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Summary: A riveting new avenue for Kellerman that intrigues
Review: Having read all Faye Kellerman's books, I could hardly wait to settle down to this one. What a treat...new characters, new plot twists, and a mind-stretching conclusion. Peter and Rina Decker will always have me reaching for a new Kellerman read, but I look forward to more Poe and Kalil also.Granted, the shape shifting element of this book is far-fetched, but it certainly made the hair on the back of my neck come to attention. I love the "flawed" characters Kellerman introduced in her new book and look forward to reading more about their activities in Las Vegas, one of my favorite cities. Just wish I knew Poe's secrets for success at the blackjack tables! For my money, a great read.
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Summary: A failed experiment
Review: While I encourage authors to explore new directions and themes, Ms. Kellerman's experiment with "Moon Music" is a failure. It is convoluted, contrived and predictable. It is as if Ms. Kellerman felt some need to be more "hard core" than in her other novels. That would be OK with me if the novel were more carefully constructed. For now, Ms. Kellerman, stick with Decker and Lazarus.
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Summary: A walk on the wild side with Faye Kellerman
Review: Mystery writers who introduce a new set of characters are often pilloried by faithful fans of the old, familiar crew. It happened to Patricia Cornwell with "Hornet's Nest," her satirical adventure set in Charlotte, North Carolina, and it's happened again to Faye Kellerman, who took a vacation from the bickering Deckers of Los Angeles to introduce a darker set of detectives in Las Vegas. Most fans boo and hiss, wanting only more of same. In both cases, the fans are wrong. This desert outing starts down and dirty and gets weird and wild. (True, Kellerman overuses the word "beat," as at least one reader complained.) But I'd like to read more about Alison's adventures in la-la land, as Kellerman hints at the end. Maybe pursued by Peter Decker and analyzed by Alex Delaware?
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Summary: This is a hugely disappointing effort by Faye Kellerman
Review: Being a longtime fan of Faye Kellerman's work and having read her entire repetoire of novels, I found this book to be a sad disappointment in voice and style. The style is disjointed and the speakers voices are confusing to identify. Peter and Rina needed a rest and the development of a new clan of characters by Faye Kellerman was seemingly a novel worth worth waitng to read. But it is, instead, a trite effort at copying Connelly's, Trunk Music and it does not work.
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Summary: Faye's gradual slide reaches the bottom.
Review: I liked those early Rina and Peter novels. They were about people with real problems, real crises. Then Rina got too good to be true, and Peter turned into a simp, and the plot lines got more outlandish in compensation for the lack of characters. In Moon Music, we have the end of the slide--the pits, in fact. There's nothing believable or in the least bit likeable about the characters in this book. They are mutants (duh..that's what radiation does to you...must be a moral here!) who are moral hybrids and perverts. They create their own hells, and Faye Kellerman creates a lurid plot line. Like the sinking sand at the end of the novel, the book pulls at you, offers no foothold, and no bottom. I think Faye ought to let Jonathan write the novels from now on: maybe she needs to take up gardening or chamber music.
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Summary: With all of these reviews, who would've thought...
Review: That this book would be so good! Sure, the plot twist was a little far fetched, but it was still intriguing. I enjoyed reading "Moon Music" and had trouble putting it down.
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Summary: May I have my money back?
Review: I have been a Faye Kellerman fan for awhile now, keeping the used bookstore busy digging up all the Peter and Rina Decker books that had been published so far. So, I thought, this will be an interesting change. NOT! First of all, aren't you suppose to like the characters in the book at least a little? The main character, Poe, is vain, boring, cheats on his girlfriend, lives in a shack in the middle of the desert(is he just dusty all the time, or what?)and makes one really stupid decision after another in his attempt to protect a lunatic that he believes is eating people! And what is it with that old indian,Y? He steals, lies and doesn't bathe and, gee, don't we all love the old fellow so much? I do enjoy Patricia and Nate, but they are hardly main characters. The whole thing is really a mess, yet I have plowed through it in an attempt to find out why they published it other then to cash in on Faye Kellerman's good name. I also have a small gripe, one that will mean little to anyone other then another Mormon like myself, but why are Mormons fair game in this nonsense? Was Kellerman attacked by a pair of rabid missionaries who tried to give her a Book of Mormon? She seems to think that Mormons are responsible for everything from perverting the brains of young girls and changing perfectly normal humans to werewolves to the plight of the American Indian in Nevada. After years of writing about her religion as a major part of her Decker series, you'd think she'd be a little more sensitive about religions in general - and especially about a religion she obviously knows little about. Gosh, I wish I DID have that much power - there are several people I would love to curse with Werewolf-ism! This book is a waste of time and money, written by someone with little talent for the good scary story. Back to LA, Ms. Kellerman!
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Summary: Far fetched, yes, but that's why it's called FICTION...
Review: I waited for paperback after reading all the negative comments here. At any rate, it isn't SO horrible. The characters *are* different, but let's face it, Rina was getting a little tiresome in her physical perfection and moral uprightness. I was glad for a break. I liked Patricia and would like to get to know her better and hey, different "characters" make the world go 'round. As for the supernatural aspects, c'mon it's no worse than Patterson's flying children or Koontz's freaky monkeys. I do agree that it was too easy to figure out....a little more mystery next time would be nice.
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Summary: Disappointing waste of time. Faye Kellerman's worst.
Review: She warps an initially intriguing cast of characters into an outrageously implausible conclusion.
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Summary: A disastrous, disappointing Kellerman departure.
Review: As a loyal Kellerman reader, I felt betrayed, exploited, and used after reading this piece of trash. I had picked it up without reading the summary, ploughed through it - in spite of the early signs - in the hope that it would reach the performance levels of Quality of Mercy and the Rina/Peter mysteries. It is hard to believe that this piece of confused, uninspired characters, and contorted plots came from the same author who has written so elegantly and profoundly of persons caught up in evil human events while trying to live moral and ethical lives. The publisher owes the potential reader a warning on the cover that this book is not a Lazarus/Decker story . . . and that loyal Kellerman readers should exercise caution.
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