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Summary: There is life off the reservation.
Review: "Moon" Mathias, midwestern journalist, receives a phone call that his brother has died in Viet Nam and left a business, a wife, and a daughter. Moon doesn't really want to leave his comfort zone with the paper to try and get them out. After all, Viet Nam's a mess--the war's winding down to a looming defeat. All of Southeast Asia's unstable. Unfortunately, others have higher regard for Moon's abilities than he does. In a short time he's drawn into an adventure with new, different friends, and a new Moon. This is one of Hillerman's rare jaunts out of his comfort zone on the reservation in New Mexico. It's a refreshing change of pace. His recent adventures of Sgt. Chee and Lt. Leaphorn have been losing the excitement and sense of locale that attracted me in "A Thief of Time." When a writer like Hillerman (or P. Cornwall, recently) recognizes the need for a change of direction in their work, and takes a detour, I'm ready to go along with them. "Finding Moon" was a fun diversion from Hillerman's formula. Is it a plausible story? Not very; but this is a novel, not an oeuvre. If I want the facts, there's always the newspaper.
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Summary: FINDING MOON
Review: Finding Moon starts a little slow, but the pace quickens. You will find yourself not being able to put it down. Not a Chee/Leaphorn story, but still the type of story we've all come to expect from Tony.
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Summary: Finding Moon
Review: I am a Hillerman fan of the first water. I loved "Finding Moon". This book is a journey away from Mr. Hillerman's Navajo southwest. The book, along with being a great story to read is also a book about growth of a character who intertesting even form the beginning. I'm not much at writing reviews, but let me just say that I really enjoyed this book. Thanks.
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Summary: Excellent--A Real ChangeFrom Hillerman's Normal Ground
Review: I do like Tony Hillerman and I was initially quite surprised by Finding Moon because it is set in so different a world from the Jim Chee/Joe Leaphorn stories. Hillerman's Southeast Asia at the end of the Vietnam era is evocative and detailed--just as one feels that one has entered Indian Country, one feel that one has landed, like Moon Mathias, in a completely disorienting new place here. Moon Mathias is a character who grows up in the course of this novel. It is a wonderful, unusual coming of age novel, with a characters who doesn't trust his own resourcefulness or ability to commit to situations or people. I was very impressed, Unlike Jim Chee and Joe Leaphorn, who have strong internal value systems tht help them to make decisions, Moon Mathias has not been forced to think through what he really believes, and this story takes hima long way on that journey of self-discovery.
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Summary: Excellent--A Real ChangeFrom Hillerman's Normal Ground
Review: I do like Tony Hillerman and I was initially quite surprised by Finding Moon because it is set in so different a world from the Jim Chee/Joe Leaphorn stories. Hillerman's Southeast Asia at the end of the Vietnam era is evocative and detailed--just as one feels that one has entered Indian Country, one feel that one has landed, like Moon Mathias, in a completely disorienting new place here. Moon Mathias is a character who grows up in the course of this novel. It is a wonderful, unusual coming of age novel, with a characters who doesn't trust his own resourcefulness or ability to commit to situations or people. I was very impressed, Unlike Jim Chee and Joe Leaphorn, who have strong internal value systems tht help them to make decisions, Moon Mathias has not been forced to think through what he really believes, and this story takes hima long way on that journey of self-discovery.
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Summary: a surprisingly effective change of pace
Review: I forced myself to read this book after I had exhausted the supply of Hillerman's Navajo mysteries. I was completely caught up in Moon Matthias' search for his niece and for himself. Mr. Hillerman subtly blended suspense with his usual attention to characters' integrity and his obvious respect for varied religious traditions. I was very satisfied with this story.
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Summary: One of TH's Best
Review: I have been looking at reviews of different books to find if other readers are in synch with my views. This is definitely where I differ. It has been probably a year since I read this book,and I don't remember all the specifics, but I can tell you the thing that I do remember is that it stunk. Hillerman is one of my favorite authors and I have either really liked or liked his other books, but I found this one nearly unbearable. It has nothing to do with the fact that Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee were not in the book at all. I can appreciate plenty of authors who don't constantly use the same characters. My opinion is if you really love the Chee & Leaphorn mysteries stay far away.
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Summary: Not one of his best
Review: I just started reading Tony Hillerman and was really enjoying his Indian characters. When I saw a different venue it was exciting, and I couldn't wait to read it.
Well, it was interesting but not up to what I was used to from this author. The Story was good but not deep enough, you are always waitng for something to happen. No excitment. Moon was a boring character and could have been written with a little more depth.
Please stick with the characters you work with best.
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Summary: Jungle, not desert
Review: If you've read Hillerman, you probably think of his US desert Southwest mysteries. This one's set in SEAsia at the end of the Viet Nam war, and is more militarily-oriented. Less appealing to me than his usual style/genre, but still a good (and very quick) read.
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Summary: Finding Moon
Review: Malcolm Thomas Mathias (Moon) finds out that his brother who died in a plane crash left behind a child in the Cambodia- Vietnam region toward the end of the war. The story is about the struggle in the retrieval of the child. This book has all the Hillerman attributes with the exception of location and culture. There is probably a different reader target that can relate to this book. Once again George Guidall makes a good reader. The problem comes with expectations more than content. The characters are different and the environment is different. The writing style is the same familiar style.
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