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Title: Wish You Well by David Baldacci ISBN: 0-446-61010-0 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 2001 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.16 (199 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Why most authors don't switch genres.
Comment: David Baldacci is a wonderful conspiracy, governmental and thriller novelist, and I would recommend he sticks with these previous successful genres. In his book, Wish You Well, Baldacci writes of two young children, Lou and OZ, who must go live with their paternal Great-Grandmother, after surviving a horrible car crash in which their mother becomes catatonic and their father becomes lost to them. The story line becomes ironically laid out during the course of the book, and unfolds very similar a conspiracy novel, with just as many descriptions and adjectives, taking a page and a half to describe the consistency of a windy, gravel road. The story is one of the coming of age for two children and the hardships that they face, such as loss of a friend, realization that not everyone is treated as equally as they are and the growth and realization of their love towards their family; however with the vast descriptions the story is painstakingly long and difficult to read.
Raised in New York, David Baldacci writes of a coal mining town, in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia, a town, that he had never visited himself previously of wanting to write the book. Wish You Well is based on his mother's upbringing and not of Baldacci's remembrances or childhood of the area of which he writes. Baldacci has done a great service to the town of Haysi, bringing recognition back to its name with, Wish You Well being selected for the 2002 All America Reads book, and for which he now is an honorary citizen of Dickenson County. However, he has made me come to realize why most authors only write in one genre.
Rating: 4
Summary: Enjoyed the change from Baldacci
Comment: Wish You Well is a different style of novel from writer David Baldacci. I have read many of his thrillers and was wary of reading his new attempt at nostalgic fiction. But I ended up really enjoying the story. The story is centered around the lives of Lou, a twelve year old city girl, and her younger brother Oz, who are suddenly thrust into country life without either of their parents. The story is suitable for readers of all ages. The natural flow and rythm of the voice makes it easy to read and understand. The voice of this novel was undeniably nostalgiac. It provided an underlying innocence to the lives of Lou and Oz and the people they meet in the country. Baldacci's voice in this novel is different from what we are used to reading from him. This shows his range and ability as a writer. All of his novels are well written, but this one has a sentimenatlity that is interspersed with deep emotion and vivid detail.
Overall, though this story may not be as suspensful as Baldacci's other novels I thought it was still a very entertaining read.
Rating: 1
Summary: How Predictable
Comment: I have never read Baldacci before, and I don't plan to read him again. I was forced to read this sappy, pat story because it was my book clubs book of the month. Lou, the little girl in the story is twelve years old, and I believe Baldacci was confused by this too often. He wrote her thoughts, and contemplations as though she were a very old, very wise adult. So much of this book was the author's dribble. He tried much too hard to describe the sceneries, and left too much lacking in his characters. His characters were way too predictable. I think he may even have copied some of them from other stories, Huck Finn perhaps. Don't waste your time, or your money reading it.
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Title: The Simple Truth by David Baldacci ISBN: 0446607711 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Winner by David Baldacci ISBN: 0446606324 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 1998 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Total Control by David Baldacci ISBN: 0446604844 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 1997 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Christmas Train by David Baldacci ISBN: 0446525731 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 04 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Last Man Standing by David Baldacci ISBN: 0446611778 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 26 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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