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Hater (2010)

by David Moody(Favorite Author)

3.66 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

031260808X (ISBN13: 9780312608088)

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

St. Martin's Griffin

series

Hater

review 1: What I liked about it:The premise to this novel is interesting and Mr. Moody does a good job of keeping it engaging throughout. He did well with going from first person to third person. I can't tell too much about the book without giving away some things. A lot of times, when I have to say that about a book, it isn't really a good thing. A lot of authors will use it as a way to have an interesting turn of events. However, I think Mr. Moody doesn't overplay any of the turn of events and it seems to fit with the story.What I wasn't that fond of:I don't really have much sympathy for the main character and I couldn't relate to him very well. Now, I don't think this is a problem with Mr. Moody's writing. In fact, I think the character is pretty well rounded. However, I didn't r... moreeally like Danny in the beginning and even in the end, I don't really have much sympathy. I do think it would be interesting if the other two books are in someone else's POV (I haven't read the synopsis' yet). Overall, a good, quick read with an interesting premise. I will be interested to see what the other two books are like.
review 2: David Moody shows the underlying hate of people, and society in general, in his violence-filled book “Hater.” The book starts off with an introduction of the main character Danny McCoyne. The author uses his character to connect with a large reader audience of the general life of an office-working human being. The office and cubicle life is very evident for many people around the world, and this book does a great job of connecting with them. Danny has an average middle-age homelife as well, his married and has three children. His life begins to become different when people begin getting murdered in the middle of the streets, on stage at a concert of one of his favorite bands, and the violence spreads. I think that the author does a great job of leading into the violent events while I don’t think that Danny reacts to them like a normal human being would. Seeing the events unfold in front of his face in the beginning of the book, seeing people getting murdered, I would react much more surprised and even scared of the events. However I do respect how the author fits the murders into the book, you never know when you are going to come upon another one, and each murder throughout the book is unique. For example, the author begins the book off with an umbrella murder, then someone on stage murders a band member with a guitar, and a security guard turns on the people in the town square with an automatic weapon. These are just a few of the unique, intense spree’s that the author almost effortlessly melds into the book. The author splits his book into sections of chronological days of the week starting when Danny first witnesses one of the murders. I like how the author does this, it adds organization to the novel. The author also leads each section, or day, off with a chapter of a separate murder in the book away from the perspective of Danny. It helps the reader to understand the hater disease, and I found myself anticipating the next unique murder so I could see what David Moody came up with next. Throughout the book the author gives hints of the hater disease and try’s to help the reader piece it together before finally explaining it towards the end of the book. It leaves the reader in suspicion until the end which is a good thing. The good aspects of this book are that the author does a good job of connecting with a large audience of individuals through the life of Danny. David Moody also does a good job of organizing the events of the book in different chronological sections as the disease spreads throughout the setting of the book. The basic plot of the story is also very interesting as well. It shows that there is a burning violence and evil in everyone all over the world. The aspect that the author could have done better are that there are some parts in the book that are redundant, in particular when Danny is in his apartment and the author explains Danny’s feelings of the hater disease. These parts of the book can be slow at times. I think the author could have also formed Danny’s character into become more aware of what was going on and react different to the murders. It took Danny too long to realize what the Hater disease was, that all the violent murders around him were connected, and that the world was falling apart. less

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