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Summary: COULD'NT PUT IT DOWN
Review: "First chapter or so seemed a little slow, and difficult but after that it was really engrossing. I recommend it to anyone, especially good book to take on a long weekend or snow in, you will hardly notice the weather!
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Summary: This book left me breathless!
Review: (...) This book BEGAN with a roller coaster ride that did not stop until the last word. I have shared this book with SIX PEOPLE--every single one LOVED IT !! This is one of those books that I WILL NOT sell, but retain in my personal collection of suspense, mystery, detective, serial killer books.(...) BUY IT! READ IT! You'll love it.
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Summary: This book was hard to put down...
Review: ...in fact, I've never read a book so quickly in my life! The novel starts with a bang and never lets up. Thayer's informal, free-flowing prose guides you through a superb array of twists and turns and relentless suspense. So many of the characters were suspected [of being the serial killer] that I was almost disappointed with the novel's denouement--but at the same time, I was relieved that justice had prevailed.
Thayer's obvious knowledge of the state of Minnesota, and his research of TV news stations and meteorology, were an additional treat. I feel like I 'know' what goes on behind the scenes at a news station a little bit now.
I'd highly recommend this book as light and fun reading to anyone (but be prepared for some really gruesome execution scenes at the end).
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Summary: Excellent book, but did not steal from Green Mile....
Review: ...The execution scene was actually written BEFORE the Green Mile was published. While Mr. Thayer could, theoretically, lifted the description, it is unlikely. I was not disappointed in the scene, the characters, and certainly not the ending...
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Summary: An interesting and suspenseful mystery that ends slowly.
Review:
The Weatherman is a psychological thriller/murder mystery
based in the Midwest. It centers around a TV newsman
and an unusually accurate TV meteorologist, who have an
adversarial relationship, both professionally and personally.
The character development is excellent; I found the characters
vivid and interesting, without having to suffer through
tedious detail. The background is also quite good; the
information about meteorology and life in a TV newsroom were interesting in their own right, while adding to the story.
The writing style is quite brisk, as a rule. The plot moved
right along until the very end where, unfortunately, the
process of a state execution is described in detail
reminiscent of "The Chamber". The ending left me a bit
flat; I was hoping for something completely unexpected
and didn't get it.
Overall, I enjoyed the book and would read the author again.
A good beach read.
Rating:
Summary: An interesting and suspenseful mystery that ends slowly.
Review: The Weatherman is a psychological thriller/murder mysterybased in the Midwest. It centers around a TV newsman and an unusually accurate TV meteorologist, who have an adversarial relationship, both professionally and personally. The character development is excellent; I found the characters vivid and interesting, without having to suffer through tedious detail. The background is also quite good; the information about meteorology and life in a TV newsroom were interesting in their own right, while adding to the story. The writing style is quite brisk, as a rule. The plot moved right along until the very end where, unfortunately, the process of a state execution is described in detail reminiscent of "The Chamber". The ending left me a bit flat; I was hoping for something completely unexpected and didn't get it. Overall, I enjoyed the book and would read the author again. A good beach read.
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Summary: Steve Thayer--The Weatherman (1995)
Review: Author Steve Thayer's first mainsteam success is a drawn out, yet riveting and enthralling tale with excellent characters, good dialogue, and gives great insight into the politics of a newsroom. "The Weatherman" is not only a suspense/mystery thriller, but it is also a forum for Thayer to promote his views on capital punishment, the Vietnam War, the glamorization and exaggeration of the media, and how women can be as deadly as the bitter cold. Dixon Bell is a fairly ordinary meterologist from the south who happens to be working for a Minnesota television newsroom as their weatherman. He claims that he does not predict the weather, but "I read the weather". He struck fame when he boldly warned the twin towns of Minneapolis/St. Paul that a deadly tornado was coming even without the concern of the National Weather Service. Bell not only became a television figure; he was practically psychic. But what Dixon Bell wants most is the new, beautiful reporter Angela Labore. Meanwhile, women are strangled and killed for each weather season, prompting a media storm that Bell's Channel 7 News has never seen before. As circumstantial evidence compounds against Dixon and makes him a prime suspect, masked news producer Rick Beanblossom (he was injured at Vietnam) believes that Dixon is innocent and stops at nothing to prove it, despite the fact that he is obsessed with Angela as well. Thayer does a great job of bringing characters into his story and allowing the story to fully develop them. Because of this; however, "The Weatherman" drags slightly in the first third of the book and may cause some readers to get anxious, but once Dixon Bell's trial begins, it is a rip-roaring suspense tale that will keep you guessing until the very end. Beanblossom is an exceptional character, who hides not only his grotesque face behind a mask, but also his true inner feelings and purpose. Angela Labore is slighly ho-hum, but her dialogue with Beanblossom is fresh and believable. Dixon Bell is a complete enigma throughout the entire novel--he is a sad man so possessed by the weather, his inner demons, and his past failures to allure women that he may have the capacity to commit these awful crimes--but did he? "The Weatherman" is a complex, intriguing tale that was an extreme project for Thayer, taking him nearly five years to fully complete. His research of the newsroom and his experience as a St. Paul native makes this tale very realistic, diving into the politics of what is put on television and why, how people get what they want in show business, and how the weather is an essential ingredient to the lives of all those who live there. A murder mystery that is sure to satisfy if you can get through the first one hundred pages or so. Compelling, informative, and somber.
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Summary: Steve Thayer--The Weatherman (1995)
Review: Author Steve Thayer's first mainsteam success is a drawn out, yet riveting and enthralling tale with excellent characters, good dialogue, and gives great insight into the politics of a newsroom. "The Weatherman" is not only a suspense/mystery thriller, but it is also a forum for Thayer to promote his views on capital punishment, the Vietnam War, the glamorization and exaggeration of the media, and how women can be as deadly as the bitter cold. Dixon Bell is a fairly ordinary meterologist from the south who happens to be working for a Minnesota television newsroom as their weatherman. He claims that he does not predict the weather, but "I read the weather". He struck fame when he boldly warned the twin towns of Minneapolis/St. Paul that a deadly tornado was coming even without the concern of the National Weather Service. Bell not only became a television figure; he was practically psychic. But what Dixon Bell wants most is the new, beautiful reporter Angela Labore. Meanwhile, women are strangled and killed for each weather season, prompting a media storm that Bell's Channel 7 News has never seen before. As circumstantial evidence compounds against Dixon and makes him a prime suspect, masked news producer Rick Beanblossom (he was injured at Vietnam) believes that Dixon is innocent and stops at nothing to prove it, despite the fact that he is obsessed with Angela as well. Thayer does a great job of bringing characters into his story and allowing the story to fully develop them. Because of this; however, "The Weatherman" drags slightly in the first third of the book and may cause some readers to get anxious, but once Dixon Bell's trial begins, it is a rip-roaring suspense tale that will keep you guessing until the very end. Beanblossom is an exceptional character, who hides not only his grotesque face behind a mask, but also his true inner feelings and purpose. Angela Labore is slighly ho-hum, but her dialogue with Beanblossom is fresh and believable. Dixon Bell is a complete enigma throughout the entire novel--he is a sad man so possessed by the weather, his inner demons, and his past failures to allure women that he may have the capacity to commit these awful crimes--but did he? "The Weatherman" is a complex, intriguing tale that was an extreme project for Thayer, taking him nearly five years to fully complete. His research of the newsroom and his experience as a St. Paul native makes this tale very realistic, diving into the politics of what is put on television and why, how people get what they want in show business, and how the weather is an essential ingredient to the lives of all those who live there. A murder mystery that is sure to satisfy if you can get through the first one hundred pages or so. Compelling, informative, and somber.
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Summary: Gripping! First book read in full in the last 10 years!
Review: Being a meteorologist this book was recommended to me. I bought it and read it; I was fascinated and impressed with Mr. Thayer's knowledge and understanding of Minnesota weather and geography. But, the various subplots kept the book interesting throughout forcing me to stay up late several nights. I was as drawn to the final chapters' events as I was to the initial tornado that ripped across the Twin Cities. Great work!
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Summary: A dual purpose for this book
Review: By the end of the story I was still unsure who committed the crime. The author tantalizingly hinted that Andy Mack or another serial killer in another state did the crimes Dixon Bell were convicted of. There were sub-stories of the other characters that cluttered the novel: Per Ellefson, Jack Napoleon and Old Jesse. IN the end, I learned the author worked at a newsroom for three years so it was probably his desire to invlude what could probably be the colorful lives of some of the people he met. Altogether a good read because of the author's incredible knowledge about TV newsrooms and weather forecasting, after only three years of on-the-spot experience. The love story of Rick Beanblossom was particularly poignant and is, to me, the sentimental touch in this mystery.
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