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Loading... Any Given Doomsdayby Lori Handeland
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. I never finished this book either - I tried but just could not get into it. It just did not appeal to me at all. ( )I posted a comment in the conversations area, and I guess my review can follow up on that... No, never could finish it. I struggled through the first 2/3rds of the book and I'm one of those readers that if I don't enjoy the read I don't force myself to finish it, but I really tried with this one as I felt obligated for a new author's first attempt. This one definitely gets the NF - Never Finished tag. Good luck to Ms. Handeland but I likely won't be coming back to The Phoenix Chronicles. OK, when the author starts off by telling us she wants to write just like Laurell K Hamilton, that should probably send up a giant Red Flag of DOOM. But a girl can hope said author means early LKH, right? Sadly, that's not at all what Handeland meant. Nope, she meant LKH in all her "I don't need no stinkin' editor; Imma write myself a Mary-Sue to beat all Mary-Sues; and, btw, you must all know every detail you never wanted to know about my sexual hang-ups" glory. Or lack thereof. The book has an interesting premise. I'll give it that. And an interesting heroine, until she starts giving LKH a run for her money. After that? I don't remember. All I remember is tossing the book across the room, repeatedly. i thought i posted a review back in 2008, but it seems to have disappeared...since i no longer own a copy..i'll just say i had high hopes for this one, despite the belly-baring on the cover.... this one was difficult to finish...too much sex of the Cheap-Porn-Wannnabe variety...too many histrionics..and the Supernatural aspect eventually became Un-Natural...even the Splatter-Punk moments were more Splatter i can't recall reading the last 30 pages..probably didn't. as anyone reading this can figure out, i am not a fan of the Paranormal Genre unless it's done well...Laurell K Hamilton's first ANITA BLAKE books were well-written and were good stories...Nancy A Collins' SONJA BLUE books can't be beat...and Stephen King..while erratic...trumps them all.....i can't understand the comparison between Ms Handeland's weak sister to the work of the Masters (Mistresses) This isn't one of my favorite paranormal books. I found the main character annoying, but I can't pinpont why. She just really annoyed me. And the story seemed to drag. I just couldn't get into this one and for that reason, I won't be reading anymore in this series. 2.457 seconds to build listing no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0312949197, Mass Market Paperback)Elizabeth Phoenix once used her unique skills as a psychic to help in the Milwaukee Police Department’s fight against injustice. But when Liz’s foster mother is found viciously murdered—and Liz is discovered unconscious at the scene—her only memory of the crime comes in the form of terrifying dreams...of creatures more horrific than anything Liz has seen in real life. What do these visions mean? And what in the world do they have to do with her former lover, Jimmy Sanducci? While the police question Jimmy in the murder, Jimmy opens Liz’s eyes to a supernatural war that has raged since the dawn of time in which innocent people are hunted by malevolent beings disguised as humans. Only a chosen few have the ability to fight their evil, and Jimmy believes Liz is among them. Now, with her senses heightened, new feelings are rising within Liz—ones that re-ignite her dangerous attraction to Jimmy. But Jimmy has a secret that will rock Liz to her core…and put the survival of the human race in peril. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:24 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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