Dead Time (Dr. Alan Gregory) by Stephen White Summary and Reviews
|
List Price: Our Price: $0.19 You Save: $25.76 (99%) Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Buy Used: from $0.01 (click here) Category: Book See more book details and other editions |
|---|
Book Reviews of Dead Time (Dr. Alan Gregory)
Book Review: Though Not White's Best, Still Good
Summary: 5 Stars
I am a big Stephen White fan - Dry Ice certainly ran the gamut of emotions with White's characters, and with his readers.
Dead Time starts with a catch line that gets your attention.
Then proceeds to explain that event.
It all starts at neighbor and friend Adrienne's memorial service reception - Alan's ex-wife Meredith appears. She was a dear friend of Adrienne's but she has an agenda - the surrogate for her child is missing - and she needs Alan's help to find her.
Alan's new 'son', Jonas, Adrienne's son, goes to New York for a visit with his uncle and family. Alan comes along for support and stays back in NYC. Meredith wants Alan to involve Alan's best bud, Sam Purdy, who has always had Alan's back - through thick and thin - to help investigate a decades old mystery that ties her fiance and baby's daddy with the surrogate (missing).
Lauren and Alan's marriage isn't on the most solid ground at this point, and Lauren and daughter go to find Lauren's daughter she gave up for adoption, leaving Alan 'single' and prey to ladies' attentions...
Well, if it seems a little soap-opera-y - it kind of is.
Circumstances and events a little too much coincidental to make all the places fit the puzzle.
Sam and Alan are still on solid ground - what will happen to Alan's marriage, we'll have to wait for other books.
A Stephen White book, however not his best, is better than most authors' works, and his readers will not be disappointed with this effort. If they understand that sometimes the actions are a stretch.
Book Review: Too convoluted, not his best
Summary: 3 Stars
Too many characters, too much switching around. I'm one of his biggest fans, but this one just doesn't do it. I had to work at finishing it. One character referred to by three different names?!?!? Why was that necessary? Not a bad story, but it doesn't flow or hold you rapt like most of his books. Still contains that wonderful White whit, but definitely not his best. It took forever to get anywhere and where it ended was just so so.Book Review: Very Disappointed
Summary: 2 Stars
I am very disappointed in this novel of Mr. White's. I loved his last two books but this one was honestly boring. The beginning caught my attention and I was ready to enjoy a good mystery. There was such a lull in the book where most of the story was Alan trying to decide if he was going to sleep with different women while his wife was away. Then the same thing was there for Sam too. Was he or was he not going to sleep with this woman? The only real clue in the entire mystery in two thirds of the book was one lime green tennis shoe found. After reading three quarters of the book I gave up and tossed it. I hope his next novel proves to be more mystery and less sleeping around information. Being horney is no mystery.Book Review: Very, very good!
Summary: 5 Stars
As always, Stephen White is on his game with "Dead Time"! Excellent read! "Dead Time" kept me on the edge of my seat for the entire book! Lots of suspense and fun twists. If you have enjoyed other Alan Gregory books, this will not disappoint.
My only nitpicky complaint, is the "His Ex", "Her Ex" term when switching narrators for the story. For some reason, that really annoyed me. Perhaps it seemed to trite or conventional for an author as creative as Stephen White.
Buy it, read it, enjoy it, and recommend to others!
Book Review: White Stretching Out
Summary: 5 Stars
This novel doesn't use Boulder, Colorado for all activity but it does tie in all the familiar things we feel comfortable with from previous stories. A really good White story.