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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR JAMES LEE BURKE
THE NEON RAIN
Detective Dave Robicheaux has fought too many battles: in Vietnam, with killers and hustlers, with police brass, and with the bottle. Lost without his wife's love, Robicheaux's haunted soul mirrors the intensity and dusky mystery of New Orleans' French Quarter -- the place he calls home, and the place that nearly destroys him when he becomes involved in the case of a young prostitute whose body is found in a bayou. Thrust into the world of drug lords and arms smugglers, Robicheaux must face down a subterranean criminal world and come to terms with his own bruised heart in order to survive.
Customer Reviews:
I don't care what color the sunset is........2007-06-01
Okay, maybe an occasional sunset. But in reading a crime/mystery novel, do I really need to know how many clever ways a writer can describe the weather and the flora and fauna and every kind of thing that grows in New Orleans? I knew when he compared a skyline to cotton candy near the end he was running low on similes.
If you remove all of these exquisite descriptions about the environs, what you have is a 282 page book turned into 175 pages. It was that detailed. There was too much about the weather and the way the heat felt on his skin and not enough plot development.
If this book had been written in the third person, I could find this level of writing acceptable and maybe even appealing. But this book was written in the first person. Why do cops in books written in the first person always display the level of an MFA or Keats when it comes to their writing? And I thought Spenser was bad -- not anymore.
Elements of the story were implausible, starting with the love interest remaining interested when on their first date she nearly gets killed. Come on, I know there are crazy women out there, but I've never met one this dumb, and I've been to New Orleans plenty of times.
And near the end, after Paul has repeatedly demonstrated his willingness to be insubordinate, and his captain tells him what a great cop he is and how much he trusts him, etc... Give me a break!
Burke is a great writer -- I'm duly impressed. But I think part of good writing, especially in the first person, is to resist the temptation to show the reader how smart you are by projecting your own intellect into that of your character. I think the narrative could have been a little more edgy just by removing 50 pages or so on what the sunset looked like every day. It aggravated the devil out of me. I couldn't wait to put this book down.
Blistering Burke!.......2007-05-02
Great title for a great book. This is my first James Lee Burke novel, won't be my last. This is the kind of mystery writer I like, the prose flows fast and furious, and it's tense but eloquent and persuasive. The pace is quick, the writing unpretentious and clear. Makes for a tidy storyline that never says in boring words what can be expressed gracefully and often startlingly with powerful and moving language--the opening sentence sets the tone of what is to follow. This type of mystery writer generates an overall tension in the book that keeps the pages turning far into the night. Burke sounds like a guy who knows of what he speaks. And, he turns Robicheaux into someone we care about, someone we'd be proud to call "partner." In fact, all of Burke's characters in this book have such a depth that we can imagine them in our mind's eye as though they truly walked the bayous of Burke's homeland. I started with this novel, even though it was written long ago and no longer available in the U.S. that I could find, because everyone advised to start here and then go on. Well, I will certainly go on, even though this novel finds Robicheaux retired and living in New Iberia, obviously that isn't gonna happen!
I did find a lot of similarities between Burke and John Connolly's writing. In fact, New Orleans figures prominently in both of their work, even down to some of the same landmarks. And, Connolly and Burke both share the same tight, riveting, chilling style that makes them both great writers of thrillers with believable, likeable protagonists. But I digress. Burke's Neon Rain introduces us to a thrilling piece of fiction that reads like yesterday's headlines. The sense of place was also deeply engrained in this story. Burke renders the countryside of his homeland to the point I could smell the bayou and feel the dripping humidity, not to mention taste the café au lait and sense the powdered sugar on my chin from Café du Monde's beignets. Burke pours life into characters like Didi Gee, his brother Jimmie, his father, Clete Purcel, and Annie. Is Annie a strange fit for Dave or is she a simple midwestern country girl who believes that "one day Dave will have a quiet heart?" I love the way Burke inhabits his characters and makes you care about them. You'll hate them, love them, try to understand them, maybe even want to kill them; but you won't come away untouched. Also, he brings to life what it must feel like to go through alcoholic withdrawals and cravings for something you know will be poison to your soul.
I have seldom read a gangster novel written with such elegance and finesse. Burke pumps out words like politicians puff out promises and everything goes down like smooth southern bourbon. Deep feelings are examined in minute detail by a rough and tumble Cajun cop and incessant rain, in all colors, figures prominently and poetically into this story. It's tough and violent writing and anyone who can remain untouched must not inhabit this world. You may wonder why some of his characters would take such outrageous chances or make such extreme choices or maybe you'd do the same, so you'll root for them to succeed. But, it's unlikely this book will leave you untouched. Highly recommended if you'd like to get your blood coursing through your body.
Read, Read, Read.......2007-04-10
It's hard to review James Lee Burke, because his books are always so chock-full of atmosphere and characterization and thought. Each of the Dave Robicheaux series is a stand-alone, but I really recommend that you read them in order and listen to them on UNabridged audiobook as well. The sequence will give you the thread of the Robicheaux and other close characters saga, and the audio will give you the accent if you are not from Louisiana - all of which adds a great deal of depth to your reading experience.
A Flawed Character, Makes a More Realistic Story.......2006-05-25
Dave Robicheaux is a detective lieutenant in the New Orleans PD. He seems to have more than his share of problems and heart break. The story is loosely based on events relating to his finding of a dead body while fishing. When he finds out the body is that of a black woman from the bayou who had become involved with drugs and drug dealers; he can't let it go, and has to find out what happened and why.
During the story, Dave, who has been sober for four years, ends up back on booze (not all by his own doing), and finds himself the object of two internal affairs investigations. Being put on suspension, does nothing to slow him down. In fact it seems to help him along with his investigation, during which he meets his future wife, sees his brother near death, shoots two people (who surely deserved it), and his partner's marriage and life go down the drain.
All in all a well constructed story, with a plausible plot and lots of good narrative description of New Orleans and the surrounding area.
Not your typical hero but I like him!.......2006-02-28
Dave Robicheaux is not your typical hero. He's a thick-skinned Cajun who isn't afraid to confront enemies head-on. His tenacity gets him into trouble with some major players in New Orleans, including the CIA. While I like Robicheaux, the story had too many bad guys, and in the end, it wasn't clear what happened. Robicheaux ends up killing them all, since "they dealt the play." Even though vindicated, Dave quits the force in the end, and while sober most of the book, he goes on a bender that's not so pretty. Actually the best part of this book is when Dave meets Annie. Their interactions and intimacy are very touching. You just fall in love with her. She is his conscience. It was ultimately a confusing plot but great descriptive scenes and dialogue.
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Continuing the fight against a multiverse "reduced to one dull, coherent agony of boredom," Moorcock continues to amplify the interconnected stories of the Rose, Elric, von Bek, and Jerry Cornelius, and their companions and echoes. You can enter the fabric of the Moorcock multiverse anywhere; these 11 short stories are as good a place to start as any, a compact yet sweeping introduction to everything that has come before, told in styles ranging from hard-boiled to lush high-fantasy with the perfect control of a master storyteller.
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Super Reader.......2007-08-30
An collection of stories exploring the Von Bek family, and their search for and occasional search for the Grail, as well as their ability to enter both the First and Second Ether, at times.
Various other characters are encountered, and the Beggs are involved quite a bit, especially Sexton, and his consultancy on Baker Street. Elric and Jerry Cornelius are to be found here as well.
Great, concise storytelling.......1999-05-23
"Fabulous Harbors" is a perfect introduction to Moorcock's "multiverse", a place where horror, fantasy and heightened realism sit side by side. Fans of Elric will enjoy seeing their favorite hero reimagined in a twentieth century fashion as Ulrich Von Bek. Other highlights include the mysterious and beautiful Rose Von Bek and her quest for a stolen ship. I liked this book because of the author's "Let's throw everything in, including the kitchen sink" approach to storytelling. If you like such contemporary fantasists as Jonathan Carroll and Clive Barker, you might want to give this book a try.
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Waiting . . .In a dead-end career for a breakthrough . . . In an unhappy marriage for relief or escape . . . In a chronic illness for a ray of hope . . . In solitude for the loneliness to subside . . . In turmoil for peace to come . . . Sometimes we find our lives placed on hold. Deep questions begin to surface. How long must I wait? Is there any meaning to all this waiting? Can I trust God?We can't help but wonder what is happening--and why?In Waiting, Ben Patterson uncovers two cardinal virtues required for successful waiting--humility and hope. You will learn how humility teaches us we exist for God's sake, not for our own; and you will learn how hope assures us that there is something worth waiting for.
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Wonderful book.......2007-06-17
It is a very good book. It really speaks to me about my faith. I especially like the last few chapters of the book which talk about the foundation of our faith. The author pointed out that our faith should based on three things:
1. GOD's Perfect Love
2. GOD's Perfect Wisdom
3. GOD's Power
I highly recommend this book to anyone who is struggling in their spiritual walk.
How Timely..........2000-04-07
I can't imagine any station in live that wouldn't be enhanced by reading and applying the paridigm shifts Ben Patterson leads us through in WAITING. Those who are barren couples, widows, and single mothers, people with chronic illness; or, like me, simply looking for career fullfillment & hoping to meet and marry a Godly spouse...the list goes on. WAITING speaks to us all, with an honest, sober clarity I've not seen in related works. It presents the scriptures on Job and Abraham in a fresh light, with provoking applications that touch our own daily struggles with tender care, yet leave us humbled. We are encouraged to turn our gaze to the magnitude of God and away from our own desires. If you wonder what is taking the Good Lord so long to attend to you, or if you know anyone who has been hurting for too long, this book will minister. (Other suggested titles: TURN IT TO GOLD, GOD CALLING, GOD IS ENOUGH, SAFER THAN A KNOWN WAY, SHADOW OF THE ALMIGHTY, PASSION AND PURITY)
Very helpful, not just pat "religious" answers.......1999-07-23
This book has meant a lot to me personally in the way the author gets right to the point: humility and hope. He brings to the old Bible stories a recognizable level of human struggling.
But I did take issue with two things. In an illustration, Mr. Patterson blithely mentions the 500 billion years of earth's history in a way that seems to dismiss Genesis chapters 1-11. He also speaks of Job as if the story occurred after Psalms and Proverbs were written, saying that Job's friends were only quoting Scripture and that Job could have read in his Bible the same views.
The points he was making were excellent, but getting the details correct does matter and did make me a bit suspicious of the rest of the book, so I needed to mention those two things, and that's why I only gave the book 4 stars.
Overall, I'm very thankful to Mr. Patterson for helping to renew my hope, and especially for the many philosophical references and the story about Einstein that really spoke to my circumstances. I really did need the message of this book.
This book has meant so much to me........1999-03-06
I have read this book at least five times and been involved in at least two study groups with this book. We shared this in my Sunday school class where many of us had lived through situations where we simply did not understand why God allowed the things he did. For one, it was the death of her two year old brother and the bitterness of her father. For me, it was the cancer and painful death of one of the best men I have ever known along with the death of my best friend's baby and her subsequent suicide. About a year after the study, a couple in our group lost their only child at age 15. We gathered around them to grieve, but with a difference. We had learned something about how to wait on God. This couple now has a beautiful adopted son. I understand, in part because of this book, that we don't need to understand the why if we know the who.
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If you're already a fan of David Feintuch's bestselling Seafort Saga, Patriarch's Hope will be a welcome chance to catch up with the series' hero, Nicholas Seafort, now Earth's global executive. In this installment, Secretary General (SecGen) Seafort must juggle the demands of a colonial empire across the stars, a powerfully politicized Navy, and a morally questionable world religious council against the needs of a dangerously degraded planet. Much of the book details Seafort's political maneuvering and the discarding of his anti-"Enviro" prejudices with the help of his idealistic son. But the action picks up before the book closes, as a crippled Seafort leads a small team to wrest a giant battleship from the hands of a mutinous captain unhappy with the SecGen's change of heart.
If you aren't already a fan of the "Seafort Saga," you may or may not be sold by Patriarch's Hope, depending on your tastes. The grizzled, conflicted Seafort huffs and puffs predictably throughout, and the pseudofuturistic, military motif is ever-present and a bit much at times (the "SecGen" and his "middies," use "puters," fly "helis," and find frequent cause to shout "Belay that!"). Hope is passable military SF, but it serves better as an adventure-filled primer on honor, stoicism, personal responsibility, and male bonding. --Paul Hughes
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If you're already a fan of David Feintuch's bestselling Seafort Saga, Patriarch's Hope will be a welcome chance to catch up with the series' hero, Nicholas Seafort, now Earth's global executive. In this installment, Secretary General (SecGen) Seafort must juggle the demands of a colonial empire across the stars, a powerfully politicized Navy, and a morally questionable world religious council against the needs of a dangerously degraded planet. Much of the book details Seafort's political maneuvering and the discarding of his anti-"Enviro" prejudices with the help of his idealistic son. But the action picks up before the book closes, as a crippled Seafort leads a small team to wrest a giant battleship from the hands of a mutinous captain unhappy with the SecGen's change of heart. If you aren't already a fan of the "Seafort Saga," you may or may not be sold by Patriarch's Hope, depending on your tastes. The grizzled, conflicted Seafort huffs and puffs predictably throughout, and the pseudofuturistic, military motif is ever-present and a bit much at times (the "SecGen" and his "middies," use "puters," fly "helis," and find frequent cause to shout "Belay that!"). Hope is passable military SF, but it serves better as an adventure-filled primer on honor, stoicism, personal responsibility, and male bonding. --Paul Hughes
Customer Reviews:
I couldn't finish it..........2002-12-24
If you read the previous books...STOP RIGHT THERE!
Seaforts' guilt trip is just too exhausting to read anymore. 'Nuff said about that.
The authors pro-environmentalist stance is spotlighted through Seaforts "obvious" religious and anti-environmentalist idiocy. In this world, the earth has been ravaged by neglect and horrible business practices. What every enviro-extremist expects to happen. Well, it happens in this book, and Seafort just doesn't care about it, and figures we just move to other planets....Gimme a break.
I just couldn't handle the enviro sermons, Seaforts guilt and idiocy, the homosexuality, the blind love and worship of Seafort by everyone...it was a little sickening. Couldn't stomach it anymore.
Read the previous books in the series tho. As usually, the first one was the best...slowly dwindling to this.
I hope other entries in the series are better.......2002-11-02
This was my first introduction to the Nicholas Seafort series, and after this book, I won't be reading any of the other novels. Here, Seafort is the Secretary General of the United Nations, in a future that is culturally like the 18th century. The government is abusive, religion is everywhere and state-sponsored, and environmental collapse looms just around the corner. Seafort willfully blinds himself to the environmental problems, convincing himself its God's will! Only, after a couple hundred pages of activism and persuasion on the part of his son, he becomes convinced otherwise, and finally tries to do something about it.
This installment of the series illustrated how flawed a character Nicholas Seafort is, and unfortunately, I just can't stomach someone that dumb, pigheaded, and guilt-ridden as a protagonist.
Magnificent! Feintuch does it again!.......2002-03-15
Patriarch's Hope is another outstanding chapter in the Seafort Saga. As set in his ways at sixty as he was in his younger years, Nick Seafort lives by his own set of rules that include integrity, honor and respect. His loyalty to his beloved U.N. Navy is unwavering. It makes it all the harder to accept when that same U.N. Navy threatens his government and earth itself in a broad rebellion. The conflict between the Enviro factions and the Navy place Nick Seafort right in the middle. It is his son who ultimately influences his decision on which force is right. As usual, the plot is filled with action and intrigue guaranteed to hold the reader's attention.
Mr. David Feintuch is a remarkably talented author. The Seafort Saga is the best science fiction series I've ever read. I've ordered his first fantasy novel, The Still, and somehow, I know it's going to be outstanding. It's my `hope' that Patriarch's Hope doesn't end the series.
This franchise has run its course.......2002-02-02
I used to like Nick Seafort. David Feintuch is a fan of the Horatio Hornblower books, but Hornblower mellowed out as he got older and more secure. Seafort just seems to get ever more neurotic. By this time he's a guilt-ridden, self-pitying, whiny old man who attempts to make up for his self-perceived inadequacies by mindlessly holding to a rigid moral code. It doesn't help that this book is written in the first person, and it quickly gets tiresome to hear Seafort repeatedly go on guilt trips for sacrificing Navy cadets to save the earth (as related several books ago) and various other things he blames himself for.
But onto the plot. Seafort is now Secretary-General of the United Nations, attempting to balance the world's varied political interests, most notably the environmentalists and those who support strengthening Earth's military and keeping the space colonies in line. Partway through the book, he's converted to the environmentalist fold after being seriously critical of them. This breaks up the fragile coalition he heads, and in fact the military faction attempts a coup using a new interstellar warship to enforce its will. The most exciting part of the book (frankly, the only exciting part of the book) occurs when Seafort takes it upon himself to reclaim said nuclear warship from the rebels.
In summary, I think this franchise has run its course. Feintuch should move on to something else because this book is only for completists.
Great book but not at great as the first couple.......2002-01-01
This book was brilliant! There are no other words to describe the magnificent plotting that this author conjures up. however, my favourite book of the series is the first one and this one fails to surpass it.
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FOR THOSE IN NEED This cookbook by Pat & Ed Krimmel is an extension of the information presented in their book, THE LOW BLOOD SUGAR HANDBOOK. They have done their best in THE LOW BLOOD SUGAR COOKBOOK to help you prepare the best for your best. It is a very special collection of recipes for the whole world to enjoy. The authors are happy and thankful for all the help these recipes have given them and now want to share the benefits with you.
These recipes are tasty to the palate without being dangerous to the body's chemistry. They are presented in a format that allows for easy reading and preparation. Special effort was taken to design a format pleasant to the eye and easy on the spirit. Ordinary snacks to delightful gourmet dishes are presented along with everything you need to know to prepare foods to help stabilize your blood sugar. No refined carbohydrates (white flour and sugar) or artificial sweeteners are used. Rather, only whole grain flours are used and small amounts of fruits and fruit juices when sweeteners are needed.
Eliminating refined carbohydrates from your diet helps eliminate many of the symptoms of functional hypoglycemia such as headaches, sensitivity to bright lights and loud noises, constant feeling of tiredness, sleeping problems, mood swings, overweight, etc. Even though THE LOW BLOOD SUGAR COOKBOOK was written primarily for low blood sugar sufferers (hypoglycemics), it is equally beneficial to diabetics and weight watchers. In fact, this cookbook is for everyone interested in eating correctly so as to have a healthy, productive and creative life and spirit.
A book for those who are learning to enjoy riding in the wagon for a change, rather than always having to push or pull it. Don't feel exstressive! Balance your body chemistry.
Customer Reviews:
controlling your low blood sugar with food.......2007-01-08
The book was real helpful. I have reactive hypoglycemia. It is hard to find the right information on how to control your blood sugar.
One-of-a-kind Find.......2006-07-12
We found this book long before we lucked onto the pediatric endocrinologist who told our young son to stop eating sugar. (And said, "Of course there's hypoglycemia.") With two members of our family needing alternatives in this world of sugar fixation, this is the only cookbook we've found to help. All others assume it's about diabetes, when it's really about living and eating happily without sugar.
Don't waste your money.......2006-01-13
Don't waste your money buying this book if you already know how to put peanut butter on a stalk of celery. It has a few useful recipes but most of it is just filler. I found Krimmel's other book "The Low Blood Sugar Handbook" to be helpful but unless you wish to let hypoglycemia rule your life as Mr. Krimmel does look for something else. I would recommend the Insulin Resistance Diet for anyone who wishes to maintain a normal life not ruled by low blood sugar.
finally.......1999-10-12
As an athlete and having a high complex carbo diet I developed hypoglycemia. The diagnosis took a full year and developed into major problems. The greatest find was this cookbook! What do I eat? I now have something to help me. I have a family of 5 who can also benefit from this book.
A must-buy for hypoglycemia sufferers.......1999-09-15
Doctors will not help you with hypoglycemia, they will tell you you're making it up or prescribe drugs which alleviate symptoms but not the cause. Hypoglycemia is a misery to live with, I know. Thank God the Krimmels have written their books to help us.
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- The Nine Tailors
- The Perfect Paragon (Agatha Raisin Mysteries)
- The Rainaldi Quartet
- The Sempster's Tale (Sister Frevisse Medieval Mysteries)
- Thrilled To Death (Samantha Shaw Mysteries)
- Thrones, Dominations (A Lord Peter Wimsey Mystery)
- Through a Glass, Darkly (Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries)
- Treason: Liberal Treachery from the Cold War to the War on Terrorism
- Triangle Of Sins
- Veiled Threats (Carnegie Kincaid, Book 1)
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- History: Fiction or Science
- Deceptions
- The Pantheon: Design, Meaning, and Progeny
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- The Curve of the World : A Novel
Heaven's Prisoners
Black Cherry Blues: A Dave Robicheaux Novel
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