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Summary: Keep this book out of our schools
Review: This book is pornographic, plain and simple. We feel that now is the time for all books to be rated so that readers, parents and educators can be made aware of the age-appropriateness and the content that each book contains. Let the writers write what the wish, but don't taylor such garbage as this to a pre-teen. This material is very unsuitable for anyone less than 18 years of age. It not only contains profane laguage describing genitalia, but it describes sex acts such as intercouse, oral stimulation and acts of self gratification. KEEP THIS BOOK OUT OF THE HANDS OF OUR CHILDREN!!!!
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Summary: Fast-paced, suspenseful and troubling
Review: This book moves quickly but still delves deeply into the psyche of a cruel and gifted teenager (one of those "beautiful people" most of us remember from high school) and the fragile, dysfunctional relationship he has with his father. The lengths the characters go to to avoid facing painful truths will have you pondering how far your own familial loyalty would stretch. I read it all in one sitting; short and suspenseful, it's hard to put down. I also enjoyed the book because it's a male narrative; most of the books I read are from a female voice.
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Summary: Strong areas and weak areas
Review: This book was easy to read due to it's simplistic writing style. I found this style not suiting my personal taste, but then again, this is my PERSONAL taste. I found Diamond Dogs by accident in a bookstore, and made a spur of the moment buy after reading the back of the book. The topic was intriguing, so I took the book home and started reading. Watt manages to somewhat open up the mind of a teenage boy to the world. More often than not, I think too many people take high school boys as nothing more than childish and stupid. Watt tosses that myth away, and demonstrates how boys feel when they'r faced with a variety of situations. While the book managed to hold my attention, it seemed to be full of pointless additions in order to make the book thicker than it needed to be. Watt tries too often to repeatedly express the emotions of the main character in anything and everything. While this is important, the expression and way it was done lacked in true substance. It's good story telling, the plot grabs you and sends you on a ride at the very end. However, the book seems to never climax, and the revelations come too suddenly, then are forgotten for yet another pointless event in the book. It was a good book to read, but I'm glad my local bookstore buys back books.
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Summary: A Diamond in the Rough
Review: This is a great book. A short easy read, it is hard to put down. It is a compelling mix of father / son angst, psychological self destruction, eerily accurate high school pressure & lust, irreverence, introspection and honesty. I treasured it as I was reading it, knowing the book was all too short.
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Summary: A terrific book
Review: Watt's narrator, the high school jock Neil Gavrin, is an unforgettable and beautifully drawn character. Neil's story had me hooked from the very first page. As the web their deceit slowly closes around both son and father, the story becomes a fascinating psychological exploration of the relationship between these two men. Watt's first person narration seems to wonderfully capture the inner life of a high school jock who heretofore had never thought of others and was always getting away with things due to popularity and athletic prowess. A fine book on many levels.
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Summary: Gripping story right up to the last page!
Review: What a book! This story is so gripping and SO interesting, that it's almost impossible to set it down when you start reading. This book will grab you right from the beginning and will keep a toe-hold on you til you finish because it is such a different setting and story. It's hard enough to be a teenager and a senior in high school along with being the star football player. It's also not easy being the son of the town's sherrif, who incidently drinks too much and has an unpredictable, aggressive, and at times a violent personality. Neil also is growing up wondering where his mother is and why she left him with his father instead of taking him with her so he wouldn't have to live with such a combustile dad. This story has so much going for it and so many "little" storylines that tie together ever so amazingly. Just read this book and watch what happens when a group of teenagers attend a "beer party", drink way too much, say and do things to their friends that can't be taken back or reversed. I enjoyed this book eventhough it is a disturbing story, but it is one that will make the reader think.
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Summary: A powerful debut
Review: What at first appears to be a simple story of a hit and run accident gone awry, DIAMOND DOGS is much more than that.
Gorgeously written, DIAMOND DOGS is at once a powerful and suspenseful psychological thriller about guilt, betrayal and the powerful bond between a father and son.
Alan Watt accurately conveys the voice of Neil Garvin, the teen-aged narrator of the story, without being forced or insincere. This IS the voice of a seventeen year-old. As the novel progresses and Neil experiences a myriad of feelings, the reader feels them and squirms right along with him. As first novels go, this one is first rate and shouldn't be missed.
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Summary: Song Sung Blue
Review: Wow, this is such a cool book!! If this book were marketed better everyone would be reading it. This is one of those books that SPEAKS to the reader, once you start reading it you won't be able to stop!
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