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Summary: glad I didn't buy the hardback
Review: I can't believe that this book has so many readers "enthralled" and up all night. I really didn't like this book and reading it was a chore. If you want to read a really good thriller check out "Messiah" by Boris Starling. Now that's a good read!
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Summary: Suspenseful plot; full of twists and turns.
Review: Toyer -- who is he or she? We never really know this chameleon-like character until our suspicions are assuaged. Is such a cool psychopath capable of love? The struggle between the physiatrist and the victim-maker is consuming. The ending is an unexpected gut-wrencher. The book is at the top of its genre.
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Summary: What a thriller!
Review: Very few books get better with each chapter, but this one did. It was hard to put down and the ending was great!
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Summary: A non-stop read
Review: Don't plan on getting anything else done until you've finished this book! I picked it up on Saturday afternoon and read the last page on Sunday night! Here it is 2 days later and I'm still thinking about it...loved the ending...did she or didn't she? I truly enjoyed McKay's "screenwriting" style because it's short and to the point without a lot of descriptive prose. This book is for the intelligent reader who loves crisp dialogue, a believable plot and villan and lots of surprises along the way. I loved the cat - he added great visuals to the Maude scenes. This book is sexy and horrifying at the same time. Bravo, Garner!
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Summary: Thriller, sleep with your lights on!!!
Review: Garner McKay is a creative genius of suspense. He is methodical in his plot and his timing is impeccable. Whew! What a story. Not for the weak!
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Summary: Reading Well Requires The Reader To Be Able To Understand
Review: I very much enjoyed the story. I only "do" audiobooks for fiction. I read that Dick Hill (one of the best readers) helped produce the reading of Toyer by the author. HOWEver, the author attempts at creating style in his reading sacrifices clarity.
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Summary: An unusual premise, brilliantly executed.
Review: I don't spend much time with thrillers, but reading Gardner McKay's Toyer was time well spent. Some readers will object to his obvious blending of conventional narrative and playwriting techniques, but it worked for me. In fact, more novelists should study dramatic writing with an eye to getting rid of tedious description which serves no end. His playwriting backround is particularly noticeable in the handling of dialogue. Note, for example, the very sparing use of 'he said', 'she said'. It's not necessary.The story is consuming. Once I picked it up I was hooked. Nothing else was read until I finished. As for believability... believable enough. That's what good fiction writing is after all -- the suspension of disbelief. It's rare to find a thriller that isn't badly written, despite a strong story, or pretentious and badly written. Toyer is that rare find.
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Summary: Not a book to be read at night...alone...
Review: An edge of your seat page turner...but not for the light of heart....don't read this book when you're alone, at night....
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Summary: can't stop thinking about it....
Review: I took this book to Florida on vacation (originally wishing I'd brought a paperback), but soon found it hard to turn my attention away from it to the beach, the pool, and all the other reasons I went to Florida. It is most unusual - I enjoyed the different, short sentences & non-sentences, and the plot just got better and better. I was dreading the end, only because I had no more McKay to read.
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Summary: No Flow
Review: The early reviews of this book captured my interest, so I chanced it. Although the premise is interesting enough, the delivery just didn't do it for me. I found it to be too choppy even the way the chapters are constructed. Maybe it read more like a play than a novel. In any event, I just couldn't seem to get into the flow of the book and it seemed to take a long time to get through it.
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