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Title: Purification Ceremony by Mark T. Sullivan ISBN: 0-380-97428-2 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 June, 1997 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.06 (31 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A Fast Action Pcaked Read
Comment: I picked up this book on a whim, and I'm glad I did. This is a fast, engrossing read. The mystery was fairly easy to figure out early on, but it was interesting to see the characters process the clues and find the answers. A very strong female main character didn't overwhelm the story but pulled it all together. A fair amount of violence is involved, so if that bothers you, you might want to skip this one.
Rating: 3
Summary: Try, try again
Comment: I read this book simply because it is nearly impossible to find solid novels centered upon hunting. It has always intrigued me that though millions of Americans hunt, very little quality fiction embraces the subject. Reasons? I don't think it has anything to do with the media stereotype of hunters as illiterate rubes, because well-studied statistics generated for marketing purposes demonstrate that most avid hunters have degrees beyond highschool diplomas. Rather, I believe that hunting is an exceedingly difficult topic to realistically render into good fiction. Anyone who hunts, as does the author Mark Sullivan, knows that the hunt is a visceral experience. Those of us who hunt, whether we admit it or not, have chosen to unroof instincts that, while at the very core of human existence, lay utterly dormant in most modern folk. There is precious little writing after which a hunter/author can model his or her work. If this book seems to beat the old hunter-as-psychopath-man-as-most-dangerous-predator/prey bit to death for the umteenth time, it's likely because that's the only well-established formula out there. I think Mr. Sullivan's characters seem a bit wooden, and the scenes a bit disjointed and clumsy, precisely because he is struggling to break free of this tired storyline. I hope he tries again, because he's really onto something.
Rating: 5
Summary: Fantastic!!!
Comment: This book completely blew me away, it was so brilliantly written. The author is a master of suspense, and his method for intertwining the main character's tender past with the murder plot was extremely compelling. I'm a voracious reader and read across all genres -- romance, mystery, suspense, fantasy and science fiction -- and I have to say this is the most remarkable example of the thriller genre that I've read in years. Plus the bonus of Mark's talent for creating vivid imagery is unsurpassed.
It's difficult to find any book worth reading these days, and I usually toss them aside after the first five or six chapters (if I even get that far). But Mark is a step above the average author. He's now one of the few authors on my "must buy!" list. I highly, highly recommend this novel!
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Title: Ghost Dance by Mark T. Sullivan ISBN: 0380790432 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 01 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Labyrinth by Mark T. Sullivan, Mark Sullivan ISBN: 0743439813 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Hard News by Mark T. Sullivan ISBN: 0786003227 Publisher: Pinnacle Books Pub. Date: November, 1996 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Serpent's Kiss : A Novel by Mark T. Sullivan ISBN: 0743439821 Publisher: Atria Books Pub. Date: 08 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: The Fall Line by Mark T. Sullivan ISBN: 0786001763 Publisher: Pinnacle Books Pub. Date: November, 1995 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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