Matthew Iden
Autor(a) de A Reason to Live
About the Author
Image credit: Crime fiction author Matthew Iden on his back porch. There's a Bloody Mary in his right hand, but you'll never see it in the picture.
Séries
Obras por Matthew Iden
The Guardian (Marty Singer, #5.5) 1 exemplar
Associated Works
Thriller Thirteen: 13 Bestselling Thriller Novellas Packed With Mystery, Action, & Adventure! (2016) — Contribuidor — 3 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
Fatal error: Call to undefined function isLitsy() in /var/www/html/inc_magicDB.php on line 425- Matthew Iden is the author of the psychological suspense novel The Winter Over, a half-dozen books in the Marty Singer detective series, and several acclaimed stand-alone novels. His eclectic work resume includes jobs with the US Postal Service, an international nonprofit, the Forest Service in Sitka, Alaska, and the globe-spanning Semester at Sea program. His latest, Birthday Girl, is a suspense novel featuring Elliott Nash, a former forensic psychologist who is now homeless but is recruited to save a young girl from a serial kidnapper (March 2018).
Membros
Críticas
The Winter Over por Matthew Iden
By the time I realized that the underlying premise behind the mysterious goings-on is unbelievable bullshit, I was hooked and just had to finish.
A good page turner
I enjoyed imaging life on the South Pole. This made for a fun, quick read! I would certainly recommend it.
I enjoyed imaging life on the South Pole. This made for a fun, quick read! I would certainly recommend it.
Predictable, dull, and unwieldy
The author tries to cover too many characters at once, which only accomplishes 3 things.
1) Less emotional connection to the characters because the POV is so spread out and there's so many characters to keep track of.
2) A generic, formulaic tragic back story for every character, which gets old.
3) Making it clear who the Observer is because it's the only damn character focused on in detail that doesn't get a POV.
Besides that, there was way too much exposition and lackluster description. One can only describe the snow and cold in so many ways. But still, I trudged on because I thought it might be worth it.
Nope. Just a disappointing climax and a rushed ending that left me with a bad taste in my mouth. We follow the main protagonist and we hope she will do something but in the end deus ex machina happens and she closes her eyes and all of a sudden everything is OK.
I'd rather freeze in the snow than recommend this book to anyone.… (mais)
The author tries to cover too many characters at once, which only accomplishes 3 things.
1) Less emotional connection to the characters because the POV is so spread out and there's so many characters to keep track of.
2) A generic, formulaic tragic back story for every character, which gets old.
3) Making it clear who the Observer is because it's the only damn character focused on in detail that doesn't get a POV.
Besides that, there was way too much exposition and lackluster description. One can only describe the snow and cold in so many ways. But still, I trudged on because I thought it might be worth it.
Nope. Just a disappointing climax and a rushed ending that left me with a bad taste in my mouth. We follow the main protagonist and we hope she will do something but in the end deus ex machina happens and she closes her eyes and all of a sudden everything is OK.
I'd rather freeze in the snow than recommend this book to anyone.… (mais)
This was gripping and fun, with a decent mystery and good use of the Antarctic locale. It loses a star for a lack of originality and some clumsy writing at times, but overall it's a solid and enjoyable thriller. The characters are a mixed bag, some more convincing than other, but I did really enjoy the portrayal of the heroine.
This is the first book where I've read and listened to it using Whispersync of the Audible and Kindle versions, have to say it worked really well and I'll definitely be doing more of it.… (mais)
This is the first book where I've read and listened to it using Whispersync of the Audible and Kindle versions, have to say it worked really well and I'll definitely be doing more of it.… (mais)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 22
- Also by
- 1
- Membros
- 550
- Popularidade
- #45,355
- Avaliação
- 3.7
- Críticas
- 60
- ISBN
- 30
- Línguas
- 1
- Marcado como favorito
- 1
