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Title: The Spinning Man by George Harrar ISBN: 0-425-19374-8 Publisher: Unknown Publisher - Being Researched Pub. Date: 03 February, 2004 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.79 (14 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Though-provoking and intelligent
Comment: George Harrar has written an intelligent and thought-provoking thriller/mystery. A college philosophy professor is questioned in the disappearence of a local high school girl. He has the "perfect family" with twin sons and an adoring wife. You think at first-there is no way that he could be involved. As the story progresses you find yourself asking the same questions that his family and the people on his college campus are asking. "Could he be involved?" It is much better written than a lot of the current "pulp fiction" novels that are out there. This book makes you think. The characters are multi-dimensional and very well thought out-always entertaining. George Harrar has written an original and brillant book. It has all the elements of a fantastic story-intelligence, suspense and interesting characters. This is sophisticated writing that is very entertaining as well. It gave me several hours of enjoyment. I am still pondering the story several days later. Mr. Harrar is an author to watch!
Rating: 5
Summary: compelling and original
Comment: The Spinning Man is a novel that defies easy categorization. At the surface, it appears to be a murder mystery in the whodunit tradition. It's actually a character-driven portrait of a family dealing with a crisis. The people in the novel are multi-dimensional and realistic. We can identify with their plight and are quickly drawn into the story.
The title character is a college professor who, through a series of circumstances, becomes a suspect in the disappearance of a young girl. The detective assigned to solve the girl's disappearance is finely written. His interaction with the suspect is the backbone of the novel, and we look forward to their meetings-as does the professor.
Despite the philisophical ideaologies expressed in the book, the plot never seems bogged down or overly abstract. The complexities of guilt and innocence, as well as blame and redemption within the confines of personal relationships are explored by the author. In the end we are left to draw our own conclusions, which proves to be a satisfying assignment.
Rating: 4
Summary: When the mind's echoes don't fade out...
Comment: This book greatly disturbed me. Not because it isn't well-written (it is). Not because the characters didn't come alive in my head (they did). Not because the outcome was predictable (it wasn't). It disturbed me because it forced me to THINK about what I had read, when what I was expecting was a "once it's over, it's neat and all ends are tied up and you can go on to the next book on the shelf." It's a story that begs to be discussed with other readers, that has no one correct POV, that is like looking into parallel mirrors and seeing infinite reflections. The lead character is both engaging and frustrating (I confess to some of the same tendancies to call people on the meaning of their words). He does smart and dumb things. Mostly, though, he sees the world through eyes as naive as a child or as deliberate as the most hardened criminal. YOU have to decide. Don't expect to just walk away from this book - and that is my way of saying it's extraordinarily thought-provoking. Is the inkblot image that of a chalice, or two profiles? Whichever you decide, you will not be disappointed.
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Title: The 37th Hour by Jodi Compton ISBN: 0385337132 Publisher: Delacorte Press Pub. Date: 30 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: The Cutting Room by Louise Welsh ISBN: 1841953830 Publisher: Canongate Books Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: Liars and Saints by Maile Meloy ISBN: 0743244354 Publisher: Scribner Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: The Breathtaker (Today Show Book Club #19) by Alice Blanchard ISBN: 0446531391 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 11 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: First Degree by David Rosenfelt ISBN: 0892967544 Publisher: Mysterious Press Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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