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Title: The Alienist by Caleb Carr ISBN: 0-553-57299-7 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 June, 1995 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.1 (389 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Undoubtedly the best book written since "The Godfather"!
Comment: Those with a fondness for the historic, particulary New York City and the Northeast, as well as Mystery and Suspense fans will find a connection that has been unparrelled in modern fiction. The most appealing component to Mr.Carr's style of storytelling is his uncanny cliff-hanging chapters which compel one to continue turning the pages until the riddle is solved. Vivid, believable characters intertwined with the incredibly accurate and historical settings told through the eyes of this talented, young historian is an absolute treat. "The Alienist" will leave you longing to have been part of the era when New York was undergoing its development and the moden criminal and psychological practices of society were merely beginning to be experimented with. Do yourself a favor. Read this book. Furthermore, hope that Mr. Carr has chosen his movie-script development team wisely. This is one of the good ones that you would hate to see fall into tragic hands
Rating: 5
Summary: Great Read! Historical mystery, characters with depth.
Comment: Set in 1896 in New York City, this is an historical mystery blending fact and fiction chronicling the efforts of a unusual group of characters to profile and catch a serial killer. Teddy Roosevelt, as new, reforming head of the then-corrupt New York Police Department, enlists his friend Laszlo Kreizler to use the young science of psychology to catch the madman killing young boy prostitutes in increasingly gruesome ways. The title refers to the name that psychologists were known at that time, based on a belief that those suffering from mental illness were "alienated" from the normal world.
In a society that denies the existence of it's seedy underbelly and with increasing tension and prejudice in the new immigrants, Roosevelt needs to have this case investigated secretly. Helping Kreizler is a reporter familiar with that seedy side and it's head criminals; one of two women that is employed as a secretary in the NYPD building, her greatest dream to be the first policewoman; and a pair of Jewish brothers, detectives hired under the new policies of reformer Roosevelt, with knowledge of and eagerness for new investigative techniques.
This book is an interesting look at the growing pains of one of the greatest cities in the world, with fully three-dimensional characters and early perspectives and theories of psychology, criminal profiling, and investigative techniques. A great read!
Rating: 3
Summary: Not really a page turner but
Comment: An average crime story without surprises and twists. When I think about that book it reminds of a phrase I heard a long time ago: 'Everything has been said before!' Nothing in the story plot is surprising or exciting. The chase after the murder is a straightforward plot and not even the end of the story offers interesting or surprising moments. Why would you read that book? Because of the vivid and historically well researched descriptions of New York and its people in 1896. The book is also an interesting read if you enjoy forensics and the history of it. However, the character development is kind of odd and not very realistic in some instances. For example, the forensic team investigating the murders consists of a woman and a black man. Back at that time, the level of involvement of these characters would have been rather impossible or at least very different. I got the impression the author tried to be too politically correct. Another odd part is Kreizler's mysterious childhood which influences his decisions in some cases. This part of the story is not sufficiently enough addressed and contradicts with the overall approach of explaining everything in great detail. All in all an average crime story and nothing you have to read.
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Title: The Angel of Darkness by Caleb Carr ISBN: 0345427637 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 27 May, 1998 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Killing Time by Caleb Carr ISBN: 044661095X Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Devil Soldier : The American Soldier of Fortune Who Became a God in China by Caleb Carr ISBN: 0679761284 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 11 April, 1995 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The Lessons of Terror : A History of Warfare Against Civilians by Caleb Carr ISBN: 0375760741 Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks Pub. Date: 11 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Environmental Archaeology : Principles and Practice by Dena F. Dincauze ISBN: 0521310776 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 17 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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