You've persuaded me, miker, to order a copy. Thanks!
Joy
Michael Robison
> A lot of people deplored his style as
excessive,
> garish, and childish. I liked the way Teran
ran
> freewheeling with the language. I thought he
invoked
> powerful visual images. Some of the more
outrageous
> similes and metaphors I took to be
tongue-in-cheek
> humor that served as counter-balance to the
horrific
> subject.
>
> A lot of people thought the characters thin
and
> unconvincing. I thought the characters
were
> forcefully drawn and that Teran convincingly
evolved
> the two main characters, Case and Bob, through
the
> novel.
>
> A lot of people thought the plot was flat. I
thought
> it was a powerful, moving, and exciting story of
a
> walking-dead man and a damaged girl fighting their
way
> through hell to seek redemption.
>
> Of all the many reviews I've read of GOD IS A
BULLET,
> I am surprised at how very little commentary there
is
> on his heavy-handed symbolism. I thought it
enriched
> the reading experience.
>
> I liked the way Teran broke loose from the
tired
> Freudian framework that's a noir standard and
opted
> instead for a Jungian viewpoint.
>
> A lot of people found the ulta-violence gratuitous
and
> cheap. I thought it fit the framework of the
novel
> perfectly. I liked his stand on vigilantism. One
of
> my big complaints about hardboiled is its tendency
to
> romanticize and glorify taking the law into one's
own
> hands, without making clear the moral
ambiguity.
> Teran definitely glorifies a lot of violence, but
he
> pushes it beyond the acceptable and makes the
moral
> ambiguity strikingly obvious.
>
> I like the philosophical overtones. At the
beginning
> of the book Bob is a man who has sunk into
inaction.
> Spurred by his daughter's kidnapping, Bob watches
as
> his beliefs crumble around him into an
existential
> void. Case helps him regain his life through
action.
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