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Summary: One Of His Best
Review: I haven't read all of Jonathan Kellerman's books and usually lose interest three quarters of the way through, but I found Over The Edge great right through the perfect ending. The main characters come across as very believeable, although the secondary cops and bad guys seemed stereotpyed. I found myself fitting into Alex Delaware's thought patterns with no trouble and I managed to hang on through all the plot twists without getting lost or bored. I think the only parts I skipped were his long descriptions of people and places. My one real annoyance with the book was that the reader didn't get to know Jamey better, because I would have liked to.
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Summary: GENIUS OVER THE EDGE
Review: Jamie is a tormented young genius. At twelve, he was a client of Dr. Delaware's and also the youngest member of a pilot study called Project 160, a program for teens with IQs upward of 160.After a five year silence, Dr. Delaware gets a mysterious telephone call from Jamie in the middle of the night. Overmedicated, hallucinating and confused, Jamie spits out a bizarre message that is calling for intervention. He is a patient at a hospital in the Canyons. Dr. Delaware races over there only to discover that Jamie had been kidnapped from his room. Jamie's abduction and subsequent breakdown lead Dr. Delaware on a labyrinthine chase involving the head of Project 160, who had an agenda of her own; Jamie's aunt and uncle who grudgingly took in this gifted, tormented boy; a spurned gay lover; some wild bikers...the list is quite long. Dr. Delaware has to find Jamie within a certain time frame. Developers, also, want to know about Jamie and what information he might have. Jamie's uncle has an attorney, a man with long established ties to Jamie's family who is key figure in the case. This book takes you through the underbelly of parts of Southern California. This is an unforgettable book. (Note: Melody Quinn's story was in Kellerman's first mystery, not in this one).
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Summary: Proably his best book so far
Review: Jonathan Kellerman's may not be the most impassioned writing, or the most elegaic, elegant, beautiful, etc, but it has that one quality which all great writing should have: Intense readability. His prose is bright and breezy, cheerful and just plain easy to read. He creates a good cast of varying characters, the development of whom could only be improved upon a slight bit. This novel is certainly his best so far (im reading them in order) it has a complex, detailed and interesting plot, and it is packed full of interesting psychological stuff. (Although sometimes he goes too far with some of the exntensive medical explanations and words which mean squat to me.) The plot is interested, and the book powers along at great pace. (Although ends up about 50 pages too long...) There are some great characters, and this is very good, very enjoyable book.
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Summary: Pretentious? Vous?
Review: Listen, I basically like the plots of these stories and the action. But poor Alex himself is getting so pretentious, he's verging on the insufferable! He has a house in the "Hills" with a deck and a koi pond, he cooks like a Cordon Bleu grad, drives a classic (restored by himself) Porsche. He can tell you the designer of any woman's dress he spots on Rodeo Drive, he drops the name of every cool jazz icon known to man, he has a live-in (and perfect, of course)lover that makes custom guitars for rock stars (whose workshop is in Venice!)... I mean, C'mon! This poor ... goes through the gamut of cliched pretense like Sherman through a goose! Sam Spade would dump a beer on his head. Lucas Davenport would toss him in his koi pond. Yikes! What an unbelievable fop!
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Summary: Am I the only one?
Review: Okay, I have been reading a lot of Kellerman's books lately (4 in the past three weeks) and like a lot of other mystery novels, they are compulsively readable. But am I the only one who thinks his plots are just TOO conveniently convoluted? In this book and Monster as well there are plots that go back 40 years that conveniently spring up just in time for Delaware to dig them up. Why does everything have to be soooooooo complicated all the time? Why can't it just be interesting? Part of the fun of having a shrink sleuth character would be in examining WHY people behave the way they do but this often just becomes a plot device. Still, a great series but it could be so much better!!!
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Summary: great book,couldn't put it down
Review: read all of Jonathan Kellermans books. Haven't been disapointed yet.Look for new ones all the time.
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Summary: So intensely good
Review: This is the first Kellerman novel I have read. I picked it up having no idea what it was about and could not put it down. It is so intense from the first page to the last. The plot is great, it grabs your attention right away. I highly recommend this book. I think I could probably say this is the best mystery/thriller I've ever read!
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Summary: So intensely good
Review: This is the first Kellerman novel I have read. I picked it up having no idea what it was about and could not put it down. It is so intense from the first page to the last. The plot is great, it grabs your attention right away. I highly recommend this book. I think I could probably say this is the best mystery/thriller I've ever read!
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Summary: First of the Alex Delaware novels, don't miss it!
Review: This is the first novel featuring Alex Delaware, child psychologist and it is a stunner. I don't know why I have resisted reading Jonathan Kellerman for so long, but I sure do regret it. When Dr. Morton Handler and Elena Gutierrez are found mutilated in Handler's apartment, Det. Milo Sturgis recruits Dr. Delaware to help unlock the mind of the only witness, 7 year old Melody Quinn. As Dr. Delaware tries to help this child, he unwittingly unlocks a deeper secret, one that has existed for over 40 years. This novel is a fine debut for Jonathan Kellerman. We now know he goes on to write many more Dr. Delaware novels and I will be reading all of them
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Summary: Another Great Tale By Kellerman!
Review: This is the sixth Johnathan Kellerman novel that I've read, and he has never dissapointed me.
This story revolves around a teenage genius (who also happens to be homosexual) who has been diagnosed schizophrenic. After placing a very desperate and confusing phone call to his former Therapist (Alex Delaware)he disappears from the institution he has been placed in. Shortly after this he is found, dazed and confused, with his lovers freshly murdered corpse. The police believe him to be the Lavender Slasher, a serial killer responsible for a number of slayings in California. Is he the killer? Is he really mentally ill? Read the book and find out!!
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