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Title: A Fistful of Rain by Greg Rucka ISBN: 0-553-80135-X Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 29 July, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.17 (12 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Grab A Good Book: A Fistful Of Rain by Greg Rucka
Comment: Mim Bracca is the focal point of this very enjoyable novel, the latest from Greg Rucka. Breaking away, hopefully just temporarily from his Kodiak series, Greg Rucka has created another intense character battling personal demons and a reality shakily built and on the verge of collapse. Unlike Kodiak, Mim Bracca does not have the resources to cope, either personally or by extension through her relationships with others.
Mim Bracca is a guitarist for the hot rock band known as Tailhook. While the band is doing incredibly well as the sold out concerts as they tour the world and the latest cover of Rolling Stone prove, her personal life and her future is being poured down the drain, one drink of alcohol at a time. Mim believes she is holding her own, but she isn't and one scene too many on tour has earned her the right to go home and get her act together. Van, the leader of the band, left her no choice but to go home, dry out and then they would consider bringing her back.
Mim flies home and almost makes it inside her house, when a gunman accosts her on her porch. He forces her to his van where he orders her to strip, takes her clothes and drives her around for awhile. Eventually, they arrive back at her place where she is allowed to dress and he vanishes into the night. Terrified and upset, she has no proof that anything happened but she will have a drink or two first and then call the Police.
The responding Police soon realize that she has had several drinks before they got there on top of what she had been consuming on the plane coming home. They come to the conclusion that if anything happened, and with no evidence at all of anything they don't believe her story, that it was a publicity stunt that went awry. Mim doesn't agree, hits the bottle and over the next few days realizes that someone is after her. Nude pictures of her that could only be taken in her home while she was passed out are posted on the Internet and then she is linked to a murder and extortion plot. Like her drinking, her life accelerates out of control as she struggles to hold it together and clear her name.
While I much prefer the Kodiak series for their intense reads, this stand alone novel works on many of the same levels. Not only is it a strong introduction to the enjoyable writings of the author if you haven't had the pleasure of reading him before, this novel weaves an increasingly complex tale at frenetic speed. As in his other enjoyable novels, the main character is multifaceted and complex with realistic problems to handle, both internally and externally. In this specific case, Greg Rucka brings Mim Bracca's compulsion to drink to life and gives it a presence that not only serves as a background to the novel but works for those who have also battled the alcoholic demon within.
The writing style is intense with no wasted words or long wasted expository paragraphs as the reader and characters drift aimlessly through the work. The mystery itself is never overshadowed by other things and is complex and constantly changing. Just when the reader believes the situation is figured out, the author flips everything and changes course. The result is an intense 305-page read that is a pretty good book.
Rating: 4
Summary: A different perspective than the Kodiak novels
Comment: This is not an Atticus Kodiak novel. But don't let that deter you. It's still filled with Rucka's smooth prose and lightning-fast pacing. It's a real page-turner. I read through it in two sittings. Considering my usual easy-to-distract manner, that's high praise.
The biggest difference that I see from this book as opposed to the Kodiak novels is that this protagonist isn't in control of everything and doesn't have the same strengths as Kodiak. Atticus is cool and knows what he's doing. Mim is on a downhill drinking binge, has been kicked out of her band, and is facing a couple of horrifying issues back at home. There is a lot going on around here, but she's in no shape -- either mentally or physically -- to handle them. Yet she has a Never-Say-Die attitude that propels her through the events of the book towards its climax. She's not a victim. She's a survivor. In the end, this book is more a character study of a troubled woman than the more plot-driven thrillers of the Kodiak books.
If you can't wait the year or two it'll take for the next Kodiak book to come out, give this one a try. You'll recognize the straightforward prose, but delight in something new outside the usual sphere of personal protection and natonal politics.
Rating: 4
Summary: New Characters
Comment: Cheers to an author who can change the usual characters and get a new voice. Rucka is a talent. Doesn't always score high, but keeps things interesting. In a world of cookie cutter books, that is something.
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