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Summary: A disappointing departure from her earlier books
Review: I've read almost all of ms Kellerman's books and uptil this one, I enjoyed all of them. Moon Music started off quite well, with all the ingredients necessary for an interesting story: murder, mutilation, disgruntled detectives and a mysterious city. But like most of the other reviewers, I thought that the plot got more and more ridiculous as the story wore on. The ending, on the other hand, was one of the dumbest I have ever come across! It truly annoyed me that I had spent 3 weeks reading this. Let's get back to the god old Decker/Lazarus mysteries, shall we?
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Summary: An incredibly disconnected story
Review: I'm a big fan of Faye Kellerman's Peter and Rina mystery novels. I would have rated this book 0 stars, but it wasn't an option. I can understand an author wanting to go off in a different direction...but this book is just terrible...the characters, the plot, the dialog! Every character was unlikable and shallow. At least when Carl Hiasson writes about "unlikable" characters, he does it with humor. The plot was disconnected, unbelievable, and boring. I just wanted to get through the book in order to see how it ended. And the ending!!! A woman changes into man-eating bird or wolf..or whatever. Faye, go back to Peter and Rina.
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Summary: This book has good beginning,but the ending is disappointing
Review: Initially, I was disappointed that this was not a Peter Decker/Rita Lazarus book. After I finished the book, my disappointment was renewed. I immediately got caught up in the action of the story. It was truly a page turner, I couldn't put it down. This, inspite of the too frequent references to the sexual activity of the characters. The ending however, was very disappointing. What happened, did Kellerman run out of ideas? The ending is incomplete, it reminds me of a Hitchcock movie. Is the reader supposed to make up their own ending? There were still so many unresolved plot twists, plus the foray into mystic-demonism seemd unnecssay and unbelievable. I hope Kellerman will return to her usual characters and plots. Why mess with success?
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Summary: I loved this book.
Review: This book is indeed a change of pace from the Decker-Lazarus novels of Faye Kellerman and I found it very refreshing. Although the characters were for the most part dysfunctional (admittedly so), I found myself sympathizing with them. The plot is not so far out, it reminded me a little of Stephen King's "Fire Starter." Let your imagination soar and you will find this a great read.
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Summary: Points for Chutzpah!
Review: A daring departure from the Rina Lazarus and Peter Decker stories, "Moon Music" is a complex sketch of lowlife in Vegas. Although I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone (sorry, Faye), I would welcome another foray into the lives of Rom, Steve, Patricia and Rukmani. She paints an interesting dynamic between the characters, but fails miserably at giving us a good story. The plot is convoluted, difficult to believe and ultimately disappointing. The relationship between Rom and Alison is more annoying than intriguing, and the constant addition of characters and plot threads is frustrating.All in all, a nice try, but too much all at once! Keep it simple Faye; you're good at that.
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Summary: Please bring back Rina and Peter
Review: This book could have been good, but .... There were virtually no characters in this book that I liked. Fat Patty was the only one I could maybe like (but I think mostly I felt sorry for her because she was picked on). Does everyone in Las Vegas sleep indiscriminately with prostitutes, or just the characters in this book? The plot was pretty good until about three-fourths of the way through---then the unbelievable radioactive theory came out. Faye suddenly could not decide whether she was Stephen King or Dean Koontz. Unfortunately, she was neither and the book ended in a totally rediculous and boring way.
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Summary: a disappointment
Review: the plot started out as a promising thriller. The characters were too complex and the ending was ridiculous-plain and simple. Thus was truly a disappointing read-glad I didn't pay for the book-borrowed it from the local library
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Summary: What was Faye Kellerman thinking?
Review: This book was bad, bad, bad. I've read my share of mysteries with fantastical plots, but this book had not even one sympathetic character. I didn't care about anyone, I didn't care about the story, and I didn't care about the outcome. In fact, I didn't even read this book in its entirety (and I normally manage to plod through anything once I've started), but my mother (who had loaned me the book) assured me that finishing the book was a waste of time. I LOVE Kellerman's other books, but I won't be tricked into buying another book with these characters again. Kellerman fans - DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY!
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Summary: The plot is so preposterous that it strains credulity.
Review: Kellerman's previous novels center around the crime-solving adventures of Rita Lazarus and Peter Decker. "Moon Music" is an unhappy departure. Although Kellerman retains her ability to write convincingly real dialogue (although she has developed the unfortunate habit--is it a writer's tic?--to insert "a beat" when the dialogue pauses) the plot of this novel is so preposterous that it strains credulity. It is difficult to know how the action of this novel is about the post-nuclear world (her premise) when the author makes it impossible for us to suspend our disbelief. This is not a good read.
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Summary: One Heckuva Lot Better Than I Was Led To Believe
Review: I am reading "Moon Music" right now and greatly enjoying Ms. Kellerman's change of pace. Don't get me wrong -- I like her Pete Decker/Rina Lazarus series very much also, but moving in a different direction now and then keeps a writer fresh. I already know who the villain is, largely because someone else who reviewed this book mentioned it (really, Amazon.com, you should watch out for things like that), but I don't care. "Moon Music" is full of interesting new characters, and the most interesting of all is Las Vegas itself. As for the "weirdness" others have complained about -- Las Vegas by night is strange; Las Vegas by day is even stranger; but if you've ever been out in the desert surrounding Las Vegas, at night, all alone, then you really know what weird is. I highly recommend "Moon Music" for Faye Kellerman readers who are open-minded enough to allow for -- and enjoy -- a change of pace.
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