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Summary: Style overwhelms substance
Review: A style reminiscent of James Ellroy saps the reader's strength, only to be redeemed by outstanding action sequences. If the author can control the excess, the readers will follow. Some characters have vocabularies that do not fit the resumes. I'll come back for more.
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Summary: The book that never ended!
Review: Absolutely no one talks like these characters - the prose is not only excessive, it couldn't be farther from reality. If you really want "explosive prose" and "in your face action," I recommend James Ellroy.
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Summary: Buy it, buy it
Review: Boston Teran is an amazing new talent. "God is a Bullet" knocked me out and I bought this next. Don't miss out. Buy it, buy it.
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Summary: Never Count Out that prose!
Review: I love, just love, the style he writes in. I don't agree with the critcism that this novel, nor his first, got for the style of the prose. It's simply marvellous. it's unusual, quirky, eccentric, casts wonderful images into the mind, and is just plain genius. I cant get enough of it. You have to read every word to get the full brilliant picture that his writing is trying to paint, otherwise you can get lost. The characters are great, although there are many of them, and if you dont read concentratingly, you may get them confused in your own mind. Also, they don't jump off the page with realism as much as those in God is A Bullet did. (In particular Dee Storey, the murderous mother, who is not as scary and terrifying as she is made out. Most of the time, she seems just to be empty threats.) But Shay Storey is a brilliant character (somewhat similar to Case Hardin in GIAB) as is John Victor Sully, whose story of revenge and resurrection is the main theme of this book. The plotting is taut, the atmosphere of the book is a cloud covered night, and the tone is as black as black. Boston Teran's books are simply marvellous (All two of them!) i cannot wait to see where this young author takes himself to within a few years time.
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Summary: Sophomore effort doesn't live up
Review: I loved God is a Bullet. It was dark, gritty, noir-ish story. A little graphic and violent, but essential to the story. I wanted to like Never Count Out the Dead. Rarely will I give up on a book, even if I don't like it. I will muddle through just to see what happens. Not so here. The other night, after having read into the second section of the book, I put it down and decided "I don't care". That's pretty bad, for me. Teran's language and descriptions seem a ittle flamboyant just for the sake of being so. I didn't feel that way about the first book.
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Summary: Raw but never Raggedy, Girl
Review: This writer can get you inside the head of the characters. And these are real characters. The emotions are raw, the actions are outrageous, but the humanity definitely shows through all the grit and grime.
With a mom like Dee, Shay Storey can definitely use some new folks to place her faith in. Vic may just be the guy, even if she did leave him buried in the desert when they first met.
Whether trying to claw their way up or cover up a crime or two, the associated characters are presented in a way that makes you feel them, grit your teeth for them.
I loved Boston Teran's first book, God is a Bullet, and this one doesn't disappoint.
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Summary: NOIR AT ITS DARKEST
Review: When I began making promotional appearances for my first mystery novel, readers wanted to know how to classify my work. While there were all types of debates about representative authors of other mystery sub-genres, there was no debate at all about the darkest of mystery's contemporary noir writers. With NEVER COUNT OUT THE DEAD, Boston Teran continues to own the noir writing field. Telling a tale of haunted and tragic characters, Teran's prose jumps off the page. His complex plot weaves the present with past and creates a tough story of violence, manipulation, and ruthlessness centering around John Sully and Dee Storey. If you enjoy the darkest of crime fiction, NEVER COUNT OUT THE DEAD is a book you will love.
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Summary: A Darkly Disturbing Tale of Revenge
Review: With all the subtlety of a sledge hammer, Boston Teran's second novel again stuns and shocks, while spinning a story that is nearly impossible to put down. As in his first novel (God is a Bullet), Teran sets the scene in the gritty southern California desert wasteland. The bleakness of the desert diners and roadhouses proves the perfect setting for a new cast of Teran characters: hard women, bad cops, an agoraphobic writer. Unlike "Bullet", in which sometimes Teran's overly rich language gets in the way of his story, the prose in "Dead" is lean, tight, and gripping. If you like the happy plastic people found in James Patterson and other popular "thriller" writers, either of Boston Teran's novels will likely disturb and possibly offend your senses. But if you're looking for an in-your-face, by-the-throat, modern tale of noir and raw-boned terror, THIS is your ride.
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