Rating: 
Summary: Lousy Hardcover Edition (tiny print); Very Good Novel
Review: This is vintage Paul Wilson. All his books are a great read, especially the Repairman Jack series. So I am giving it four stars. But I think prospective buyers should be informed that the hardcover edition is a painful read. The print size is very, very small. It is even smaller than the print of a regular pocketbook. This is unacceptable. I don't see any point in paying an extra 12 dollars for a hardcover edition and getting less print quality than a mass market paperback. So this is my advice. If your eyes are good enough to read 410 pages of tiny print, go for it. If not, stay away from Forge books.
Rating: 
Summary: 3 1/2 Stars -- A Good Book But Pretty Predictable!
Review: While I enjoyed The Haunted Air (as I have most of Wilson's books), it is far from the best in the series and nowhere near as good as The Tomb. Perhaps after reading so many superlative reader reviews here, I was expecting much more than what I got. The Haunted Air is a fast-paced, entertaining book that is a good choice as a beach read or long plane trip, and Repairman Jack is - well - just Jack. Enough said about that. However, most of the other characters are thinly developed and the plot lacks the level of excitement, surprises and suspense that I've come to expect from this series, and particularly from these reviews. All in all, if you don't go into reading this book with very high expectations, as I did, and can be satisified with an entertaining story, I think you'll enjoy it.
Rating:
Summary: Solid Repairman Jack outing
Review: While the ending to this story was anti-climatic, its still a good book. Repairman Jack fans won't be dissappointed.
Rating: 
Summary: Repairing Queens
Review: Wilson's series is always engaging, with his New Jersey born Jack the rebel repairer. This one is outstanding, and moves from both his standard Manhattan and suburban settings to the borough of Queens. Lyle and Charlie Kenton are very attactive additions to the series; I hope to see more of them! There are weaknesses. Wilson isn't entirely comfortable with the Kenton brothers, and his ghastly version of Detroit black street language is a distracting nuisance. Lyle, the very upwardly mobile, articulate, and sharply intelligent con artist, is more realistic. Gia from Iowa remains as boring as her unbearably cutesy daughter, but the reader can skip past her. Otherwise it's a lively, exciting, well-developed novel, with flashes of acid humor. The settings are very well-handled, and the pacing is breathless. Grab a copy for the beach or subway! Now when will Dr. Wilson set a story in the Bronx? We have Edgar Allan Poe's cottage and Woodlawn Cemetery, so well written of in Peter Beagle's _A Fine and Private Place_, to tempt him!
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