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3.22 AVERAGE
3.22 AVERAGE
A secular book that I got through Amazon's Kindle First program. I liked the storyline and the plot, that is what kept me going and kept me from giving up on the book. The language wasn't that bad, there were so bad words scattered here and there, but it was just the overall writing. It was too repetitive and flowery, extra wordy, for me. That distracted from the overall enjoyment of the book, for me. I did like the plot though, about an elderly couple who have a moving van show up one day early to move all of their lifetime possessions from the East Coast to Santa Barbara California. The thieves have a smart scam going!
I would put thrillers into a category of genres that I rarely read. I like to take advantage of my Amazon Prime account and use it to read books I usually wouldn't.
The book tells the story of an old man who is robbed. Instead of doing nothing and collecting insurance he tries to get his former possessions back.
If you counted all the sentences in this book and classified them as either descriptions of characters' internal thoughts and everything else I wouldn't be surprised if 75% of the sentences would be classified in the first bucket.
The book really bangs you over the head with some concepts. I'll be surprised if I ever forget that the main character was a Holocaust surviver.
The book tells the story of an old man who is robbed. Instead of doing nothing and collecting insurance he tries to get his former possessions back.
If you counted all the sentences in this book and classified them as either descriptions of characters' internal thoughts and everything else I wouldn't be surprised if 75% of the sentences would be classified in the first bucket.
The book really bangs you over the head with some concepts. I'll be surprised if I ever forget that the main character was a Holocaust surviver.
Moving Day is a thriller, a psychological thriller, about a theif who likes to annihilate his victims and what happens when he accidently choses as his next victim a man who refuses to accept his fate, a man psychologically driven by forces he himself can't fully comprehend, to fight annihilation with all of his being. This was the book I should have chosen as my Kindle First choice for May. It is a good book, as it explores the way the theft of all his worldy goods sends Stanley Peke, a man who literally arrived in this country as a boy with nothing after losing everything to the Nazis, a man who made a very successful life for himself, on a path into his past and parts of his psyche that he has suppressed for decades. I thought it was compelling and for the most part well-done. I am not informed enough about psychology to know how accurately Peek is portrayed, but many parts of his story resonated with me in a way that I could see as true, at least for some people. The use of sentence fragments could at times be moving, as Peek came to terms with bits or fragments, of memory, but the author fell back on this technique far too often, so that over time, what seemed filled with meaning became simply annoying. Still I enjoyed the book, and was driven to finish. I would be surprised however if this book stood up to a second reading.
Grabbed me right away, and made me feel like I was there, watching the movers. Then later. in the barn, in the woods. Gripping and thoughtful, with lots of detail and thought.
Interesting enough to keep my attention to finish the book. Interesting character comparison's
between Nick (the thief) and Pete (old man)
between Nick (the thief) and Pete (old man)
Describing a thriller as lyrical is certainly not a common occurrence, but that's how Moving Day felt to me. As it concerns two men who come from very different backgrounds who face off in an almost primal struggle, this transcends your typical workaday pulp. The less than 300 page novel is a bit long at times and borders on the almost too lyrical, but it's still an entertaining and even moving read.
I'm abandoning this book after reading some reviews. This was free through my Amazon a Prime membership (thank God), as it is pretty terrible. I thought it would at least be entertaining since it has "a thriller" in the title, but I was wrong. I want thrillers to be full of plot twists, action oriented books, but this one included too much repetitive reflection of the main character's life. One reviewer called this hook "overwritten" and that's a perfect description. It was trying too hard to be something it wasn't. I love philosophical books, don't get me wrong. I love Paulo Coelho, I love thought provoking, reflective books. But mostly I like books that are true to themselves. This one isn't worth my time. I hate abandoning books once I start reading them, but in this case I'm making an exception.
After forty years, Stanley Peke and his wife are moving. They've hired a crew to handle their things and when they arrive a day earlier than Stanley expected, he chalks it up to his forgetfulness and his age. But when another set of movers arrives the following day, ready to load up the boxes and furniture that have already been taken, Stanley realizes he's been had.
It's a scam Nick and his crew have been getting away with for a while, but this time they've seriously underestimated their target.
Moving Day is a bit of a slow burn. Peke as a character is fabulous - a seventy plus gentleman who's kept his past close. A Polish Jewish immigrant who survived WWII, he and his wife are ready for their golden years. And at first, Stanley is hurt but basically ok with the theft - it's just possessions, they still have one another, and it's all insured. But given what he's already been through in life, he decides he's not going to simply sit back and accept this has happened.
He takes matters into his own hands.
It seems like a tense and exciting plot, and in some ways it is. But much of the narration is spent with Stanley waxing poetic about his thoughts on life, which does slow the read a bit. These lulls in the story made me anxious to get back to the main plot and especially the details on Stanley's pre-American life (which he's kept a secret even from his family).
It's a scam Nick and his crew have been getting away with for a while, but this time they've seriously underestimated their target.
Moving Day is a bit of a slow burn. Peke as a character is fabulous - a seventy plus gentleman who's kept his past close. A Polish Jewish immigrant who survived WWII, he and his wife are ready for their golden years. And at first, Stanley is hurt but basically ok with the theft - it's just possessions, they still have one another, and it's all insured. But given what he's already been through in life, he decides he's not going to simply sit back and accept this has happened.
He takes matters into his own hands.
It seems like a tense and exciting plot, and in some ways it is. But much of the narration is spent with Stanley waxing poetic about his thoughts on life, which does slow the read a bit. These lulls in the story made me anxious to get back to the main plot and especially the details on Stanley's pre-American life (which he's kept a secret even from his family).