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Title: Ghost Country by Sara Paretsky, Melissa Manchester ISBN: 0-7871-1538-X Publisher: Audio Literature Pub. Date: 01 July, 1998 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 4 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.8 (40 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Ghost Country is a fabulous, breath-taking book
Comment: I wasn't sure I would like a book by Sara Paretsky that wasn't about V I Warshawski, but Ghost Country is an absolutely wonderful novel. It deals with some of the toughest issues of our times, including the way in which religion is used as a cloak for mean-spirited of public policy making. The characters are so vivid and believable I was sorry to have to bid them good-bye. I especially liked the character Starr, who never speaks and acts as kind of a foil for the wishes and fears of the people around her. You can interpret her as a psychotic street person, or as a manifestation of the divine, depending on the biases you bring to the novel. I miss V I, but I hope Paretsky writes many more books as deep and challenging as this one.
Rating: 2
Summary: Ghost Country
Comment: Sara Peretsky steps out of the mystery genre with an allegorical novel that tackles issues of money, sex, gender, power, religion, and insanity. It's an admirable effort that she doesn't quite pull off. The book brings together a diverse group of characters: a group of homeless women, an alcoholic diva, the well-heeled household of a famous neurosurgeon, an overwhelmed psychiatric resident, and a mysterious "goddess" figure. The characters never quite engage us, never get that spark of life that pulls us in for the ride. In particular, we never seem to get a good, head-on look at the pivotal character of the book, the messianic Starr. All of the characters keep telling us how compelling she is; once she shows up, halfway through the book, everybody in the book seems obsessed by her. But we have to take their word for it: she's vague, almost a background character, and there's nothing about her as she's written that reaches out and takes hold of us. This book is both commentary and satire, but it lacks the outrageousness and pure humor necessary to put across its point. I can see what Peretsky was trying to do, and at some points she gets close to hitting her target, but in general it's not a tight enough effort.
Rating: 5
Summary: Ghost Country
Comment: This is a very well-written urban fantasy. (It's not remotely horror, by the way).
It's not a mystery. It's about a Goddess returning into urban American life, and the chaos that ensues.
As a reader familiar with SFF, I found this story original, well-written, well-characterized and engaging. It draws the reader in and offers both intellectual and emotional interest.
Paretsky fans who are able to step beyond the familiar mystery milieu, and who aren't afraid of a little sensuality, have a treat to read here--and I don't hesitate to recommend the book to anyone.
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Title: Blacklist: A V.I. Warshawski Novel by Sara Paretsky ISBN: 0399150854 Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group Pub. Date: 29 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Bitter Medicine by Sara Paretsky ISBN: 044023476X Publisher: Dell Publishing Company Pub. Date: 13 April, 1999 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Guardian Angel by Sara Paretsky ISBN: 0440213991 Publisher: Dell Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 June, 1996 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Indemnity Only (V.I. Warshawski Novels (Paperback)) by Sara Paretsky ISBN: 0440210690 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 01 July, 1991 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Hard Time: A V.I. Warshawski Novel (V.I. Warshawski Novels (Paperback)) by Sara Paretsky ISBN: 0440224705 Publisher: Dell Publishing Company Pub. Date: 12 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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