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Summary: Creative, but...
Review: The writing in "Blue Light" is always creative, and sometimes poetic. The plot, however, is disjointed, and (at least to me) just did not make a lot of sense. If you are a science fiction fan, you will probably enjoy this book. Otherwise, it is probably not worth the time.
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Summary: Mosley?
Review: This book reminds of The Stand more than it does Walter Mosely. I keep forgetting that Stephen King didn't write this. It is a definite departure from what I've come to know. But it is intriguing.
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Summary: More Easy Rawlins! More Socrates Fortlow!
Review: Walter Mosely is one of my favorite authors. I read all of the Easy Rawlins mysteries. I also read Gone Fishin' which is not a mystery and Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned. So, of course, I picked up Blue Light with anticipation. I didn't enjoy the book. I couldn't wrap my brain around it. It seemed a little too strange. I think I prefer the hard, street, reality mystery and drama that attracted me to Mosely's writing in the first place. So, this is the one Mosely book I won't finish. I do look forward to the author's next endeavor.
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Summary: Worst Mosley of all....
Review: I have enjoyed all of Walter Mosley's works and was shocked as tried to read this most atypical of his writings. It's so bad that I put it down after passing the half-way point and I don't give up on a book easily. Mosley should dance the dance that he knows so well and leave the science fiction(?) to science fiction writers.
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Summary: Mosley's Worst, By Far
Review: This book can be summed up in one word, "Awful"
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Summary: Blue Allegory
Review: Blue Light is not the standard Mosley with easily defined characters. This novel is neither for the intellectually challenged nor the faint of heart. Mosley's allegorical tale requires the reader's full attention to details. All of the characters move on several levels of interpretation simultaneously. Blue Light is a wonderful reading experience for those who understand and enjoy Toni Morrison's novels.
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Summary: letdown
Review: If you did like Walter Moseley, keep reading everything else but this book - a confusing, disjointed and infuriating work of science fiction without much to recommend it.
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Summary: Lacks the punch of Mosley's other books
Review: Blue Light lacks the attention to detail that gives Mosley's other books their impact. The characters never come alive. The plot is slow and the reader waits for something to happen.
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Summary: A book in which an ill-conceived idea outstrips narrative.
Review: I have read Walter Mosley Easy Rawlins novels and enjoyed them for their characters, realistic dialogue, and suspenseful situations. Blue Light is a book that does very little to engage this reader. The characters are written from the outside in and consequently do not elicit the reader's care. I am almost three quarters done with the book and have yet to find someone that I like, admire, or have any concern about. I am plodding through this book and ready to give it up at any time. I had hoped for something that would entertain. It is confusing at times and even when its philosophy approaches clarity, I just want to say, "So what! Who cares!" It is a mishmash of New Age, Carlos Castaneda, with bursts of Andrew Vachss and Patricia Cornwall. I would not recommend this novel. I agree that the writing at times is quite fluid and lovely, particularly when he is describing landscapes. But it is beauty yoked to what is ultimately a silly and senseless story.
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Summary: It sounds like the blues through words
Review: Walter Mosley's creativity takes flight to another level in Blue Light. His diversity in talent and imagination is celebrated through this mood piece that is covered with the blues and wrapped in a combined cloth of Science Fiction and Crime Novels flavor. Mosley is speaking out to the environmentalist by singing out a blues song that has enlightened his characters into existence. I heard the music as I read and felt the various musicians change positions to do their own thang in the center stage. This novel should not be compared to Mosley's colored mysteries but be accepted and appreciated for its originality and brillance!
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