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Summary: Not one of my favorites
Review: After having read later works by Mr. Deaver such as The Empty Chair and The Coffin Dancer, I wanted to try some of his earlier books. What I love about Deaver is that he is always pulling some plot twist out of his sleeve you didn't expect. This happens to some degree in Praying for Sleep, but much too little and much too late in the story. The plots seems to take way to long to get to some kind of major confrontation. All in all, I'm not sorry I read this one. I still enjoyed it but not as much as some others. I will be interested in reading more of his earlier stories as well as the newer one's to determine at which point Jeffery Deaver became one of my favorite authors.
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Summary: Not one of my favorites
Review: After having read later works by Mr. Deaver such as The Empty Chair and The Coffin Dancer, I wanted to try some of his earlier books. What I love about Deaver is that he is always pulling some plot twist out of his sleeve you didn't expect. This happens to some degree in Praying for Sleep, but much too little and much too late in the story. The plots seems to take way to long to get to some kind of major confrontation. All in all, I'm not sorry I read this one. I still enjoyed it but not as much as some others. I will be interested in reading more of his earlier stories as well as the newer one's to determine at which point Jeffery Deaver became one of my favorite authors.
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Summary: It was¿(yawn) unsatisfying
Review: After reading Jeffrey Deaver's The Bone Collector, I couldn't wait to get my hands on any Deaver novel. I bought Praying for Sleep with the hope of more nailbiting action. Boy was I sorely disappointed! The slow pacing made me want to to pull my hair out! It took me almost a month-on and off-to finish the book. I could care less if Hrubek was caught or not, he never made sense and the end was too convenient for my taste. I'm supposed to feel bad for Lis Atcheson's plight but in the end, I didn't care either way. The characters were very one-dimensional and I didn't sense any humanity in them. There was no sense of urgency I usually associate with page turner thrillers. If you're looking for really good Deaver books, I highly recommend The Bone Collector and its sequel The Coffin Dancer.
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Summary: I've found a new cure for insomnia.
Review: After reading The Coffin Dancer and The Empty Chair I decided to buy every Jeffery Deaver book I could find because those two books were just unbelievable. But this is one book I should have skipped. Its been two weeks since I started and I haven't been able to get past page 214. That means I still have 200 pages of this boring book to read. I dread the thought of continuing. Last night I simply put it down and began reading the Bone Collector, and its first chapter is more gripping than 214 pages of Prayer for Sleep.This book is simply uninspiring. After 214 pages I still have no idea of where any of this is leading. We have two sisters protecting a greenhouse from a storm. We have a lunatic riding a bycicle. We have a man going around with a bloodhound. We have a cop running around with two dogs. We even have the most disgusting act ever performed with a raccoon. But my question to all of these facts is, so? In this book Deaver simply forgot to add a hook. The only reason this book gets read by anyone is because of strong willed people who decide to finish what they started. I had always been one of those people, but this time the book won. Maybe after I finish all the other books I have in line for the summer I will decide to continue with this. There is one upside to this book. You can get together with your friends and compete to see who can get the farthest into the book without passing out. And don't worry I'm sure that if you get to page 25 you'll win hands down. THIS IS DEFINITELY A CURE FOR INSOMNIA!
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Summary: No Surprises on this one
Review: Although a fairly good read I figured out the ending half way thru the book and I never guess right in most mysteries. The character of Michael Hrubeck saves the book as most of the others are not that interesting. Overall it is a fairly average mystery with some good plot twists.
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Summary: not that bad
Review: Although the book becomes a little confusing because of the switching points of view, the story moves slowly at times, and there is the addition of a few unnecessary graphically detailed sex encounters, the book is interesting and is written in the Deaver style, with a twist at the end. It may not be as great as the Lincoln Rhyme series, A Maiden's Grave, or The Devil's Teardrop, but I think this is still a good book to add to your Deaver collection.
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Summary: Movie Thriller Material
Review: An atmospheric, dark, & stormy thriller,whose emotionally isolated characters are drawn together in this night of the hunter and the hunted. This atypical thriller, its quirky characters, charged atmosphere, dynamic action, intricate weaving of the past and present will keep you turning pages into the wee hours of the night. I finished this book, closed the cover, shut out my light and wondered who to contact about turing this into a movie - what a great ensemble piece for some REAL actors to sink their teeth into!
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Summary: Read this on a dark and stormy night (but not alone).
Review: Another fabulous thriller by Jeffery Deaver. All of his novels are based on a single premise - keep the reader entertained and involved and Praying for Sleep does just that. Deaver's novels stand out from the pack for many reasons - the well drawn plot lines and characters and the plot twists and turns. This one has an ending that you will never forget. Praying for Sleep will do for dark and stormy nights what Jaws did for the ocean and psycho did for showers. Don't read this one alone....
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Summary: Read this on a dark and stormy night (but not alone).
Review: Another fabulous thriller by Jeffery Deaver. All of his novels are based on a single premise - keep the reader entertained and involved and Praying for Sleep does just that. Mental patient and convicted murderer Michael Hrubek escapes from the looney bin. The people that helped put him there, Lis and her husband have everything to fear when they hear he has escaped. The head of the hospital covers up the disappearance and to make matters worse his therapist believes he is innocent. This leaves Lis afraid for her life... Deaver's novels stand out from the pack for many reasons - the well drawn plot lines and characters and the plot twists and turns. This one has an ending that you will never forget. Praying for Sleep will do for dark and stormy nights what Jaws did for the ocean and psycho did for showers. Don't read this one alone....
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Summary: Read this on a dark and stormy night (but not alone).
Review: Another fabulous thriller by Jeffery Deaver. All of his novels are based on a single premise - keep the reader entertained and involved and Praying for Sleep does just that. Deaver's novels stand out from the pack for many reasons - the well drawn plot lines and characters and the plot twists and turns. This one has an ending that you will never forget. Praying for Sleep will do for dark and stormy nights what Jaws did for the ocean and psycho did for showers. Don't read this one alone....
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