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Summary: wonderful but bitter
Review: Very well researched, but I wonder if Mr Carr suffered unduly during his childhood,because of the rather sour overtone of the book. Proves to all these old biddies,that yes,there were SERIAL murderers in THE GOOD OLD DAYS! HA!
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Summary: its good
Review: i like it ALO
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Summary: Fictional history that is not boring.
Review: Carr spins a tale of a mysterious serial murderer in the 1890s. I love it! His discriptions of NYC during this time are priceless, read the book just for this, if not because it is a good mystery that is fascinating until the very end.
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Summary: Man I enjoyed this book more then I enjoyed Black Tail Magaz
Review: Wow Man! This book realy gave me shivers and goosebumps! It was realy good until at the end whene everyone sat on there butski's and farted!
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Summary: Simply Amazing
Review: Missing this book would be, for not only an avid reader but for any literate individual quite an unfortunate missed opportunity. This book is truly a page turner with very few dragging sequences or pages with the potential interuppting one's enchantment with it's story. If forced to identify the books least powerful attribute, I would have to refer to the book's ending which I must admit, was somewhat disappointing. The reason for this being that it waivers from the rest of the book's theme of originality and unpredictabilty in favour of a more predictable, possibly film-adaptable ending. But over-all this book is well-worth a purchase andI praise Caleb Carr on his novel, obviously the product of considerable research and attention to historical accuracy.
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Summary: Mind-blowing,heart pounding, page turner!!!
Review: Carr combines a multitude of thrills in this high impact novel along with a psychological edge that in incomparable to any others. The novel portrays the"Dream Team" of the early 1900's, with an unusual blend of characters from:Sara Howard to the synical, Thomas Moore. The team is assembled against a highly formitable adversary and the must combine their intelect and deductive reasoning to solve a string of bizarre murders;which have eluded New York's finest. An incredible story of unexpected events and mayhem: this novel is impossible to put down!
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Summary: "Time and Again" is better!
Review: I picked up this book after a friend of mine couldn't stop talking about it. Maybe my expectations were too lofty. Overall the book is good, but it's a bad thing if you feel like you're pushing yourself to get through the 600 pages. Certainly the basic premise, hunting a serial killer in 1896 New York by piecing together a psychological portrait, is great, and I applaud the research that was obviously undertaken. Carr is an earnest writer who obviously had a movie in mind. But too much of the book is written from a righteous 1990s point of view, a pet peeve of mine when it relates to historical novels. Dialogue is stilted, even for the more-formal 1890s. I don't know how people in New York back then talked, but it wasn't like that! As for the ending, I was waiting for a surprise that never came. One last gripe, but a big one. The idea that police of that era, or any era for that matter, would recruit a newspaper reporter to help in an investigation of that type is laughable and undermined the whole structure of the plot. Finney's "Time and Again" illustrates late-century New York much more vividly.
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Summary: Brilliant...gripping!
Review: The Alienist had me from the first page and I trouble putting it down all the way through. Prepare to stay up late with this one. It's a real page-turner. I recommend this to people who are open-minded morally and plot-wise. READ THIS BOOK!
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Summary: Just one word...Amazing!
Review: The Alienist is an excellent read. Caleb Carr has crafted a story that could have happened just as he has written it. Beyond the fantastic plot, it's extremely well written. The end of every chapter will beg you to read the next. Consider this one reader's enthusiastic recommendation!
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Summary: Crime in the Days Before Prozac
Review: Psychological methods of detection are taken for granted in modern-day settings. Carr's turn-of-the-century detectives, however, glean a profile of the murderer with methods that are uncharted territory. Like a psychological jigsaw puzzle, the plot becomes more disturbing as each piece of the murderer's psyche is revealed. This is also a fascinating view of the human condition in turn-of-the-century NYC, with Carr's historical details of characters & places transporting the reader to a time before Prozac & therapy were commonplace.
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