Shooting Dr. Jack : A Novel

Rating:
Summary: A good first novel
Review: I ended up reading Green's three books in the reverse chronological order in which they were written ... this is his first book and the last one that I read.

I'm a big fan of Green's ... and like this book almost as well as his last.

Like the other two, this has a good plot and interesting characters. While you don't feel much sympathy for the characters at the beginning, they grow on you and by the end you're wholly engaged.

Not a mystery ... but a good suspense novel and a great character study. I'm only sorry that his fourth book hasn't been released!

Rating:
Summary: I gave up after 100 pages and 3 tries
Review: It didn't have anything to keep my interest. Maybe you have to live in NYC to like it.

Rating:
Summary: A winner!
Review: Norm Green's characters are so real and alive, I could swear that I've seen them somewhere in the NY metro area. Shooting Dr. Jack is a mystery...but much more than your typical mystery. It brings you in and puts you right on the streets of Brooklyn. Even though I lost sleep from reading late into the night, I really didn't want the book to end.

My advise to others: try it, you'll like it.

I can't wait for his next novel. Hurry up Norman Green, give us more.

Rating:
Summary: Average First Novel
Review: Norman Green would like his "Shooting Dr. Jack" to be a gritty crime novel of the Andrew Vachss mode. Indeed, it has the right elements; shady underworld characters, a heartlss neighborhood, and and good amount of violence. Neverheless, it feels like a novel written by someone who has spent their life outside looking in at the world of crime. This novel, while interesting and with enough compelling characers to pull it along, never quite feels authentic. Despite its attempt t be street hip, it is actully quite conventional.

Would I recommend this novel? I suppose I would to anyone who likes a good crime story. It is moderately ententaining, but not all that memorable.

Rating:
Summary: Outstanding First Book
Review: Shooting Dr. Jack is an excellent first novel for Norman Green. The book's characters come to life with Green's detailed descriptions. His ability to describe characters, places and events is a rarity in todays books, and you feel as if his characters are actual people walking the streets of Brooklyn. Once I started this novel and got to know these characters I could not put it down. I can't wait for Norman Green's second book, I am sure it will be full of more detailed and memorable characters, and surprises.

Rating:
Summary: A great first novel!
Review: This is a book that really captures the heart of the New York underworld. Gritty and quirky, with deep and sometimes likeable characters that jump right off the page. If you liked Sleepers, Underboss or even the Sopranos, this is a book you should definitely read. The characters aren't slick, "Hollywood" mobsters, but real people whom you'll find yourself reluctantly cheering for in the end.

Rating:
Summary: A great first novel!
Review: This is a book that really captures the heart of the New York underworld. Gritty and quirky, with deep and sometimes likeable characters that jump right off the page. If you liked Sleepers, Underboss or even the Sopranos, this is a book you should definitely read. The characters aren't slick, "Hollywood" mobsters, but real people whom you'll find yourself reluctantly cheering for in the end.

Rating:
Summary: Refreshingly terse
Review: This is an engrossing short novel that has at least two things going for it -- a sense of authenticity and economical writing. The plot has been summarized in other reviews; so I need not go into that.

Rating:
Summary: Refreshingly terse
Review: This is an engrossing short novel that has at least two things going for it -- a sense of authenticity and economical writing. The plot has been summarized in other reviews; so I need not go into that.