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Title: The Weatherman by Steve Thayer ISBN: 0-451-18438-6 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: March, 1996 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.87 (45 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Wow! Steve! Do it Again!
Comment: I picked this book up in the airport and found myself drawn in from page one. This is an outstanding, original thriller. Just the creative thought of a possibly murderous Willard Scott-like "Weatherman" is worth the cover price. The character of Rick is incredible. I thought odd and disturbing, but, unlike one of the masterful Dean Koontz' recent books, here is a character with problems that might outweigh the plot or the other characters; but he works anyway! I don't know what it is about the frozen North that spawns these fantastic thriller writers, like Chuck Logan, also, but whatever it is - snowshoes, beer, brats . . . the weather? . . . I hope it keeps up. This is tightly-written and above all, constructed, with plot twists that astonished me - all rooted in these twisted, bizarre, yet ultimately compelling characters. It's not a "nice" book. We've all seen the guys fry at the movies in THE GREEN MILE, but if you've got a weak stomach, probably this isn't for you. However, if you're strong of stomach and heart: buy it and read it now. From one writer to another - Steve, you've got the goombah. Thanks for an original and humane book.
Rating: 3
Summary: A dual purpose for this book
Comment: By the end of the story I was still unsure who committed the crime. The author tantalizingly hinted that Andy Mack or another serial killer in another state did the crimes Dixon Bell were convicted of. There were sub-stories of the other characters that cluttered the novel: Per Ellefson, Jack Napoleon and Old Jesse. IN the end, I learned the author worked at a newsroom for three years so it was probably his desire to invlude what could probably be the colorful lives of some of the people he met. Altogether a good read because of the author's incredible knowledge about TV newsrooms and weather forecasting, after only three years of on-the-spot experience. The love story of Rick Beanblossom was particularly poignant and is, to me, the sentimental touch in this mystery.
Rating: 4
Summary: Excellent book, but did not steal from Green Mile....
Comment: ...The execution scene was actually written BEFORE the Green Mile was published. While Mr. Thayer could, theoretically, lifted the description, it is unlikely. I was not disappointed in the scene, the characters, and certainly not the ending...
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Title: Silent Snow by Steve Thayer ISBN: 0451186648 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: 12 December, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Saint Mudd: A Novel of Gangsters and Saints by Steve Thayer ISBN: 0451176820 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: February, 1994 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Wheat Field by Steve Thayer ISBN: 0451410750 Publisher: Onyx Books Pub. Date: 04 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Wolf Pass: A Novel by Steve Thayer ISBN: 0399149910 Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Pub. Date: 10 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Moon over Lake Elmo: A Novel by Steve Thayer ISBN: 0451203739 Publisher: New American Library Pub. Date: 10 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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