The Finder: A Novel
by Colin Harrison
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Book Reviews of The Finder: A Novel
Book Review: average at best
Summary: 3 Stars
read raving rave reviews in the new york times and entertainment weekly and usually they are very reliable but this is just an average thriller written in a workmanlike style. nothing special here really, just a passable time killing read but with all the raves i was really expecting much, much more. some glaring goofs too. you fill an older model car with sewage to the top, when the fluid comes out the radio is just not going to keep playing. Plenty of little goofs like this through the narrative that may be minor but kind of take you out of the story like little reminders that this is really not based in any kind of reality. it's just average, barely average really.Book Review: Ok, if you don't mind excrement!
Summary: 3 Stars
My first Colin Harrison, but I'll probably give him another opportunity. This is an acceptable mystery read if you don't mind 2 heavy characteristics of the writing: (1) 2 Mexican girls killed by being drowned in excrement dumped into their car with extensive description and the hero making his way through sewage of NYC in search of clues (the author needs therapy for his exhibited anality! (2) extensive expositions of back stories of almost every character are highly digressive and interrupt the story for pages.
Interesting enough that I'll try another by this author and hope he does so much evacuating!
Book Review: 3 1/2 Stars
Summary: 3 Stars
Jin-Li, a beautiful and secretive Chinese woman who becomes involved in a plot to steal valuable information from corporations in New York City, is forced to go on the run when her complicity is discovered by powerful New Yorkers who stand to lose a fortune, while her secretive former lover, Ray Grant, races against time to find her before her enemies do. BT.
I'd have to agree with some and say this was just an average thriller. It got wordy at times and everything wrapped up a little too quickly at the end. An overall readable thriller with just enough graphics and suspense to push it along.
Book Review: Arrived
Summary: 4 Stars
Colin Harrison as been on the edge or writing a winner for some time. The first two-thirds of Havana Room is wonderful and then the book goes from 5 stars to 1 star in a matter of a few pages. The Finder is far more even. Not as good at Havana Room's first two-thirds but close and it maintains the that level. Obviously, as in the case of a book like this, come completely implausible passages but many intriguing characters all brought into the plotBook Review: Very good crime thriller
Summary: 4 Stars
I've read a couple other books by Harrison and this is the best yet. This novel is as much about New York and its denizens as it is about corporate espionage and shady stock dealings. What I like about Harrison is that he writes genre novels like nobody else. His unique voice really gives you the feel of the fast paced hustle and bustle of New York.