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Summary: Great New Series
Review: . I am delighted to make the aquaintance of Dr. Clevenger! If you are a fan of series by such authors as Cornwell, Patterson, et al., then be warned, Denial is more explicit and edgier. Frank Clevenger is a great character for a series. I am looking forward to reading Projection and Compulsion.
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Summary: 4 1/2 stars
Review: A clever and insightful look into the human condition of a fragile pyschiatrist that is anything but boring with action, strippers, and witty repartee.Ablow narrates a solid story and portrays his characters with depth, feeling, and emotion. He delves deeply below the surface and gives us a close look at a psychiatrist with almost more problems than most patients. This is an easy read; Ablow avoids "wordiness" and becoming too intellectual. It seems almost as if Ablow is writing with first hand knowledge of addiction. Just shy of a 5-star masterpiece!!!
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Summary: SEAMY
Review: A disappointment. Each female character is a one dimensional stereotypical caricature. Too many graphic sex scenes drawn from the uglier side of male fantasies. I only finished it to find out if I had correctly guessed the killer's identity.
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Summary: Disturbing read
Review: A good book for those who don't put much stock ib believable charaters. The good Dr is deeper in trouble mentally than the people he's tring to help. Good read for people like me that like to read a few pages every day because the plot is shallow enough not to require review. All in all a fair book. Not a waste of time.
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Summary: The long dark night of the soul
Review: Ablow , like his protagonist,Frank Clevenger ,is a forensic psychiatrist from New England .I devoutly hope that he does not suffer the multiple problems that he gives Clevenger who is an abuser of cocaine and alcohol as well as having a gambling addiction and problems with sustaining relationships -hardly a suprise in view of the foregoing.If these were not enough burdens his professional reputation is also rocky,following a misdiagnosis,resulting in the release of a killer who went on to kill again.
He is given a last chance professionally when the ambitious local police chief Emma calls him in for a quick diagnostic job on a clearly psychotic veteran-calling himself General Westmoreland-who is found over the corpse of a woman who has been slain ,raped and eviscerated.Clevenger does not believe him to be guilty feeling that Westmoreland had violated the corpse after death but was not a killer.He is proven correct and the slayings continue after Westmorelands suicide, suspicion falling on a local plastic surgeon Trevor Lucas.
Clevenger continues digging into the case,despite his demons ,his estrangement from his lover Kathy and his mother,and the enmity of the thuggish cop Malloy.He is buoyed by a developing relationship with an exotic dancer Rachel who,like him,was a victim of parental abuse.
On one level it is another variant on the theme of dogged professional pursuing a demented killer despite a weight of personal problems that would sink a battleship.Yet it rises a notch or two above the average by virtue of a compassion and melancholy that hard faced harridans like the creator of Scarpetta are wholly incapable of achieving.
The character of Rachel is pivotal and the moral center of the book-abused but forgiving she is a wholly admirable woman and shapes the books tone even more so in a way than does Clevenger.
The ending is heartbreaking , more bitter than sweet but powerful Angels walk among us-but sometimes they get too close to the ground Not stylistically remarkable but clearly and powerfully written.I want more Ablow.
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Summary: Very real
Review: Ablow has the ability to make the reader experience his story as someone else. I found myself feeling as though I had "lived" the book rather than read it. Frank was such a real character that I could shun his obsessive addictions yet hope for him to prevail through the story. I can't wait for his next!
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Summary: A Good, Fast-Moving Thriller
Review: Ablow shows considerable potential in his first novel, Denial. It has interesting characters,an interesting plot and it moves along at a fast pace. The only thing that kept me from rating it a "4" is that it is a little far fetched that the clues, which seem to consistently evade the police, seem to just "fall into Clevenger's lap". Denial is definitely a worthwhile read if you like thrillers, and I have already purchased Ablow's new book, Projection, which continues to feature Frank Clevenger, the psychiatrist.
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Summary: This is a great book!!!!!
Review: All I have to say is wow!!! I just happened to grab the book from a local Wal-Mart, and totally got submersed in the book, I couldn't put it down, Its a great book, It really had my heart pounding.....can't wait till Ablow writes another.
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Summary: Profanity and Predictability
Review: Denial is one of the worst crime novels ever written. The author uses profanity, predictability, and sexual slurs instead of plot and dialogue. He lacks the style of Tim Dorsey or James Pruitt. He also uses too many cheap shots{a mental patient named William Westmorland}and doesn't do enough story telling. The author does demonstrate serious knowledge about pharmacology and psychiatry but medical trivia doesn't compensate for great writing.
If you enjoy listening to Bill Mahr and reading Joe Klein this is your kind of [stuff]!
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Summary: Profanity and Predictability
Review: Denial is one of the worst crime novels ever written. The author uses profanity, predictability, and sexual slurs instead of plot and dialogue. He lacks the style of Tim Dorsey or James Pruitt. He also uses too many cheap shots{a mental patient named William Westmorland}and doesn't do enough story telling. The author does demonstrate serious knowledge about pharmacology and psychiatry but medical trivia doesn't compensate for great writing.
If you enjoy listening to Bill Mahr and reading Joe Klein this is your kind of [stuff]!
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