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Spodek (2013)

by John Wray(Favorite Author)

3.16 of 5 Votes: 4

languge

English

genre

Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction

publisher

Plus

review 1: Interesting story about Will Heller a paranoid schizophrenic teen on his trip thru subways and tunnels with his mother, Violet Heller, and a missing persons specialist, Ali Lateef, trying to find him before he hurts another person and/or himself. John Wray presents a very believable mentally ill young man (Lowboy) with insights into his thought processes! AND, there is another interesting element as the pursuit draws to an end!
review 2: My initial reaction to this novel was that Wray is a brilliant writer. I found Lowboy's voice fresh and quirky, that is, believable. But as I progressed I became bored. The novel failed to develop. The detective, I thought, was going to provide a counter-balance to Lowboy's voice, but (especially after the detective wa... mores hit by the bicycle) his voice also blurred into Lowboy's voice. The mother's voice also was blurring into the same voice. The mother was carrying a secret, but I could not be bothered. Boredom enveloped me; I simply did not care. I picked up other books. I read them. I kept reading other books and never got back to Lowboy.Eventually, I realized that I was never going to finish reading this novel. Almost unheard of in my life, to be about two-thirds finish and walk away from it. less

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