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G Tomas _omas_orsini_r — I needed a hole to fill the VOID left by my consumption of the John Connolly Charlie Parker series. Luckily, Connolly has a new book coming out in September, The Burning Soul. Until then, I needed a detective series of substance. A character so cool, so awesome, that I could branch out from Charlie Parker into another series. I've actually had this book on my to-read list for several months now. I have no idea what took me so long to pick it up. I mean, it's not like Kemper, Dan or Stephen had been singing it's praises up and down Goodreads. What? They have? Oh. This is classic.. no wait, VINTAGE detective writing. Scudder is my type of character. He drinks a lot, he's suffering from self inflicted guilt and he has little patience for the public. This is a guy who has lived through a freak accident which in turn caused him to alienate his wife in asking for a divorce, distancing himself from his kids and quitting the force. He takes on cases which he identifies as "favors" for cash, which he identifies as "gifts". Sure, he tosses a couple of bucks to charity every now and then but he's pretty much a loner. He's like a hooker with a heart of gold. Did I just say that? Man, I'm really excited to dive into this series and really sink my teeth in. I devoured this is one day, which, for me (at least lately)is equivalent to the speed of light. I basically broke the sound barrier reading this thing I loved it that much. I actually picked up the second installment today and I intend to start on that ASAP.

William Chiriboga _ubi1018 — Fyodor Dostoevsky once wrote, “Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him.” Author Jeannie Walker’s non-fiction book, Fighting the Devil, is about striving to understand a motive as old as Cain. Cold-blooded murder. This path of understanding came at a cost—Jeannie must reveal her pain and loss in order to tell the whole story in its unblemished truth. This took an act of courage. Jeannie had cause to walk away, distance herself from a man who brutally victimized her in the past. However, she decided to become involved for the good memories she still held for this man, and for the two children she shared with him who needed to know the truth. On June 12, 1990, self-made millionaire Jerry Sternadel died a horrible and painful death while strapped to a hospital bed in Texas. Before he died, Jerry pleaded with friends, family and medical staff to save him from two women who allegedly were slowly poisoning him. No one stepped forward, everyone believing the victim's current medical condition caused these hallucinations. As the end drew near, those who cared about him began to have second thoughts.An autopsy revealed the victim died of extreme arsenic poisoning. Even before the man’s death, suspicion fell on those believed to be responsible. It took a Herculean efforts by the author, a sheriff who fought to bring justice to this case right up until his own untimely death, and the cooperation of others in order to haul this investigation before the courts. This story records human frailties. Each player on this stage displays the whole gambit of human motivations and passions—love and hate, greed and selflessness, good and evil. Jeanie tells the story in her own way, her own style, while sharing her religious journey from spiritual darkness into the light. Regardless whether you share her viewpoint about good and evil, about God and the devil, readers will readily join this author as this story unfolds, waiting until the very last page to see if justice prevails.

Sandra Galvagny sgalvagny — This book was so disappointing. I loved Karen Russell's short stories and I was expecting really great things from her 1st novel. Despite a pretty interesting premise and the occasional beautiful sentence or metaphor, this book fell utterly flat for me to the point that I had to force myself to get through the last 150 pages. I thought that the Kiwi narrative was better crafted than the Ava narrative most of the time, which could be because Kiwi's had more direction occasionally, whereas Ava was literally just wandering around swamps with the Bird Man. The way the pacing in this novel worked, for the most part, was to have a bunch of narrative spooling out very slowly and then a sudden quick burst of action. While that choice might work in another piece of literature, it didn't do much for this book, in my opinion. There were many times when I had to read a sudden action bit over again, whether because it was done too quickly or because my mind had been lulled into a near vegetative state by the longer, slower passages. I really don't think Russell knew where the hell she was going in the plot of this book. While certain scenes seemed inevitable--Kiwi confronting the chief, the Bird Man raping Ava--the book's main aesthetic seemed to parallel Ava's descent into "hell"/the swamp: rickety, unsure, full of babbling, and full of lots of circling around and dead ends. The end of the novel was very unsatisfying in that Russell just kind of took this mess of narrative she had piled up and tried to cover it up with a thick blanket of sentimentality re: the closeness of the Bigtree family. Maybe I'm just too dumb to see some profound underlying brilliance in here, but I just flat out DID NOT like this book, overall, despite moments of enjoyment, mainly having to do with Russell's use of language. I finished the novel, which I had really been looking forward to, feeling let down (and haaanging aaroounnnddd). I'm already planning to sell my hardcover on half.com or wherever. I almost feel guilty selling it to someone.

김 승현 kimsh8335 — I didn't know what to expect from this book. I had just been recommended the author, so I picked something by Robbins. The story itself has it's ups and downs, but I loved his epic and mythical style. I hadn't read such a "large" story in a while. Some people may find certain topics in the book strange and uncomfortable, but I think you'll still find yourself enjoying the overall story and his style of writing.