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Summary: Disappointment
Review: I was very disappointed in this book. She has always written such great books; this one was totally unbelievable. I hope her next book will more like the previous ones.
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Summary: Awful, boring, a waste of time
Review: If Faye Kellerman's name was not on the cover of the book, I would never have believed she wrote it. It is the first book of her's that I could easily put down and forget about. The supernatural plot was totally ridiculous. The characters were one dimensional stereotyped blobs.
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Summary: A mostly successful experiment.
Review: "Moon Music" offers a welcome change of pace for Faye Kellerman, with an interesting (if sparsely drawn) cast of characters. Although the killer's identity becomes fairly clear not long into the story (notwithstanding some red herrings along the way), it's an entertaining read--right up to the ending, when it morphs into an episode of the X-Files. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but it's a jarring transition out of the otherwise straightforward murder mystery format. And it leaves you wondering just how much influence TV might have had on the plot development--the autopsying coroner recalls the Scully character and the misfit detective rings a little of Mulder. No doubt that resemblence is a coincidence, but one that wouldn't have come to mind at all if the book hadn't so sharply turned to the supernatural, with no answers given to the puzzles raised by the ending.
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Summary: worst book she has ever written, Usually Kellerman is great
Review: What happened to a great author?? Science Fiction dosen't become Kellerman. Stick to the Decker family and subjects that readers look forward to, if I wanted to read Koonzt or King I would. Big disappointment!!!! worst book she has ever written or I have ever read.....
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Summary: A major disappointment
Review: It's hard for me to say what most bothered me about this book. Unsympathetic characters, a plot that zig-zags from procedural detective story to hokey werewolf tale, or possibly the weak mystery behind the whole thing. I never figure out a whodunit, but this one I had worked out within 50 pages. Perhaps worst of all is Faye Kellerman's growing tendency to add graphic sexual content, profanity, and extreme violence to her novels. Hopefully she has gotten this book out of her system and will get back to her characters that we care about and root for.
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Summary: A Hit !!
Review: I'm glad that Kellerman finally left Lazarus - Decker duo behind. This new novel of hers is definitely more sound and strong in terms of style, plot and fiction than anything she has ever written. I've always enjoyed reading her books just for entertainment, but with Moon Music I respect her work too.
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Summary: An author's demonstration of contempt for her readership
Review: "A mesmerising vision of America's dark and wounded heart"? I think not. A better description would be "stereotyped characters talking and acting in cliches with a sprinkling of pretentious, tawdry attempts at humor." For the first part, much of the observations about the female characters in the novel pertained to their breast size and whether or not said breasts were silicone-enhanced. I got heartily sick of it very quickly. Perhaps Kellerman has a deep philosophical problem with cosmetic surgery, but I really don't want to know the author's views on this particular point. But I'm not sure if Kellerman's obsession is worse than discovering that any character who exerts him- or herself, sweats so liberally as to become dehydrated almost before the end of the sentence. There is no sense of place conveyed by the author, with descriptions of scenery - whether it be indoors or out - so superficial as to smother what little spark of imaignation the reader has managed to keep glowing. But the quality of the storytelling (such as it is,) is infinitely better than the quality of the writing, with scarcely a properly constructed sentence in the book. This grated before the end of the first page... In some places, characters who are not even in the scene talk! (Page 25 in my paperback copy.) This is a book that lacks originality, imagination, pace, tone, interest, and value. I labored though the book, and was glad to put it down. But perhaps the most revealing aspect of the book is that neither the author, her editor, nor the publisher saw fit to proof-read the text, for it is littered with typographical errors and spelling mistakes. This was my first reading of a Faye Kellerman novel, and it is certain to be my last. I will not be treated in such a way.
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Summary: What a Disapointment
Review: I have loved almost everything from Faye Kellerman. The ones I didn't love I did like. This book was awful. I got lost - cared for none of the characters - and could barely make it through. I usually enjoy this type of story from Koontz or King but I hope Kellerman returns to the style I enjoyed. I Look forward to the next book restoring my faith in Kellerman.
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Summary: An untrained falsetto
Review: In Moon Music, Faye Kellerman has left behind not only her popular fictional detective Peter Decker and his wife Rina, but also the fluid, articulate grace of her usual writing style and the Orthodox Jewish context of her other novels. Much in this novel is experimental for the author and many of the experiments are not fully successful, resulting in a work which sings to the reader in an untrained falsetto. A part American Indian detective with a cohort named Rukmani are rich in cultural possibilities, but remain unidimensional figures since none of these possibilities are brought convincingly alive as the story unfolds. Because of this, the plot twists and turns remain melodrama, superficially stimulating rather than profouindly moving; stereotypic characters such as the evil tycoon, goodhearted hooker and tainted good guy with a past are omnipresent and their challenges too unidimensional to relate to. Mrs. Kellerman's fans will also miss her usual literate writing style. In what seems to be an attempt to capture the voices of her new cast of characters - or perhaps the voice of Generation X - she abandons full sentences for strings of dependent clauses. Crude language and clumsy paragraph structures distance both characters and their author from some of her usual audience, as will the doppelganger sci-fright plot where one expected to find a mainstream mystery. As a reader, I have valued Faye Kellerman's work for her writing skill, the insights she has provided me into the world of Orthodox Judiasm, and the believability of the fictional reality she creates. Whether or not she ever returns to her popular Peter and Rina, I hope she will return to the contextual richness of her personal experience to create her next story.
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Summary: What was she thinking of?
Review: I have read every Faye Kellerman mystery novel. The lead characters, a Los Angeles detective and his Orthodox Jewish wife, have been fun to "watch". The writing occasionally causes me to grit my teeth but overall the books are a fun and quick read. So, when I picked up "Moon Music" I was hoping for more of the same, freshened up by a new setting and new characters. The first chapter seemed promising; Las Vegas is nicely showcased and I liked the interaction between the detectives. But I soon became disenchanted. The killer is revealed to the reader much too soon; thereafter, the plot becomes less a detective novel and more a really bad horror story. Complete with mysteriously mutilated bodies, absurd supernatural complications and circus-escapee characters--not my cup of tea at all and an unfortunate surprise from Ms. Kellerman. Skip "Moon Music" and read her first novel "The Ritual Bath" instead.
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