The Other Adonis by Deford Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Other Adonis
Book Review: Bridey Murphy Reborn
Summary: 2 Stars
This "novel of reincarnation" rests on a premise -- that soulmates are not only reborn as soulmates every few hundred years, but when exposed to images of their past lives, mysteriously become their past lives -- that many readers will find too thin to support the plot.The central characters -- a distracted, lovestruck, but somehow successful middle-aged psychiatrist with a marvelous bottom; a guilt-ridden Lutheran cleric whose history of sexual exploits, and amazing candor about them, rivals Wilt Chamberlain's; a voluptuous securities analyst whose horseback-riding and clothes-selection skills are slightly, well, mannish; and a sweet and sensitive advertising salesman in search of a good hypnotic trance -- lack credibility and appeal. The mystery they play out lacks clues, false leads, more than one major twist, and other tricks of the trade. The backdrop of historic Antwerp, the studio of Peter Paul Rubens, and New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art could have been richer.
Frank Deford creates two marvelous characters who emerge through hypnotic suggestion -- a reckless English sailor with the physique, and possibly the demeanor, of a running back on academic probation, and a demure Flemish housewife stepping out on her husband -- and there is a nice chase scene at the end. These touches improve, but do not recommend, "The Other Adonis."
Book Review: Bridey Murphy Reborn
Summary: 2 Stars
This "novel of reincarnation" rests on a premise -- that soulmates are not only reborn as soulmates every few hundred years, but when exposed to images of their past lives, mysteriously become their past lives -- that many readers will find too thin to support the plot.The central characters -- a distracted, lovestruck, but somehow successful middle-aged psychiatrist with a marvelous bottom; a guilt-ridden Lutheran cleric whose history of sexual exploits, and amazing candor about them, rivals Wilt Chamberlain's; a voluptuous securities analyst whose horseback-riding and clothes-selection skills are slightly, well, mannish; and a sweet and sensitive advertising salesman in search of a good hypnotic trance -- lack credibility and appeal. The mystery they play out lacks clues, false leads, more than one major twist, and other tricks of the trade. The backdrop of historic Antwerp, the studio of Peter Paul Rubens, and New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art could have been richer.
Frank Deford creates two marvelous characters who emerge through hypnotic suggestion -- a reckless English sailor with the physique, and possibly the demeanor, of a running back on academic probation, and a demure Flemish housewife stepping out on her husband -- and there is a nice chase scene at the end. These touches improve, but do not recommend, "The Other Adonis."
Book Review: A real page-turner
Summary: 5 Stars
I love Frank DeFord on NPR (though I am NO sports fan) so when I heard he'd written a novel I got this for my husband for Christmas. Unfortunately for him he hasn't had a chance to get his hands on it because I cannot put it down. This is a true page-turner, you will love it from start to finish. The characters are likable, and engage in realistic conversations. The twists and turns keep you involved as does the whole theme of reincarnation. Get it you'll love it.Book Review: The Love of a Lifetime
Summary: 5 Stars
I saw The Early Show and upon hearing what the book was about, I decided to buy it. Well I couldn't put the book down. Being a passionate and romantic woman, I found it extrodinary that a man could somehow put these types of feelings into words. The idea that there is someone..THAT someone...out there who is meant for you and only you...and that someway...somehow.. you two manage to beat the odds and find each other.I felt like i was thrusted in the midst of the lives of two couples coming to grips with love and whether or not life is worth being without their "soulmate". It is interesting to see the men deal with a love that not only frees them but at the same time torments them.
The mix of religion and love were a good combo. Many people believe in an afterlife ...but few in the Western culture believe in a life before this one. How many times have we met someone and instantly felt like we've known them for years? Have you ever had the pleasure of having someone touch you and realize that this is a familiar feeling inspite of the fact that the mind can recall no images and the memory has no prior knowledge of ever meeting this person?
Love is the most powerful emotion, and to think that it could be eternal is not really that hard since we think that we will see our loved ones again after they have left us here on this Earth.
Frank found a way to incoporate the hopes and fears as well as the promises and disappointments with loving someone in a way that any person can relate to.
I recommend this book to anyone who has ever believed in the notion of a soulmate and to anyone who believes that the power of love can not only transform a soul but transend a lifetime.
I myself have never seen silver, but heres hoping that someday I will.
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