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 Idlewild - Nick Sagan
Newest Review: ... the story ends on a very melancholic note. And yet this isn't bleakness for its own sake, but a clear progression throughout ... more  ... the novel. Sagan gets right inside his protagonist's head and makes him utterly believable. His fellow students are a little less remarkable as characters -- I had trouble telling a couple of them apart -- but they are at least interestingly dysfunctional. Halloween definitely shines, though, as does the temperamental Maestro.
As a novel, this is one of the best I've read all year (although I am just about to start on the New Tom Holt, So I expect that to change). As a debut, it's utterly astonishing. I look forward t...more |
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Idlewild - Nick Sagan: Forget all your Tomorrows.. (1208 words)
by - written on 20/02/06 (Very useful, 89 readings)
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It seems to be a current trend in the world of eBooks to lump two titles into one download. With Authors Like Pratchett and Holt it really helps to get the backcatalogue at a bargain price, but this is the first time I've seen a dual download on a relatively new Author so I just had to jump at the chance for a review of them both.. So after blowing the cobwebs off my DooYoo account, here goes.. IDLEWILD -------- It happens -- all too rarely, but it happens -- that once in a while a debut novel comes along that grabs you by the unmentionables and swings there, laughing like a maniac and refusing to let go. From the moment Halloween wakes up ... Read the complete review
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