Throw in two corpses, a Victoria Secret model witness, an identity switch, assorted lowlifes, a safe deposit box full of loot, the hitmen's "agent" and Frank Delsa (a resourceful Detroit homicide detective)---and the chase is on.
The bad guys feel a sense of entitlement---leading to their demise. Getting caught being the real crime. Double-crosses, scams and deceptions propel the plot.
The tight prose is filled with accurate conversation in the colorful vernacular of the urban scene.
"Mr. Paradise" is a stylistic, unforgettable, witty, fast-paced read. Elmore Leonard is a consistently entertaining writer---do not under rate him just because you like him.
Rating: 5
Summary: An Entertaining Novel
Comment: What do these reviewers expect? This is the story.
A high-end former Detroit call girl, asks her lingerie model roommate to help her entertain a wealthy octogenarian trial lawyer. By entertain, read she dons a cheerleader's skimpy skirt, but goes topless, while performing pom-pom routines beside a TV set while the lawyer watches videotaped University of Michigan football games.
The plot, to say the least, is imaginative. The characters are unique and unforgettable. The dialogue is snappy and realistic. The story moves and is entertaining.
What did these reviewers expect - a Detroit-based Hamlet? Elmore Leonard is a gifted novelist and Mr. Paradise will add to his reputation as a skilled character crafter.
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Title: Last Car to Elysian Fields: A Novel by James Lee Burke ISBN: 0743245423 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 30 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Stone Cold: A Jesse Stone Novel by Robert B. Parker ISBN: 0399150870 Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Pub. Date: 29 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Last Juror by John Grisham ISBN: 0385510438 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 03 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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