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An agent of the British secret service gets jarred loose from his setting, and his rattling around attracts the attention …
An agent of the British secret service gets jarred loose from his setting, and his rattling around attracts the attention …
In Manhattan, a young grad student gets off the train and realizes he doesn't remember who he is, where he's …
Rachel catches the same commuter train every morning. She knows it will wait at the same signal each time, overlooking …
Fantastic crime drama set in the modern south. If you love pulp, noir, thrillers or anything of the sort, this is not to be missed.
Rachel catches the same commuter train every morning. She knows it will wait at the …
I picked this up because it was an available audiobook at my library and I wanted a thriller.
Greedy narcissists, violent cavemen. Nothing clever, interesting, or insightful. Incredibly tedious to watch these characters plod through their lives until the predictable climax. By the end, all of the characters blurred together in my head into one blob because of their similar boring, sad behavior.
Billy Summers is a man in a room with a gun. He’s a killer for …
I think this is a book for an older guy, but a very good one. It feels like it's written for the aging tough guy with a moral code. In spite of that narrow appeal, I found the story really compelling and exciting. The 2nd half took a turn I didn't expect and I think the way King crafted the end was quite fun.
Overall, a book I recommend to old guys like me.
In Manhattan, a young grad student gets off the train and realizes he doesn't remember …
I think this is a brilliantly woven allegory to modern NYC: racism, gentrification, and over-retailing.
As well-crafted as it is, it felt like a comic book to me (graphic novel would be a better term, I suppose). Superheroes on a quest, moving through a carefully defined universe of rules that need to be laid out before every next step.
Well-made, but not my cup of tea in fiction.