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Summary: Wow...
Review: I began reading it that day, and read through it all in two. Definitely a page turner, with an amazing message. I could completely empathize with Eddie (The main character) and could understand all of his actions, definitely an author I'll be keeping an eye on.
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Summary: An entertaining read but little more
Review: I bought this novel based on the synopsis and customer reviews I found here. I usually like techno-style, sci-fi thrillers with a realistic edge. The Dark Fields is certainly not a bad read but it lacks that extra something which makes it truly unique or unforgettable. It's fast-paced and original, but never gripping. Especially the end I found a bit predictable and disappointing. Still I'm looking forward to Glynn's next book.
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Summary: Great book!
Review: I found this book in my local book store while looking for another book - the cover caught my eye - I hate to admit - and I read the synopsis on the cover. I didn't buy it then but the plot kept creeping up over the next few days and I went back and bought it. I loved the book and read it in two straight days. The narrative is great and compelling. I loved the ending and thought it moving. Lots of great relationships between the characters and lots of food for thought: "What would I do if I was in the same situation?". It's not obvious and makes you ponder. Some of the main characters new "abilities" can be a bit of a stretch but I easily suspended disbelief. Looking forward to more from Glynn!
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Summary: Fun...but nothing more
Review: I guess I was just hoping for more. I have read just about every drug book out there...And they all exhibit a lasting impression on me as I ponder certain aspects of my own life. This book did not do this however. But, I must say it is an entertaining and quick read. So on that level, I recommend Dark Fields. Fun!
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Summary: Fast and engaging
Review: This book takes off like a shot and accelerates to the last page. I also had the previous reviewer's experience of being drawn into the furious, manic pace of the lead character. This is an amazing story and one of the better books I've read this year. WOW!
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Summary: A Reminder
Review: This story has been told in many guises, and its truth remains. Icarus reaches for the sun; man aspires to godhead; Adam eats of the tree of knowledge. Eddie Spinola discovers MDT-48 and makes a Faustian agreement with that post-Christian Satan that is his own dark side. Power, greed, and an insatiable need for recognition (attention) fuel his rise and inevitable fall. Classical structure assists the narrative as the voices of the Greek chorus (Melissa, his father, Van Loon, his good angel) whisper to him throughout. In his hubris, he doesn?t hear. This book is a good telling of an old tale. It?s predictable, but we can use a reminder of this sort now and then.
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Summary: The Simple Pleasures...
Review: What makes a good book? Is it the message, underlying or otherwise? Is it the stringing together of provokative, honest words and sentences? Is it simply the story? The Dark Fields is, simply put, a page turner. It needn't be anything else to be successful. There are messages (or a message) in this novel and it isn't the most well written thing that I've read, but what the book lacks in literary prowess it makes up for in hypnotic storyline, characterization and descriptors, all of which are done quite simply. You'll never have to read a page or paragraph twice. The contents focus on the nature of ambition and all of it's inherent dysfunction. The rise and fall of Eddie Spinola can be tracked and even mirrored without the use of designer drugs, and that includes reaching the point of no return, where ones personal playing field is forever skewed and to reach what was once a just starting point becomes the ultimate goal. The things people do, huh. I loved this book for it's simplicity and I was engaged from beginning to end, which is all I'll ever ask for in a book.
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Summary: A Thriller that keeps the pages turning
Review: When I bought the book a few months back, I knew I would have a great story on my hands but I just kept on putting it aside. I finally picked up the story and loved it. The Dark Fields deals with issues such as addiction, greed, self destruction. I enjoyed the character Eddie Spinola very much. The MDT-48 was a very dangerous drug and it kept on keeping me intrigued as to what step Eddie would take next. I do recommend reading this book if you are looking for a good thriller.
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Summary: A Thriller that keeps the pages turning
Review: When I bought the book a few months back, I knew I would have a great story on my hands but I just kept on putting it aside. I finally picked up the story and loved it. The Dark Fields deals with issues such as addiction, greed, self destruction. I enjoyed the character Eddie Spinola very much. The MDT-48 was a very dangerous drug and it kept on keeping me intrigued as to what step Eddie would take next. I do recommend reading this book if you are looking for a good thriller.
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Summary: A chilling Tale - A plausible antihero - a believable drug
Review: Who is to say whether or not an MDT-48 does not already exist in the dusty files of some clandestine file cabinet of a multinational corporation, or in the cement bunker of the NSA? In our quest for youth we have sought the guru advice of the Gary Nulls and other health conscious gurus to ingest everything from Ester-C, CoEnzyme-Q10, and Tyrosine in an effort to preserve youth, the body and the mind in modern America. In the 1960's the MK-ULTRA project attempted to use LSD on soldiers to create the 'ultimate fighting machine' (and failed). There have been other pioneers (and quacks) to attempt to re-program the the chemical synapes of the human brain to do with it, what we want it to do! The author has done his research. I purchased this book in Ireland and have not read the Americanized English version, so I can only comment on what I have read. And this is a true spellbinding tale. Not only plausible, but probable. We all want to be Eddie Spinoza with his heighty flights of mental abilities akin to Icarus soaring to the sun, but when the effects of DMT-48 wear off, we have found the wax has melted, and we fall to earth not in a sudden drop, but agonizingly as a feather would float to earth, watching the ground grow ever closer, and realizing our demise in slow painstaking horrow. This author has twisted a tale of true mesmorizing quality - a compliment I do not throw out to any Tom, Dick or Harry [...]. Having worked in NYC myself, I could 'see' the enviroments the author was painting with his words (no doubt from personal recollections of his time there) with vivid clarity. This is a great book for the train, but not for bedtime (you wont go to sleep for fear of mising a page). The ending fooled me, and it was skillfully crafted. This is a book worthy of a screenplay, and would captivate anyone who loved the movies Pi, Memento, or Requiem for a Dream. - zen
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