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Smoked
Smoke Dugan is on the run.
A bomb-maker by profession, he dropped out of sight because of a misunderstanding with his employers about an airplane crash and $2.5 million in cash. Unfortunately, they've found out where Smoke's living--a picturesque seaside city in Maine. And Denny Cruz, a highly paid assassin, is on his way from New York to collect him.
Smoke's girlfriend, Lola Bell, is unaware of his past. Sexy, smart, and tough, Lola's a weed that grew up through the cracks in an inner-city housing project. Her big eyes belie her secret she's spent a decade studying the martial arts. The tattoo on her shoulder reads girls kick ass. When Cruz decides to use Lola to get to Smoke, he has no idea what he's taking on.
A time bomb is ticking as Smoke, Lola, Cruz, and anyone unlucky enough to come into their orbit are caught up in a drama of abduction, car chases, and triple bluff, where escape or violent death look like the only options. But nothing turns out quite as anyone might expect . . .
Patrick Quinlan's fast-paced, edgy, and brilliantly original first novel introduces a cast of characters worthy of Tarantino in their sophistication and resourcefulness, in a stylish thriller that marks the debut of a stunning new talent.
A bomb-maker by profession, he dropped out of sight because of a misunderstanding with his employers about an airplane crash and $2.5 million in cash. Unfortunately, they've found out where Smoke's living--a picturesque seaside city in Maine. And Denny Cruz, a highly paid assassin, is on his way from New York to collect him.
Smoke's girlfriend, Lola Bell, is unaware of his past. Sexy, smart, and tough, Lola's a weed that grew up through the cracks in an inner-city housing project. Her big eyes belie her secret she's spent a decade studying the martial arts. The tattoo on her shoulder reads girls kick ass. When Cruz decides to use Lola to get to Smoke, he has no idea what he's taking on.
A time bomb is ticking as Smoke, Lola, Cruz, and anyone unlucky enough to come into their orbit are caught up in a drama of abduction, car chases, and triple bluff, where escape or violent death look like the only options. But nothing turns out quite as anyone might expect . . .
Patrick Quinlan's fast-paced, edgy, and brilliantly original first novel introduces a cast of characters worthy of Tarantino in their sophistication and resourcefulness, in a stylish thriller that marks the debut of a stunning new talent.
288 pages, Hardcover
First published April 4, 2006
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August 3, 2011
In his debut novel, Patrick Quinlan interweaves two of the great contemporary crime fiction storylines. Number One - he splits a group of villains into two groups: those with a degree of old-fashioned morality who make sure that only other villains get hurt, and those without an ounce of humanity. Number 2 - he provides a series of spectacular criminal failures: by midway through the book one of the nastier crooks asserts that “That was the biggest fuck-up I ever seen”, and that’s before things go downhill.
Either of these storylines is difficult to pull off. In the first case, the writer has to realistically reflect street life and the law of the jungle, but at the same time he needs to sanitise it so that the many areas of grey fall into either black or white. In the second case, the writer must mix periods of real and imagined horror with an engaging dark humour. The author pulls them both off, not quite spectacularly, but very well and certainly enough to make me want to buy his next novels.
The beginning of the book, which in essence is the first three chapters, was well paced, and contained the right mixture of darkness and hope, of good and evil. The middle, which is the bulk of the book, is breathtakingly fast-paced and compelling: it’s a real cat-an-mouse rollercoaster. The end is wrapped up in the last, short, chapter in a very slick and satisfying manner. My point? Should make a great film.
Either of these storylines is difficult to pull off. In the first case, the writer has to realistically reflect street life and the law of the jungle, but at the same time he needs to sanitise it so that the many areas of grey fall into either black or white. In the second case, the writer must mix periods of real and imagined horror with an engaging dark humour. The author pulls them both off, not quite spectacularly, but very well and certainly enough to make me want to buy his next novels.
The beginning of the book, which in essence is the first three chapters, was well paced, and contained the right mixture of darkness and hope, of good and evil. The middle, which is the bulk of the book, is breathtakingly fast-paced and compelling: it’s a real cat-an-mouse rollercoaster. The end is wrapped up in the last, short, chapter in a very slick and satisfying manner. My point? Should make a great film.
May 14, 2012
I thought the opening chapter of Smoked was excellent. If the whole book had managed to keep up the same pace and style it would have been a cracker. As it was, the following chapters got bogged down in back story and manoeuvring characters into position rather than driving the story along, before picking back up in the second half. Once it does pick-up it careens along nicely to the end. Quinlan is particularly good at creating a set of larger than life characters that are well penned. Scenes are generally well told, especially those with action in, and the dialogue is credible. I can easily see the story converting to the big screen. Overall, a book that didn’t quite live up to the promise of the opening few pages but nonetheless an enjoyable read.
July 20, 2009
I really like the main female character in this book but some of the male character were a bit unbelievable. The ending was a bit unbelievable.
March 7, 2021
This book has been sitting on my To be read shelf since 2014, if I’m not mistaken. This to say that right now this is not my kind off book (although I don’t think it ever was).
This is a violent thriller, seems like we are reading the description of an action movie. I enjoy a good thriller, but I prefer a physiological thriller over this kind off violence any day. So, my 2⭐️ raking is a reflection of my experience with this book, it’s not to say that it is bad, just that I didn’t enjoy it at all.
Trigger warnings: rape, prostitution, record of sexual content, murder, torture, animal death, blood (a lot!) and use of incorrect terms when referring to people with deficiency
This is a violent thriller, seems like we are reading the description of an action movie. I enjoy a good thriller, but I prefer a physiological thriller over this kind off violence any day. So, my 2⭐️ raking is a reflection of my experience with this book, it’s not to say that it is bad, just that I didn’t enjoy it at all.
Trigger warnings: rape, prostitution, record of sexual content, murder, torture, animal death, blood (a lot!) and use of incorrect terms when referring to people with deficiency
May 4, 2010
PROTAGONIST: Smoke Dugan, bomb expert
SETTING: Portland, Maine
SERIES: Debut novel
RATING: 4.0
You'd probably think you had it pretty darned good if you were Smoke Dugan, an aging bomb maker with a hot girlfriend, sitting snug as a bug in Portland, Maine, with 2.5 million dollars that you took from a mob boss as vengeance for pinning a crime on you that you didn't commit. But life is never like that, is it? It's definite that someone is going to want that money back, that someone is going to be looking for you and force you back into the game, one way or another.
And while all of that is going on, your girlfriend, Lola Bell, goes on a photo shoot which is a scam set up by two rapists who shoot porn films. What they don't know is that Lola has gone through a gang rape when she was 14, and as a result determined that she would never be a victim again. She's become a martial arts expert, a kind of female ninja, and she manages to rearrange noses, ears and several other body parts on her attackers, which results in another vengeance situation, with these guys looking to recover their loss of pride at being so defeated by a mere woman.
What with one group of lowlifes hot on the trail of Smoke and another seeking Lola, there's no shortage of face-downs and shoot-outs. The violence mounts; the body count rises and the action never stops. There's a secondary cast of characters also finding their way in and out of bad situations, including Lola's roommate, Pamela, a traditional schoolteacher who manages to pull off some big surprises, and Cruz, a criminal who is burned out on the bad life and turning soft. And there's a group of bad buys, with handles like "Moss", "Sticks" and "Fingers", who all have their unique little habits on display.
SMOKED is the debut novel by Quinlan, and it's a thoroughly enjoyable tale. Although at times the violence is graphic and the outlook dark, it does not move into noir territory. By the conclusion of the book, there are several people who look like they will be living happily ever after, in spite of the mayhem that occurred in all of their lives.
The dialogue is a little too pat; there are various implausible plot and character elements, but nothing that causes the reader to put the book down. Quinlan may not be at the level of Elmore Leonard, to whom he is being compared, but he sure knows how to write a kick-ass thriller.
SETTING: Portland, Maine
SERIES: Debut novel
RATING: 4.0
You'd probably think you had it pretty darned good if you were Smoke Dugan, an aging bomb maker with a hot girlfriend, sitting snug as a bug in Portland, Maine, with 2.5 million dollars that you took from a mob boss as vengeance for pinning a crime on you that you didn't commit. But life is never like that, is it? It's definite that someone is going to want that money back, that someone is going to be looking for you and force you back into the game, one way or another.
And while all of that is going on, your girlfriend, Lola Bell, goes on a photo shoot which is a scam set up by two rapists who shoot porn films. What they don't know is that Lola has gone through a gang rape when she was 14, and as a result determined that she would never be a victim again. She's become a martial arts expert, a kind of female ninja, and she manages to rearrange noses, ears and several other body parts on her attackers, which results in another vengeance situation, with these guys looking to recover their loss of pride at being so defeated by a mere woman.
What with one group of lowlifes hot on the trail of Smoke and another seeking Lola, there's no shortage of face-downs and shoot-outs. The violence mounts; the body count rises and the action never stops. There's a secondary cast of characters also finding their way in and out of bad situations, including Lola's roommate, Pamela, a traditional schoolteacher who manages to pull off some big surprises, and Cruz, a criminal who is burned out on the bad life and turning soft. And there's a group of bad buys, with handles like "Moss", "Sticks" and "Fingers", who all have their unique little habits on display.
SMOKED is the debut novel by Quinlan, and it's a thoroughly enjoyable tale. Although at times the violence is graphic and the outlook dark, it does not move into noir territory. By the conclusion of the book, there are several people who look like they will be living happily ever after, in spite of the mayhem that occurred in all of their lives.
The dialogue is a little too pat; there are various implausible plot and character elements, but nothing that causes the reader to put the book down. Quinlan may not be at the level of Elmore Leonard, to whom he is being compared, but he sure knows how to write a kick-ass thriller.
February 7, 2012
I found Smoked (2006) at Half-Price Books, and I more than got my money’s worth. Three years ago, bombmaker Smoke Dugan made off with $2.4 million, and his employers want it back. He disappeared, but now has been located in Maine.
Denny Cruz, a proficient hitman who is having second thoughts about his chosen profession, is sent to capture Dugan. Accompanying him, against his wishes, are two other killers who may or may not have been told to also kill Cruz–Cruz isn’t sure. They capture Dugan, he escapes, and then the fun begins.
Lola Bell, Dugan’s karate-loving girlfriend, gets dragged into the plot, as does Lola’s roommate, mousy librarian Pamela. Two hapless pornographers, through an unrelated incident with Lola, in which she got the best of them, also get involved.
Smoked is told through shifting points of view, always third-person. A single scene may be told from several different perspectives. There is one marvelous scene, a shootout, in which Dugan, the three hitmen (with Lola in tow), and the pornographers all converge from different directions. We see the action from every one of these seven persons’ eyes. We watch as one man walks over to another man lying on the ground, preparing to shoot him, and then the point of view shifts to another person, and we see what happens next through that person’s perspective.
It works very well, mainly because Quinlan does such a good job of defining interesting characters. Each of these characters are real, believable persons, and you grow to like each one in their own disturbed way.
You can’t predict what’s going to happen. Everyone gears up for a particular event or confrontation, but then something happens and the plot veers in another direction. There is plenty of humor, plenty of action, and Quinlan keeps your attention. Smoked is a little bit Carl Hiaasen and a little bit Duane Swierczynski.
This was Patrick Quinlan’s debut novel. He has since written several more books since. I’ll keep on the lookout for them.
Denny Cruz, a proficient hitman who is having second thoughts about his chosen profession, is sent to capture Dugan. Accompanying him, against his wishes, are two other killers who may or may not have been told to also kill Cruz–Cruz isn’t sure. They capture Dugan, he escapes, and then the fun begins.
Lola Bell, Dugan’s karate-loving girlfriend, gets dragged into the plot, as does Lola’s roommate, mousy librarian Pamela. Two hapless pornographers, through an unrelated incident with Lola, in which she got the best of them, also get involved.
Smoked is told through shifting points of view, always third-person. A single scene may be told from several different perspectives. There is one marvelous scene, a shootout, in which Dugan, the three hitmen (with Lola in tow), and the pornographers all converge from different directions. We see the action from every one of these seven persons’ eyes. We watch as one man walks over to another man lying on the ground, preparing to shoot him, and then the point of view shifts to another person, and we see what happens next through that person’s perspective.
It works very well, mainly because Quinlan does such a good job of defining interesting characters. Each of these characters are real, believable persons, and you grow to like each one in their own disturbed way.
You can’t predict what’s going to happen. Everyone gears up for a particular event or confrontation, but then something happens and the plot veers in another direction. There is plenty of humor, plenty of action, and Quinlan keeps your attention. Smoked is a little bit Carl Hiaasen and a little bit Duane Swierczynski.
This was Patrick Quinlan’s debut novel. He has since written several more books since. I’ll keep on the lookout for them.
May 9, 2011
I loved this one. Cannot believe this is a debut novel - the writing is smart, funny and fast paced and the pages almost turn by themselves. For once a woman takes centre stage - no matter what the blurb on the book may say. Quinlan has drawn an interesting character in Lola the "non-victim" of rape as a child (read it and see what I'm getting at)and I would definitely like to see the author develop her in the future. As for Smoke, the ancient bomb-maker, he's actually far less interesting than Lola or Cruz the main protagonist, but I guess that is partly what helps develop the story towards its grand finale. This novel is Fun, Fast and great Froth - in the nicest sense of course!
July 24, 2011
Rollicking good fun, sassy, smart and engaging without being too demanding – perfect for the summer. The twists and turns of the plot are not entirely unexpected, so it is true to its generic conventions, but it steps to the edge of the rules in places, including by taking us to Maine for the setting. There is enough violence, betrayal, duplicity and butt kicking to keep the most jaded of readers hooked. This sat on my shelf for ages – it is not my usual reading – and I'm pleased that I've finally got to it. I'll be looking out for other books by Quinlan.
March 22, 2009
Lots of action and violence. A former mob bomb maker has been on the run but drops his guard so of course his past catches up with him. Luckily his much younger, very hot girlfriend is practically a super hero. Very quick read.
September 23, 2011
A classy first novel full to the brim of intoxicating detail and intrigue. A classic good guy / bad guy story with chases, shootings, kidnappings you just want it to keep going. It would be a great story to continue with to get to a juicier ending!!!
January 4, 2008
Very cool read. It is based right here in portland. Its a pretty easy read which i like, it grabs you right away. This is the authors first book and I look forward to his future writings.
December 10, 2008
My blog post about this book is at this link .
October 6, 2008
great suspense.
June 15, 2010
Really good read
November 6, 2011
A well told, well paced thriller with great characters. Thoroughly enjoyable and finished in double time because of it.
July 28, 2011
Fabulous, funny, nice easy read
November 29, 2011
Fun for readers who know the Portland.ME area.
October 6, 2019
One of my favourite 80s films is Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy in 48hours and this book has all the feel of that type of buddy/cop action movie - it’s just that there’s no cop character. There’s just degrees of bag guys. “Smoke’s” a bomb-maker hiding from his past but it’s all about to catch up with him. There’s a lot of roughing people up, some shoot outs, even a car chase. But the violence doesn’t spill over to be too gratuitous, so not exactly literary Tarantino, but I still reckon it would make a great movie.
April 13, 2019
I think the story is just messed up and I can’t see any brilliant part in it. I also can’t imagine the characters are like Tarantino ones. It is just a unorganized story with stupid characters and situations which never in a million years will happen like this .......sorry, long story short .....boring!
July 10, 2017
This was a fun book. I liked the speed and the character development. I thought it started out guns blazing, but that pace was too much to keep throughout and it did slow in some parts. Definitely worth the read.
May 8, 2018
Este livro promete ao início e a intriga tem um bom ritmo que prende a atenção, mas o desenlace é muito dececionante. Tem algumas inconsistências narrativas gritantes. De acordo com a sinopse, parecia de facto que estava a ler um filme de ação de Hollywood, mas não do Tarantino certamente.
March 31, 2024
Twists and Turns. couldn’t put it down.
Gritty, fast paced, exciting, and often with dialogue unintentionally hilarious by the speakers. The writing is direct and impactful making it easy to follow and hard to put down. I really enjoyed it.
Gritty, fast paced, exciting, and often with dialogue unintentionally hilarious by the speakers. The writing is direct and impactful making it easy to follow and hard to put down. I really enjoyed it.
April 14, 2024
Not a whole lot of four or five star ratings here
for this book, but that said,
I enjoyed reading the book.
Most of the main characters are criminals,
but the main ones are basically good guys.
The book moves along and maybe it is not great
fiction, but it is pretty good for a first novel.
for this book, but that said,
I enjoyed reading the book.
Most of the main characters are criminals,
but the main ones are basically good guys.
The book moves along and maybe it is not great
fiction, but it is pretty good for a first novel.
February 22, 2020
Good read until the last five pages. Complete letdown of a conclusion.
January 24, 2021
I enjoyed this book. It's a rather fun story and the characters are strong.
September 3, 2021
A delight.
September 11, 2023
A great debut, but characters seemed a little to stereotypical. Lots of action, with a frenzied climax that lost me at times.
March 8, 2014
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Adrenalina pura
Adrenalina a mille per questo romanzo d'esordio di Patrick Quinlan. Una storia alla Pulp Fiction, ma con personaggi più simpatici (non vado matta per Tarantino). Una trama da film, con tempistiche da film. Tantissima azione, che si tramuta in forti emozioni per il lettore. Impossibile non andare avanti a leggere, pagina per pagina, complice l'impaginazione larga e il carattere grande.
Un libro che si legge velocemente lasciando una certa soddisfazione nel lettore. Anche se non prenderei in mano altri libri del genere nel prossimo futuro, mi posso dire soddisfatta di questo romanzo, che consiglio a chi vuole staccare dalla vita quotidiana e godersi un po' di sano divertimento letterario.
I colpi di scena si susseguono, anche se a tratti si percepisce dove l'autore voglia arrivare, ma lo fa seguendo sentieri tortuosi che ti costringono a continuare a girare le pagine. Molto bello il modo in cui cambia repentinamente il punto di vista della narrazione e il modo coinvolgente di narrare le scene d'azione, che, sebbene possano essere un punto focale in un film di questo genere, rischiano sempre di essere difficili all'interno del romanzo. In ogni caso non una volta sono dovuta tornare indietro, perché mi era sfuggito qualche dettaglio di una scena concitata.
Se questo è un romanzo d'esordio, sicuramente Quinlan potrà fare anche meglio in futuro.
La vera nota negativa di questo libro è l'edizione. Va bene che l'ho pagato 2,50 euro in un ipermercato, ma è comunque scandaloso il modo in cui viene trattato il testo dalla Newton Compton, che non è certo un editore minore. Il libro è pieno zeppo di errori ortografici (che sono palesemente tali e non refusi), sintattici (!), virgole messe a caso, parole in più finite per errore dentro delle frasi, parole spezzate. Sono tutti errori tipici di chi traduce un testo dall'inglese, per cui tendo a pensare che non sia stata fatta alcuna revisione post-traduzione da una seconda persona, cosa che è inaccettabile per un libro.
Sebbene la mancanza di un revisore non sia da imputare alla traduttrice, c'è almeno una frase che mi fa dubitare della sua preparazione nella propria lingua madre, cioè l'italiano. La frase inizia così: "Aveva piovuto..."
Errore comune nella lingua parlata, ma inammissibile in un romanzo.
Pure adrenaline
So much adrenaline for this debut novel by Patrick Quinlan. A story à la Pulp Fiction, but with more likable characters (I'm not crazy about Tarantino). A movie plot, with timings typical of a film. Lots of action, which turns into strong emotions for the reader. Impossible not to go on and read it page by page (I must admit the large layout and large font size of the Italian edition helped).
A book that can be read quickly, leaving a certain satisfaction in the reader. Although I would not read other books of this kind in the near future, I can say I'm satisfied with this novel, which I recommend to those who want to escape from everyday life and enjoy a little healthy literary fun.
The twists and turns follow each other, even though at times you feel where the author wants to get, but he does it by following winding paths that force you to keep turning the pages. Very nice the way he suddenly changes the point of view of the narrative and the engaging way of narrating the action scenes, which, although they can be a focal point in a film of this genre, are always in danger of being difficult within a novel. In any case, not once I had to go back, because I had missed some detail of a frantic scene.
If this is a debut novel, perhaps Quinlan did even better in the following ones.
Adrenalina pura
Adrenalina a mille per questo romanzo d'esordio di Patrick Quinlan. Una storia alla Pulp Fiction, ma con personaggi più simpatici (non vado matta per Tarantino). Una trama da film, con tempistiche da film. Tantissima azione, che si tramuta in forti emozioni per il lettore. Impossibile non andare avanti a leggere, pagina per pagina, complice l'impaginazione larga e il carattere grande.
Un libro che si legge velocemente lasciando una certa soddisfazione nel lettore. Anche se non prenderei in mano altri libri del genere nel prossimo futuro, mi posso dire soddisfatta di questo romanzo, che consiglio a chi vuole staccare dalla vita quotidiana e godersi un po' di sano divertimento letterario.
I colpi di scena si susseguono, anche se a tratti si percepisce dove l'autore voglia arrivare, ma lo fa seguendo sentieri tortuosi che ti costringono a continuare a girare le pagine. Molto bello il modo in cui cambia repentinamente il punto di vista della narrazione e il modo coinvolgente di narrare le scene d'azione, che, sebbene possano essere un punto focale in un film di questo genere, rischiano sempre di essere difficili all'interno del romanzo. In ogni caso non una volta sono dovuta tornare indietro, perché mi era sfuggito qualche dettaglio di una scena concitata.
Se questo è un romanzo d'esordio, sicuramente Quinlan potrà fare anche meglio in futuro.
La vera nota negativa di questo libro è l'edizione. Va bene che l'ho pagato 2,50 euro in un ipermercato, ma è comunque scandaloso il modo in cui viene trattato il testo dalla Newton Compton, che non è certo un editore minore. Il libro è pieno zeppo di errori ortografici (che sono palesemente tali e non refusi), sintattici (!), virgole messe a caso, parole in più finite per errore dentro delle frasi, parole spezzate. Sono tutti errori tipici di chi traduce un testo dall'inglese, per cui tendo a pensare che non sia stata fatta alcuna revisione post-traduzione da una seconda persona, cosa che è inaccettabile per un libro.
Sebbene la mancanza di un revisore non sia da imputare alla traduttrice, c'è almeno una frase che mi fa dubitare della sua preparazione nella propria lingua madre, cioè l'italiano. La frase inizia così: "Aveva piovuto..."
Errore comune nella lingua parlata, ma inammissibile in un romanzo.
Pure adrenaline
So much adrenaline for this debut novel by Patrick Quinlan. A story à la Pulp Fiction, but with more likable characters (I'm not crazy about Tarantino). A movie plot, with timings typical of a film. Lots of action, which turns into strong emotions for the reader. Impossible not to go on and read it page by page (I must admit the large layout and large font size of the Italian edition helped).
A book that can be read quickly, leaving a certain satisfaction in the reader. Although I would not read other books of this kind in the near future, I can say I'm satisfied with this novel, which I recommend to those who want to escape from everyday life and enjoy a little healthy literary fun.
The twists and turns follow each other, even though at times you feel where the author wants to get, but he does it by following winding paths that force you to keep turning the pages. Very nice the way he suddenly changes the point of view of the narrative and the engaging way of narrating the action scenes, which, although they can be a focal point in a film of this genre, are always in danger of being difficult within a novel. In any case, not once I had to go back, because I had missed some detail of a frantic scene.
If this is a debut novel, perhaps Quinlan did even better in the following ones.
August 9, 2014
O thriller é um género da literatura ou filme que usa o suspense, a tensão e o entusiasmo como elementos principais. No entanto, apesar de “Ajuste de Contas” possuir superficialmente algumas destas características, a verdade é que não provocou em mim o efeito que seria de esperar num género como este.
Apesar de se encontrar bem classificado no goodreads, não lhe consegui atribuir uma classificação equiparável. No entanto, sendo eu uma pessoa em muitas, achei necessário referir que esta não será provavelmente a opinião predominante acerca da obra.
Embora a sinopse prometa um thriller alucinante, a verdade é que a acção só começa muito depois do início da narrativa, e nem mesmo com a descrição da vida das suas personagens consegui criar empatia com as mesmas. E penso que este foi o problema principal. Talvez se a ligação entre o leitor e as personagens do livro tivesse sido mais trabalhada eu me tivesse conseguido prender e viciar na história.
Infelizmente, dei por mim a querer acabar rapidamente o livro, não pelo suspense que tanto caracteriza o thriller, mas porque a história não me estava a cativar.
Porque nenhum livro tem apenas pontos negativos, e mesmo os negativos devem ser vistos de uma maneira construtiva principalmente e não de forma depreciativa apenas, é uma obra sobre um tema típico de um thriller e que tem algum potencial para agradar aos fãs do género. As personagens são tudo menos perfeitas, e este facto situa-se no limbo do aceitável. Se por um lado gosto que as personagens não sejam perfeitas, por outro também gosto que sejam coerentes. Mas como não criei nenhuma ligação com as mesmas, as suas características, valores, princípios e atitudes não me incomodaram.
Infelizmente, não posso dizer que recomendo este livro. No entanto, acredito que este livro possa agradar a outras pessoas.
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Apesar de se encontrar bem classificado no goodreads, não lhe consegui atribuir uma classificação equiparável. No entanto, sendo eu uma pessoa em muitas, achei necessário referir que esta não será provavelmente a opinião predominante acerca da obra.
Embora a sinopse prometa um thriller alucinante, a verdade é que a acção só começa muito depois do início da narrativa, e nem mesmo com a descrição da vida das suas personagens consegui criar empatia com as mesmas. E penso que este foi o problema principal. Talvez se a ligação entre o leitor e as personagens do livro tivesse sido mais trabalhada eu me tivesse conseguido prender e viciar na história.
Infelizmente, dei por mim a querer acabar rapidamente o livro, não pelo suspense que tanto caracteriza o thriller, mas porque a história não me estava a cativar.
Porque nenhum livro tem apenas pontos negativos, e mesmo os negativos devem ser vistos de uma maneira construtiva principalmente e não de forma depreciativa apenas, é uma obra sobre um tema típico de um thriller e que tem algum potencial para agradar aos fãs do género. As personagens são tudo menos perfeitas, e este facto situa-se no limbo do aceitável. Se por um lado gosto que as personagens não sejam perfeitas, por outro também gosto que sejam coerentes. Mas como não criei nenhuma ligação com as mesmas, as suas características, valores, princípios e atitudes não me incomodaram.
Infelizmente, não posso dizer que recomendo este livro. No entanto, acredito que este livro possa agradar a outras pessoas.
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