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Knots and Crosses (Inspector Rebus Novels)
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Detective John Rebus: His city is being terrorized by a baffling series of murders...and he's tied to a maniac by an invisible knot of blood. Once John Rebus served in Britain's elite SAS. Now he's an Edinburgh cop who hides from his memories, misses promotions and ignores a series of crank letters. But as the ghoulish killings mount and the tabloid headlines scream, Rebus cannot stop the feverish shrieks from within his own mind. Because he isn't just one cop trying to catch a killer, he's the man who's got all the pieces to the puzzle...
Knots and Crosses introduces a gifted mystery novelist, a fascinating locale and the most compellingly complex detective hero at work today.
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Nice intro to Rebus and the series.......2007-07-16
This detective/mystery novel is a great intro to the detective Rebus series. This books moves along quickly and Rankin develops interesting characters and a sense of urgency along the way. I'm glad I heard about Rankin and this Rebus series.
Couldn't get through it.......2007-06-16
I would give it zero stars but 1 is the minimum.
I was horrified and sickened by the unnnecessary descriptions of the murders, and could not make it past the first third of the book.
I felt no empathy with the main character Rebus.
I won't be reading any more by this author.
First Rebus novel...x 2.......2007-06-11
I first heard of Rankin on an NPR interview a few weeks ago and decided to read one of the Rebus novels. I decided to start at the beginning, as Rankin said his character aged in "real time." The book is short and simple with excellent prose and a very realistic conversational tone in the characters' voices. Rebus is human, flawed and believable as someone who holds the most important piece of the puzzle but cannot see it through his damage psyche. A good read...I am looking forward to the second.
Good, But Not Very.......2007-06-11
There's a scene in this book where Detective John Rebus' boss says that Rebus is "not a very good policeman, just a good one." Well, this book is not a very good book, just a good one. And barely that. Rebus is not a very well-developed character, in my estimation. He's not very credible and, as his boss says, he's barely a good cop. The plot of this novel is uneven and unexceptional. About half way through the book you know where it's going and the ending is unexciting and pedestrian. This is my second try at Rankin. I stopped reading the first one half way through, and I wished I hadn't wasted my time on this one. Adieu, Detective Rebus.
Excellent start to the series.......2007-02-16
This was a top start to the Inspector Rebus series. Ian Rankin wrote an excellent little book that I found to be highly interesting and readable.
It was the kind of book that one can read and while you know it isn't a masterpiece in the vein of a Michael Connelly or James Lee Burke, you can see that the author has all the makings of being a top writer.
Highly recommended.
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Cullen James is a young woman whose life dictates her dreamsand whose dreams control her life.In her first dream, she found the perfect manand the same thing promptly happened in life. Now, she has begun to dream of Rondua, a fantasy world of high adventure. And slowly her dream world is spilling over into her reality, and beginning to threaten everything she loves in life. Her friends are gathered to help herbut even her newfound courage may not be enough.
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Solid But Not His Best.......2006-06-21
I have read only 2 books by Jonathan Carroll, Bones of the Moon and Sleeping if Flame. Both I enjoyed a lot, as they entered fictional corners I hadn't explored before. Both books support the murmuring literary contention that Carroll is a cult following waiting to happen. Entrenched firmly in Magical Realism, both books are of the same ilk, clearly written by the same author, entrenched in the same mindset. Dark, magical, out of left field, Carroll brings unique words to the page in an interesting and readable way.
I don't believe Bones of the Moon is on par with Sleeping in Flame, but it's still an enjoyable read. A bit more arcane and off the wall than Flame, Bones takes some strange turns which might stretch the 'realism' aspect of magical realism. That would be my primary complaint with this book, that this really has a dual-identity, half in reality and half not, as opposed to merging them in balance. He tries to get away with it because he calls it a dream, which seems a bit of a copout to me.
Readers of Carroll - even one as inexperienced as myself - can't be surprised when these worlds collide, since this style appears to be his MO. While I found myself riveted by the story, especially as it drew to a close, what I found when I got there wasn't nearly as enjoyable as the build-up. The base of the pyramid has a good foundation, but lacks the crowning achievement which makes it a pyramid. I find the exact reason hard to pinpoint, but it left me empty, something having been drained out of me, like Carroll himself describes in the text.
After Bones, I will probably take some time off from reading Carroll for 3 reasons. These reasons can be used to asses what I think of Carroll as an author. The first is that I don't want to eat through his entirely library of books in 2 months like I did with Tom Robbins years ago. Unlike Robbins, his books are not long, so you can easily consume them in a full day if you are so inclined. Secondly, there's a very unique groove to his work, and if you read too many at one time, it becomes a rut. Not allowing yourself to step back can cause you to miss the proverbial forest, something Carroll so richly grows in his works. Finally, there are plenty of other excellent books out there waiting to be read, Carroll's among them. Combining the 3 reasons, this leads me to believe that variety is the absolute way to go with Carroll.
In trying to guess what potential reader might enjoy this, I imagine the expression Magical Realism will turn off an obvious segment who want no part of it. Those still interested might as well go out and pick up one of his books. They aren't any more arcane than Tom Robbins' Skinny Legs And All, given the cast of characters there. Still, the 2 lines are not entirely parallel, as Robbins and Carroll write in very divergent styles. But it's not outlandish to say that readers of one may very well enjoy works of the other.
Without giving away plot details, there's little more to say about the book. Since I didn't dwell on the negative for more than a few sentences, that should give the potential reader a clear idea that I enjoyed the book. Indeed, I look forward to reading everything he has written...in time. His worlds are fascinating and his words are smooth as silk, drawing you in and not letting you go until the final page. But be warned, this author is most certainly not for everyone.
Some hasty pacing, but overall great.......2006-05-19
My college girlfriend passed this book along to me as one of the best examples of a man's reasonable and nuanced perspective on the issues of abortion and motherhood. Bones of the Moon does demonstrate this (it comes as no surprise to me that the author lives in Austria) as well as a fanciful story with great sensory details, sweet oddball characters and a surprising ending. The heroine, Cullen, begins the story with, "The axe boy lived downstairs." If that isn't a compelling introduction, then I haven't found a better one. Cullen is an attractive, young New Yorker. She recently married to a nice guy and gave birth to their daughter. Cullen leads a fulfilling, if somewhat ordinary life, up until she begins to have very vivid dreams of a fantasy world called Rondua. In Rondua, Cullen possesses an uncanny amount of authority over the sentient creatures who live there, mainly due to her connection to a little boy named Pepsi. The dreams somehow inform Cullen that Pepsi is the child she aborted when she was a lonely young woman. Pepsi's destiny points to a significant role in vanquishing an enemy of Rondua, with Cullen aiding him along the way. While the pacing of the story sort of stagnates after the birth of Cullen's child and her settling into life as a mother and wife in Manhattan, it's when Cullen's dream activities and waking life begin to intersect that the story escalates and hurtles us (a little too abruptly) to a shocker of a conclusion.
I really enjoyed all the characters, especially Danny, Cullen's husband, and Pepsi, Cullen's guide in Rondua and supposed lost first kid. I appreciated the transition from Cullen as a confused girl in a crappy relationship who needs to terminate a pregnancy to a competent and happy mom in a committed marriage. Trouble is, we barely get to see any of it. Most of the anxiety-riddled thoughts of Cullen's youth feel rushed over only to bring us to the pat, present-day setting where Cullen and Danny have an excellent thing going on. But once we get to this point, Carroll's storytelling keeps us in the moment and curious about the importance of the Rondua dreams, the crossing over of the dreams into real life and the safety of Cullen and her family.
A Good Yarn.......2005-03-25
A cautionary note here to anyone intending to read this book-one of it's main themes is abortion. The author does a good job of keeping his own opinion to himself and let's his characters express their views independantly, both pro and con. But I can understand if some people would find this unsettling. That being said I really did enjoy this book primarily for it's Rondua scenes as stated by many a previous reviewer. Add a half star to my rating and that would be more accurate. A lot of the plot outside of that world is a bit transparent but still engrossing. It did bring me close to tears in the final scenes and was compelling enough to elicit a second Carroll purchase. I hope this was helpful.
Fantastic!.......2004-10-27
This was my first exposure to Jonathon Carroll, and I must say that I'm impressed. I picked up the book because I'd heard or seen it mentioned in the same context as Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere and Lisa Goldstein's Dark Cities Underground. I loved both of those books and hoped to find similarities here. I wasn't dissapointed.
Bones of the Moon managed to be funny, sad and scary, all in a little over 200 pages. It was a quick read, perfect for a weekend escape. I found myself really liking the main character despite her flaws. The land of Rondua, her dreamworld, was charming and remarkably well imagined. John Carroll has written quite a few books, and I imagine they will become one of my staples over the next few months.
Bland.......2004-01-01
Cullen James has a good life: wonderful husband, healthy baby, good friends. Then one day the Rondua dreams start. Bones of the Moon took a long time to get started, and even then didn't feel like it was moving. A few major characters seemed to serve no purpose, and though all of them were likable, liking them wasn't enough to justify the amount of time spent developing them. The characters that did matter were involved in a lackluster quest in a dreamworld devoid of interest. The writing was neither wonderful, nor horrid, but could have used more editing; it was not uncommon to read dialog several times over to verify who had said what. Unfortunately, Bones of the Moon was just boring.
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For mystery buffs who like a little magic mixed into their mayhem, James D. Doss serves up the third in his series of regional mysteries set on Native American reservations. In The Shaman's Bones, Doss's hero, tribal policeman Charlie Moon, and a Shoshone shaman named Blue Cup are both on the trail of a murderer, but their methodology is vastly different. While Charlie employs the usual police procedures to solve the crime, Blue Cup sends his spirit after the killer. What happens next makes for a spooky, gripping read.
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A women of the Tohono O'otam tribe has been savagely -- and ritually -- murdered in Wyoming, outside the jurisdictions of Granite Creek, Colorado, Police Chief Scott Parris and Ute tribal policeman Charlie Moon. But a brutal, unprovoked assault by the suspected killer on one of Parris's detectives -- and the dark, unsettling visions of Charlie's shaman aunt, Daisy Perika -- are pulling two dedicated lawmen and an aging Native American mystic into the hunt.
Daisy's dreams of raining blood tell her that more will die. Despite the healthy skepticism of his good friend Moon, Parris is inclined to heed the shaman's dire warnings. But the trail of a murderer is leading them all to perilous and unexpected places, where secrets of past betrayals and treacherous tribal politics are buried, and where the pursuit of a stolen Power has turned some men greedy and hungry. . .and deadly.
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not quite Hillerman.......2006-06-09
This is a pretty good book, but it could be better. The author uses foreshadowing far too often. There is an ominous hint of things to come on every other page, it seems. The effect is not heightened drama. It's just tedious teasing, like some obnoxious kid who chants "I've know a secret and you don't." Also there are a lot of cliches, like the pretty woman who runs a bar, good-looking but packs a punch like a prize fighter. The dialogue is very wooden, descriptions trite.
That said, it is still an interesting book to read, and I'm going to order some of the author's other books. I hope he will learn to write more simply and directly, which is always more effective than the tricks the author uses in this book to impress the reader.
The O'odham NOT O'otam. C'mon Jim........2005-06-01
When the Spanish arrived in the area that today is northern Sonora and southern Arizona, this extremely harsh environment of the Sonoran Desert was inhabited by groups of Native Americans with one language but different dialects being spoken in different areas. These natives called themselves O'odham, translated as "we, the people". This large area of land was called the Pimería Alta by the Spanish. Today the Pimería Alta is an area that encompasses two countries from the Colorado River in the west to the San Pedro River in the east, and north from the Gila River to the Rio Conception, south in Mexico. The two largest groups are the Akimel O'odham (Phoenix area) and the Tohono O'odham (Tucson area). From the Spanish "Pimería", the O'odham living in this area along the Gila river traditionally were called Pimas by non-Indians. The O'odham living in the desert to the south traditionally were called Papagos. Today, non-Indians use the indigenous language (how nice) in referring to these people. Now the Pima are the Akimel O'odham "River People" and the Papago are the Tohono O'odham "Desert People".
Many believe the modern O'odham are the original Arizonans. The prehistoric people in the Sonoran Desert were named "Hohokam" by the famous Archaeologist Emil W. Haury. According to Haury, the Akimel O'odham and Tohono O'odham are most likely the living descendants of the Hohokam Indians. The Hohokam could be descendants of Paleo-Indians in the area but most likely migrated from Mexico into the Pimería Alta around 300 B.C. The pre-historic remains of pit-houses, ceramics, tools, and items of trade from the ocean and large Mesoamerican societies in Mexico have been left behind in this area for archaeologists to decipher. There are many excellent Museums in Phoenix and Tucson that show artifacts and how the Hohokam lived and survived in such an arid climate. The "Paths of Life" exhibit at the Arizona State Museum on the campus of Tucson's University of Arizona is an excellent showcase of all the Indians of the southwest. The "Paths of Life" created with input from many tribes show the Native Americans in a new light, in a continuum from people who lived here before to the modern Indians who are here now. The language, religion, and culture are as important today as yesterday but in today's America the Native Americans struggle to stay alive with hardships and roadblocks that are dynamic in many ways unknown to the non-Indian. I believe books written by James D. Doss and Tony Hillerman are important because the cultures, traditions, values, and beliefs of these very important people are shown in a modern perspective of Indians living today. It is the responsibility of these authors not only to entertain but to educate the non-Indian audience.
A Definite Read.......2002-08-21
While yearning for more Tony Hillerman after reading his last book, I accidently came across The Shaman's Bones. I absolutely loved it. I could easily imagine neighbors from my childhood that could easily play some of the characters in this book. The only problem I had with this novel were the few dream sequences, which I thought tended to be unnecessarily long and disruptive to the flow of the the plot. Regardless, I intend to read the other 'Shaman' novels.
Another winner.......2002-01-15
Always enjoyable reading and a good yarn. Great characters.
Memorable, gripping and haunting - can't put this book down........1999-10-22
Mr. Doss writes in a style that gives the reader vivid mental pictures of what is happening with each of his characters. I have not enjoyed any murder mystery this much before. The Shaman's Bones integrates humor, murder, and mystery with emotion and Ute mysticism and lore.
Anyone who likes Tony Hillerman's books will LOVE the Shaman series by James D. Doss. I recommend that anyone who wants to step into Mr. Doss' world, begin with the first book in the series (The Shaman Sings) and work their way through the series. Warning: If you read one, you'll have to read them all!
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Sends the wrong message.......2007-06-20
Sadly, I'm going to have to agree with the previous review. After buying Comet Campout and Dog Paws and Sandy Claws for my church's library, (both from this same series, and both good)I was disappointed with this one.
When the kids need money for Bubbles to be able to go to the moon, they pray about it and decide to sell Mario's dinosaur bones to the museum. Mario had asked them to keep the bones safe while he was gone, but after they pray they decide that Mario would want them to sell the bones. Not only is this a poor illustration of the parable in the Bible, it's sending the message, "it's ok to take things that don't belong to you as long as you don't think the owner would mind." Not a good message to be sending to children.
This book teaches that theft is OK.......2007-06-06
Do not buy this book for your kids (unless you want to use it as an object lesson in how to misunderstand Jesus' parable). Here's a brief summary: Mario finds some dinosaur bones. He has to leave temporarily, so he gives the bones to his friends to keep them safe while he is gone. His friends promise to keep them safe. When his friends find out that they don't have the money for Bubbles to go to the moon, they pray about it, and decide to sell Mario's bones and use the money for Bubbles' moon trip. The authors call this a "wise" decision (on page 46). This is not "wisdom", it is theft. The fact that Mario is written as being happy with the decision does not change the immorality (unless you think that the ends justify the means). If the authors want to promote Christian values, they should withdraw this story from publication and rewrite it.
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