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Summary: Perhaps not a transition book
Review: Having just read two slightly more comedic novels and a historical fiction piece, perhaps I am writing this prematurely. Some of the characterizations were very pleasing. I just found the reactions of Sarah (to a very critical plot complication) not set in reality. While I am not a parent . . . I believe the reaction would be quite different indeed.I will let this one sit aside, but do intend to re-read it and give Four Corners another chance to live up to two of the cover blurbs that remain unfulfilled: heartbreaking and haunting.
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Summary: A capivatingly complex story by Holden!
Review: Holden, in Four Corners of Night, creates another "Can't Put It Down!" novel. Although the story line builds around police detective work and the criminal elements, it is really a story about family, friends, and complex relationships - it is definitely not just another detective novel. Holden introduces the characters, their pasts, and their desires, such that the reader feels that they have known them for years. I love it when a carefully developed story line comes together skillfully, naturally, not forced. And "Four Corners" is one of those books. Holden has weaved the story line so completely that he leaves the reader wondering if the book is really fiction... I have already passed my copy on to a freind!
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Summary: A capivatingly complex story by Holden!
Review: Holden, in Four Corners of Night, creates another "Can't Put It Down!" novel. Although the story line builds around police detective work and the criminal elements, it is really a story about family, friends, and complex relationships - it is definitely not just another detective novel. Holden introduces the characters, their pasts, and their desires, such that the reader feels that they have known them for years. I love it when a carefully developed story line comes together skillfully, naturally, not forced. And "Four Corners" is one of those books. Holden has weaved the story line so completely that he leaves the reader wondering if the book is really fiction... I have already passed my copy on to a freind!
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Summary: Four stars
Review: I agree with some reviewers that this story was a little hard to follow at times as it jumped time lines. It was a book that didn't have everything explained to you, it left it up to you to determine what kind of man Bank truly was, whether he was a hero or a villain and how the lines were so close. I liked "Four Corners" the characters seemed very human.
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Summary: Some things just don't click
Review: I couldn't pull the willing suspension of disbelief far through. Some characters were a bit unrealistic. I don't want to spoil the ending, but Sally's attitude towards her husband seemed impossible to me, in light of everything that had happened. The plot was at times difficult to follow. This is not my favorite genre, so take my comment with a huge mountain of salt.
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Summary: Intertwined Plot
Review: I enjoyed Four Corners of the Night though at times I found the time sequence somewhat confusing. The auther cleverly uses two abductions to highlight the relationships of two police detectives Bank Arbour and Mack Steiner who have been life long friends. He uses these events to provide a deeper insight into both their interpersonal relationships and themselves. The story starts with the second abduction a teenager from below the tracks Tamara Shiply, and compares this to the disappearans ten years before of Bank Arboughs stepdaughter Jamie. In theory this is a clever construction , to use the second event to explain the first but it is here that the the book looses its fifth star. At times I found the switching back and fourth very confusing and as one reviewer has stated leaves too many loose ends. There are occasions where Craig Holden really impresses with his writing. His comparison of the police officer and cornered suspect to that of a priest and confessor. He also highlights the impossibility of absolute evidence in conviction. Another strand concerns the relationship of Banks exwife Sara with both himself and Mack.This is another way of linking these two charecters. The auther appears to have a relgeous view as other than entertainment, this is a novel of the destructiveness of overbearing love and when it crosses the threshold of possession and abuse. Without giving away the plot after this very compex narritive reaches its climax we realise that both the detectives are both tied to each other by them both having secrets. To summarise, this is a very complex and rewarding book written by a way above writer in this gendre. The only book to compare is Mercy by David Lindsey. THis is real praise indeed.
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Summary: THOUGHT PROVOKING PROSE
Review: I enjoyed the telling of the tale in the first person - I almost felt I was reading a diary - so believeable was the prose. I felt my self being swept along and although I 'guessed' the ending this didn't deter me from reading on .... if only to see if I was right. There was something evocotive about the style of writing which made me feel for example, that I was in the pool, with the main characters, as boys. I felt the humiliation, the shame - the pain of Betrayal. A very well written murder mystery. I feel Craig Holden will give us much over the years and I look forward to the next book
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Summary: unthrilling and uninvolving
Review: I had to force myself to finish this book. Only a comatose reader would not have seen the supposedly spectacular "twist" coming. Mr. Sensitive Guy Narrator who spent the entire book wringing his sensitive hands about his partner and himself was easily the most tiresome narrator I've encountered in this year's reading.
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Summary: Completely absorbing
Review: I picked this up at random, mainly because I liked the title, but I was completely mesmerized by its narrative, and most importantly the two main characters. This is a marvelous read.
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Summary: A THRILLER FROM BEGINNING TO END!
Review: I recently came across an author's name I hadn't heard before. His name was Craig holden, the book was FOUR CORNERS OF NIGHT. The title alone made me curious, so I had to read it of course. I wasn't disappointed, in fact, I was purely elated I'd considered reading the title. This book took me from feeling scared and desperate, to anger in just one paragraph. It's mature and rich storyteller, makes FOUR CORNERS OF NIGHT a must read. It will keep you up at nights because you'll swear its pages are calling you to read them. It's dark forboding and mystical haunts, makes it hard to believe that the author is writing fictional characters, and events. I now want to read RIVER SORROW, after I read FOUR CORNERS OF NIGHT again. Enjoying a novel is one thing, but becoming engrossed in it's characters and events, makes Craig holden one damn good storyteller. Suspenseful, stimulating, are just a few words that can describe this novel, which although written as fiction, there's honest truths told in this well written novel.
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