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Summary: Social Perspectives
Review: This book offers a perspective into the human pysche from the end of college to the taking on of a completely unnatural state. The protagonist goes from being a normal character to whom we can all relate to a crazed member of a cult inflicting acts of harm on the very society that formed him into who he is. The story may be a bit drawn out, but illustrates quite effectively the plague of our hero and the enending feeling he himself felt as he went through these motions. As we drift away from the family and friends-centered society that we once were to the consumeristic/capitalistic society we are destined to become, we must be careful to take Little's warnings to heart and seek out to differentiate ourselves - at least to the point that we know who we are.
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Summary: Nice existential horror story
Review: For those of you out there who, upon graduating from college, found yourself in a seemingly dead-end job, where everyone ignores you, this book will strike very close to home. The first few chapters of this book could have been about me. The author goes from there and imagines a world with people who are "ignored," for all intents and purposes, invisible to the rest of the world. It's a nice premise for a story, but seems like maybe not enough for a novel. Consequently the story drags at times, and then gets kinda bizarre at the end. For most horror fans, there's probably not enough traditional horror elements in it, but for those who are interested in reading something a little different, it's fairly entertaining and worthwhile.
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Summary: this book is rated R
Review: this book is rated R, don't read this if you're young
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Summary: concept of being invisible
Review: Well for me this is the best B. Little book. I loved the way he talked about being ignore and invisible. I was very touched with this book. I recommand this book all the way. Daniel
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Summary: Good idea, bad delivery
Review: The idea of this story seemed so cool that I had to read it. However, the writer takes so long setting up the story and then everything moves so sluggishly.... Good characters and great idea but should have been a short story.
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Summary: Recommended to me by STEPHEN KING
Review: I just finished this book 15 minutes ago and it was awesome. I loved everything about it, the beginning, ending, etc. The other reviews will give you an idea of what its about, but a lot of it reminded me of FIGHT CLUB (another awesome book and movie as well). What turned my attention to this book was the fact that I read an advanced readers copy of Stephen King's new book - ON WRITING (also very cool and sweet - check it out when it gets published). This book is truly worth checking out though, either purchase it or get it from the library, and when you pick it up if you make it past the 1st 30 pages, then you're hooked baby. And hell if you don't like it you hve my email address. Trust me though, this book is like a bad orgasm spouged onto the page and translated into english. SWeet as candy.
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Summary: INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN
Review: Due to the enormous amount of reviews for this book, I think I will give you an "aftermath" review instead of a basic critique. This was again, one of my summer beach reads, to be finished up on a stormy Florida night, all alone in the house. The book was slow to start and I had to stick with it - having no life made that easy. But it took such a strange turn, I began to feel disturbed by the notion that day by day, a personal gradually becomes less and less noticeable, and finally virtually invisible to others. Is this a statement about society as a whole, I was thinking, or am I just being horrified by fiction? Bob struggles through his day to day existence as he fighst to hang on to something, anything at all, that sets him apart from the teeming masses - yet cannot seem to find it. Perhaps eventually his acceptance of the terms of his new life may be the one act that does indeed make him "unique" and at the same time, a pariah. I found the ending anti climactic, but here I am, two weeks after completing the novel, still looking at rather bland folks on the street and thinking as they pass "What the heck did that person look like?" And wondering if one doesn't make a supreme effort to get out, will they too become "Ignored"? I recommend this book to anyone who who feels they may need to do a little something within themselves to curb that desire to be completely accepted - at any cost.
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Summary: Little's Best
Review: OK, the following might be a strange review, because while I give this book the 5 stars it deserves (yes, it is Little's best book), I can't give Bentley Little himself, the writer, more than, say, 3 stars. As an aspiring writer with about 50 semi-pro magazine credits and 2 or 3 professional ones, I admit I sometimes use Little as an inspiration. If he can get writing like this published, then why can't I, I figure. But the ideas are probably not as good. Little is, if nothing else, a good idea man. This is the Bentley Little paradox, in my opinion: He has some really great ideas, like the main idea for this novel, and can set up some great situations and plots, but he, well...he really stinks as a writer. He writes, at times, like a complete amateur. Like a ninth-grader trying to pad his composition. This is just one of the several infuriating examples of his style of writing (it is completely made up from the top of my head, but regular Little readers will be familiar with it): "He was upset, mad, not happy, and this did not make him feel good." That IS Little, right? Example # 2: Mention "horror books or movies", mostly movies, about 20 times per novel. Like this: "It was surreal, like something out of a bad B-horror movie." He literally does this at least a dozen times per novel, possibly more in "Dominion," where he went crazy with the "horror" references. The idea seems to be, mentioning that this is a ridiculous idea, or could never happen in the real world, makes it believable if compared to a horror fiction. You regular readers once again know what I mean here. Two or three times a book, yes, go for it, but not a dozen. Example # 3: On a lesser note, he likes to use separate paragraphs, during a character's thought processes, to put in the word Evil No, that was crazy. But he couldn't deny it. The (person, place or thing) was indeed evil. It was a cheesy word, something you might hear in a bad horror novel, and the word suddenly made him nervous, anxious, scared, apprehensive, not entirely comfortable. But it was true. The person, place or thing was... Evil. OK, enough sarcasm, only one more complaint. Example #4: Little doesn't seem to be able to edit out the minor events. Instead of writing, "He got into the car and drove away," like most writers learn to do within a year or two of first picking up the pen, Little will write "He opened the car door, slid in, adjusted the seat and mirror, checked the glove compartment for something evil found nothing, turned the key, put the car and gear, and drove off." Again, you know what I mean. This is not a huge complaint. He just doesn't seem to know when he can skip over meaningless details. OK. I'm through. Whew. After reading 7 of Little's 10 books, 3 of them in the past 2 months, I had to let off some steam. After all this, I really do LIKE Bentley Little. He is an idea man, I suppose, not an artist with the pen, but he doesn't have to be if he can write an entertaining enough story. I have already bought "The Town" and will read it soon. The only other books of his I haven't read yet are "University" and "The Summoning." "University" seems to be popular, and may indeed be better than "The Ignored," but so far this is the best one of his books I've read. Fantastic Twilight Zone feel and idea. So, yes, I am, and most likely will continue to be, a fan. I just have to learn to accept the occasional irritating writing that puts forth the ideas. Thank you and goodnight. Evil...
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Summary: Never be picked last for a team again!
Review: Whew! Little takes on the premise that there are those of us so ordinary that we become virtually invisible to the world around us. Bob Jones (average name, average guy) is one such person. At first he is annoyed by those who seem to just overlook him. Then he becomes more and more panicked as he feels himself fading out of sight. Until he finds a group of "ignored" who are in the same boat. I, for one, had an evil chuckle over the ritual each prospective group member goes through in order to be considered one of the ignored! (I don't know one of us who hasn't had some type of morbid revenge fantasy against our boss.)
This novel builds and builds. I had to keep reading to find out how Bob comes to terms with his past, his place in society and with the increasingly out-of-control actions of his new friends. The novel takes on an "otherworld" quality toward the end and slides into the fantastic. However, Little does wonderful things with the main idea; I alternately felt pity, understanding and contempt for the characters. This novel should be read by anyone who has ever felt "invisible".
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Summary: As average as the bland characters within
Review: A fascinating premise with loads of potential, however, a very uninteresting development of plot and characterization. The worst thing about _The Ignored_ is not that it really was such a bad horror novel, but that Bentley Little has ruined the concept for every other horror novelist with more talent and devotion. Very poorly executed - like an episode of The Twilight Zone And the redundancy? Page after page after page of being reminded exactly what the diagnoses are for this lot of losers that Little chose to leave as stagnant and boring card-board cut-outs of every American breathing in the here and now. I'm just sorry I bought it instead of borrowing it from the library. I suggest you ignore this book and move on to better novels. What little faith I have left in Little will go toward a second chance - I hope that his novel _The House_ is better than _The Ignored_.
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