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Playtime (2014)

by Bart Hopkins Jr.(Favorite Author)

3.44 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

149487783X (ISBN13: 9781494877835)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Createspace

review 1: Playtime is an interesting book. It is complex yet pretty simple all at the same time. Blaine is the main character. He has a near-death experience at the beginning of the book, except well . . . he does die. BUT HE COMES BACK. Obviously when a character beats death, there must be a reason for his existence, and in typical novel fashion, he is very important to the story.Blaine’s near- death/actual death experience comes when he is hit by a car while riding his motorcycle. The woman that hit him originally claims that she does not have insurance because her coverage had expired, but Blaine’s brother examines her insurance plan and finds a loophole stating she has a grace period.After settling that issue, Blaine is met with devastating news. His ex-girlfriend who he was... more rekindling his relationship with is reported dead. Two investigators visit him at his house to bring him the news. His whole world comes crashing down around him. What I like about this scene, Bart writes it really well. You can feel the emotion coming from Blaine, and it really sucks you in. He had seen her just the night before at the bar she works at. A man had been harassing her a bit, and Blaine is convinced he is the one who harmed his girl. He goes on the hunt to find this man who he has no name for. He tried working with the police department, but he feels as though they are not doing their jobs efficiently enough. He goes against their warnings of taking this into his own hands, and he goes after the man anyways. This book does not fail in the action department, it is sure full of it. All at the right times as well. It does not feel like forced action. Rather, it is fully justifiable due to the emotions that Blaine is feeling. The characters were all written pretty well. Blaine obviously had the most attention paid to detail as he is the main character. I would expect nothing less. Blaine’s brother did seem to be a pretty irrelevant character other than the one scene at “Sketch’s” house, though. I am not really sure what his role in the story was. Blaine coming back from the dead seemed to be a back-burner story line. I thought it was going to have a much bigger role in the plot. I was thinking that maybe he had something to do with his girlfriend’s disappearance and couldn’t remember due to his brain injury, then he would have to try to work through his memories to get her back – I was wrong. It happens from time to time ;)The story is pretty easy to follow do to the simplicity of it. There is only one really big twist, though I was expecting a few more that never came. Overall, I did really enjoy this book. I basically read it all at one time. It was really hard to put down, sort of addicting in a way. It really keeps you guessing as to what is next which makes you not want to put it down until it is finished. 4.5/5 stars
review 2: 4 of 5 stars I won this book in a Goodreads Giveaway.When I first began reading this book, I wasn't sure it would be something I would like. This book begins with a man who gets hit while riding his motorcycle, dying and coming back...pretty freaky. As I read the story, you would think that he was able to relook at his life and take advantage of everything that life has to offer. Something that this accident does bring back to him is the love of his life, Renee. One day, during a bar fight, Blaine makes some enemies. What happens when suddenly their short relived happiness is suddenly in jeopardy? What will Blaine do? Will he let his second opportunity at happiness get away? Read more and find out..... less

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