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3.59 AVERAGE
3.59 AVERAGE
lorinlee's review
5.0
4.5. I selected this book because of cover blurbs from Dennis Lehane and Robert Crais, two of my favorite authors, and I'm glad I did. Hurwitz's protagonist Drew Danner has a brain tumor. After it is removed he finds himself charged with the murder of his former finance. Temporary insanity by reason of the tumor....Another murder, linked again to him....What is going on? Clever plotting, incisive writing, strong characters, and some descriptive passages about Los Angeles that verge on poetic. The set up is imaginative and the execution is neatly done.
erick_c's review against another edition
5.0
Great book, really well written, fast-paced and worth the read.
librosconte's review against another edition
Entretiene, no es malo, en absoluto... pero no esperaba que fuese policial -subgénero que no disfruto- y que encima se metiera en la investigación alguien que no pertenece a la policía -algo que me saca- (en este caso el escritor, que encima es el acusado). Definitivamente, a pesar de estar entreteniéndome un poquito, prefiero usar mi tiempo en otros libros pendientes.
3/5 stars up to that point
3/5 stars up to that point
corinnacs's review
4.0
A new direction for this writer, different from his Orphan X series, which I really enjoyed. The same wry wit, however, in his characters and I found myself investing in them just like it did the Orphan X characters.
jen_forbus's review
5.0
The Crime Writer is a book within a book. The actual novel is being told in the first person by a writer who is writing the same story. The story of an author who wakes up to find himself in the hospital after a grand mal seizure caused by a brain tumor. During the time period he can't remember, he was found next to his ex-fiance who was stabbed to death. The author, Drew Danner, doesn't believe he killed his ex-fiance, but he can't be absolutely sure, so he goes in search of answers.
If this book doesn't end up making my Top 10 for 2008, this will be a heck of a year for reading. Gregg Hurwitz is an extremely talented writer. He kept me riveted the entire novel. I had to make myself put the book down at night or I would literally have been up all night reading, which I'm sure my employer would have frowned upon when I fell asleep at work!
I loved his humor. The exchanges between Danner and his "Little Brother" Junior are hysterical! I think I could have a special appreciation for them because Danner is supposed to be close in age to me, so I could just imagine myself in the same spot.
I also enjoyed the fact that Hurwitz didn't portray everyone as perfectly beautiful. I really dislike when the hero has to hook up with "the most beautiful woman he's ever seen" or the "most sexy woman he's every seen." Instead, Danner wants to be with Caroline because when he's with her, "it's the only time [he:] doesn't want to be somewhere else."
Hurwitz was especially creative with the inclusion of sections that were supposed to be Danner's edited manuscript. The comments from his editor, Preston, are very witty. I laughed out loud at many of them. It made me wonder if those are the kinds of comments Hurwitz actually gets from his editor.
I can't say enough good about this book. It was really a WOW outstanding book for me.
If this book doesn't end up making my Top 10 for 2008, this will be a heck of a year for reading. Gregg Hurwitz is an extremely talented writer. He kept me riveted the entire novel. I had to make myself put the book down at night or I would literally have been up all night reading, which I'm sure my employer would have frowned upon when I fell asleep at work!
I loved his humor. The exchanges between Danner and his "Little Brother" Junior are hysterical! I think I could have a special appreciation for them because Danner is supposed to be close in age to me, so I could just imagine myself in the same spot.
I also enjoyed the fact that Hurwitz didn't portray everyone as perfectly beautiful. I really dislike when the hero has to hook up with "the most beautiful woman he's ever seen" or the "most sexy woman he's every seen." Instead, Danner wants to be with Caroline because when he's with her, "it's the only time [he:] doesn't want to be somewhere else."
Hurwitz was especially creative with the inclusion of sections that were supposed to be Danner's edited manuscript. The comments from his editor, Preston, are very witty. I laughed out loud at many of them. It made me wonder if those are the kinds of comments Hurwitz actually gets from his editor.
I can't say enough good about this book. It was really a WOW outstanding book for me.
femkepemke's review against another edition
3.0
Intrigerend maar soms wel een beetje traag. Het einde was verrassend. 3,5 ster.
karenstory's review
4.0
This is an interesting mystery – in that it provides us with a likable, but unreliable narrator/protagonist in the character of Drew Danner.
The setting is Los Angeles, 2007. Drew is a novelist who wakes convulsing over the body of his former fiancé. His hands are wet with blood from the handle of a boning knife buried deep in her chest. Four months later, he is released from the hospital holding a jar. Inside is his own brain tumor, which he owes a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity.
Now, that should be enough, right?
Wrong.
In his heart, Drew doesn’t see himself as a killer. He has no memory of the night in question, but there are memory lapses which causes him to believe that he did not do this – nor does he believe himself to have it within him to do something like this to another person – especially his former fiancé.
So, who is framing him? Because this is the only possible solution, right?
The author provides quite the supporting cast as Drew plays amateur sleuth attempting to find out what really happened. Afterall, he is a crime writer character, too.
And…
The story moves along weaving quite the plot.
There are conflicts. Red herrings. Twists. Difficulties for our main protagonist Drew to overcome.
And…
A strong climax.
And…
A resolution that is satisfying, yet not too easily predicted.
In this way Hurwitz does a masterful job at writing quite a captivating story. And even though it was slow at times, it still is worth adding to one’s reading list.
singingconstantly's review
5.0
I could not put this down! I finished it in 2 days! As a single mom that's not an easy feat for me.
laura_de_leon's review
4.0
A very solid thriller.
I liked getting into the mind of Drew Danner, the Crime Writer of the title. The fact that his mind was damaged (physically, due to the removal of a tumor) made it all the more interesting, since even he didn't know if he committed the crime he was accused of.
I liked getting into the mind of Drew Danner, the Crime Writer of the title. The fact that his mind was damaged (physically, due to the removal of a tumor) made it all the more interesting, since even he didn't know if he committed the crime he was accused of.