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Lädt ... Breaker: A Windy City Dark Mysteryvon Richard Thomas
Keine Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch.  BrandieC | Apr 10, 2016 |   Breaker has two narrators. The first and most prominent is Ray, and his part is written in first person. We crawl right inside his mind, which is a dark and disturbing place. He is rough and raw, broken, yet reaching out for a bright spot, a bit of redemption or salvation in his difficult life. The second narrator is Natalie, and her part is written in third person. She's a teenager struggling in an adult world, where the actual adults have mostly left her to fend for herself. The plot launches from there, with a killer on the loose and Ray feeling the need to protect his lost and lonely young neighbor. We have mystery, suspense, lots of twists and unexpected revelations. But to label this book a mystery is not enough. Richard Thomas excels at psychological depth. He doesn't just give us a mystery to solve. In fact, the mystery, for me, was more of an undercurrent. What held me spellbound was the emotion, the ache, the literary magic of his words, and the way I felt while reading. As the series title implies, this book is indeed dark. Thomas doesn't let us escape without some pain. But there is also incredible depth and a thread of hope throughout. While this is the second book in the Windy City Dark Mystery Series, it is essentially a stand-alone read. The common factor in this series is the city in which the stories take place. You don't need to read the first book, Disintegration: A Windy City Dark Mystery, before reading this one. But if you haven't read that one, you should, because, as you have probably figured out, I cannot say enough positive things about Richard Thomas's writing. *I was provided with an ebook copy by the publisher, via NetGalley, in exchange for my honest review.* (  ) Darcia | Dec 31, 2015 | Zeige 2 von 2 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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Fiction.
Mystery.
Suspense.
Thriller.
HTML:ITW THRILLER AWARD FINALIST A razor-sharp thriller featuring one of the most compelling and complex characters ever to walk the Windy City's shadowy streets. Living alone in the dusty apartment where he grew up, Ray Nelson is a mystery to his neighbors and an unbeatable foe to the brutal men he fights in the ring for money. But a life defined by sinister secrets doesn't stop Ray from trying to do the right thing for his dangerously high-flying sister. Or for Natalie, the young girl living next door. As a sadistic murderer's ominous white van trolls for young victims throughout the Windy City, Ray is determined to protect Natalie from both predators and a bleak future. When she sees a bruised and beaten Ray return from late-night fights, Natalie spots a kindred spirit. Still, she cannot imagine the darkness just beneath, or what's hidden in the rooms he calls home. Now, as the horrors of his own past creep back to life with a twisted vengeance, Ray may not even be able to save himself. Praise for Breaker "Richard Thomas's Breaker is a modern noir fever dream: brutal, lyrical, evocative. But it also exhibits surprising tendernessâ??its shattered characters find strength in one another, and beauty in the pattern of the cracks."â??Chris Holm, author of The Killing Kind "Gritty, raw, powerful, visceralâ??that's all you need to know about Richard Thomas's novel Breaker. It's a 'gotta read this' book."â??Les Edgerton, author of The Genuine, Imitation, Plastic Kidnapping "One of the most terrifying, harrowing stories you'll read all year . . . With a solid mix of heartbreak and action, along with some plot-defying acrobatics not seen on the page too often, Breaker delivers the goods on all fronts."â??This Is Horror Praise for Richard Thomas's Disintegration "A dark existential thriller of unexpected twists, featuring a drowning man determined to pull the rest of the world under with him, Disintegration is a stunning and vital piece of work."â??Irvine Welsh, author of Trainspotting "A twisted masterpiece . . . Richard Thomas writes like a man possessed."â??Chuck Wendig, author of Blackbirds and Double Dead "This novel is so hard-hitting it should come with its own ice pack. Richard Thomas is the wild child of Raymond Chandler and Chuck Palahniuk."â??Benjamin Percy, author of The Dead Lands, Red Moon, and The Wilding "Disintegration is provocative. It's also damned fine noir."â??Laird Barron, author of The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All and The Croning "A psycho-sexual descent into an unhinged psyche and an underworld Chicago that could very well stand in for one of the rings of Dante's Hell."â??Paul Tremblay, author of A Head Full of Ghosts and The Little Sleep "Gritty, obsessive, and compulsively readable."â??Brian Evenson, author of Immobility "In sharp, icy prose that cuts like a glacial wind, Richard Thomas's dark Chicago tale keeps us absolutely riveted to the very end."â??Donald Ray Pollock, author of The De Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Ray, the protagonist of Breaker, is also not as strong a character as Disintegration's anti-hero, which is why I gave Breaker a half star less than Disintegration. Despite these quibbles, however, Thomas's noir sensibility and perfectly paced plot make Breaker an excellent selection for readers who like their stories dark.
I received a free copy of Breaker through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. (