scifijack reviewed The last child by John Hart
Review of 'The last child' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
Ok.
Paperback, 432 pages
Published March 9, 2010 by Minotaur Books.
The Last Child
by John Hart
4 stars
(4 reviews)
Thirteen year-old Johnny Merrimon had the perfect life: a warm home and loving parents; a twin sister, Alyssa, with whom he shared an irreplaceable bond. He knew nothing of loss, until the day Alyssa vanished from the side of a lonely street. Now, a year later, Johnny finds himself isolated and alone, failed by the people he’d been taught since birth to trust. No one else believes that Alyssa is still alive, but Johnny is certain that she is---confident in a way that he can never fully explain. [More][1]
barbara fister reviewed The Last Child by John Hart
Review of 'The Last Child' on 'LibraryThing'
Edgar award-winning drama about a boy who is determined to find his missing sister, a cop who is also so determined to find the girl that he neglects his own troubled son, some degenerate pedophiles, a biblical simple-minded black man carrying a box who hears the voice of God, and a college teacher who tells the boy he found her right before he dies. I can see why this author is popular - he can tell a compelling story - but there's something about his writing style that doesn't work for me. It has that spiritual-historical-emotional feverishness that you find in James Lee Burke's writing, and so much is described that I end up feeling as if there's not much room between the lines for me as a reader to make a contribution. But that's just me.
Subjects
- Literature & Fiction -- Literary
- Mystery & Thrillers -- Mystery
- Mystery & Thrillers -- Thrillers -- Suspense