freaky deaky book review

I thought I'd enjoy this a lot more than I did. I'm normally not a huge fan of the crime drama but found myself being caught up in this story. After serving in the navy, he studied English literature at the University of Detroit where he entered a short story competition. Add not one but two groups of bad guys that you know will compete on getting the drop on the mark. Funny how Elmore Leonard makes things disappear in FREAKY DEAKY.After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Another reviewer recommended I give Mr Leonard another try and I'm glad I did.

First, the man you're threatening should be smart enough to understand the threat. Great stuff, this.This one now has a pleasing double-retro flavor, with being set in the '80s as its characters reflect back on the political protests and anarchic violence of the late '60s and '70s. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations A fast paced read about a group of characters who are unwillingly connected in their own various schemes of money and power. Robin the vengeful Hippie is a hoot---I couldn't help but picture all of them in a movie and I think that someone like Susan Sarandon would nail RObin perfectly, a frailty, a harsh strength and cunning wrapped with a slight haze of stupidity. Leonard interrogates the idealism of the 60's student movement, examining how it collapsed into the status-obsessed 1980's. And he began to write scenes that might not have appeared in his earlier work.Elmore Leonard began to relax into his craft when he entered the decade of the eighties, when he would turn 60. The result is vivid scenes without too much "telling". Hadley Hunter is learning about life, love … and being a witch. That's Elmore Leonard.It's like how souffles are these flawless, light concoctions with complex flavors and it seems like they should be simple but they're actually one of the more difficult things to make. He was also starting to get major recognition, and make a lot of money. Freaky Deaky is typical: great fun, fantastically true dialogue, unique characters you'd love to actually meet, and inventive plotting that drives I can't devote the time necessary to review all the Elmore Leonard books I've read in my life, there are far too many - the man is a writing machine - and just about every single one has been terrific, state of the art. And while it was okay, I don't think this is Leonard at his best-- the characters are one step shy of becoming fully realized the way they are in some other books.

Some of their schemes involve explosives, which leads to the accidental involvement of a former Bomb Squad officer and an aspiring starlet. You got an acting dream; then it's more than a dream. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. Freaky Deaky book. Check. Elmore Leonard says Freaky Deaky is his best book but it isnt; his best book is VALDEZ IS COMING, a wonderful read.

In this case, though, none of the characters really appealed to me, and the dialog did not seem to flow as effortlessly, as intelligently, or as humorously as There's no such thing as a bad Elmore Leonard novel, but inevitably, some of them have to be better than others, and to my mind, this book is not as successful as most of his other efforts. Stir. There's no substitute for talent & Elmore Leonard has it The typical Leonard elements are all here (double-and-triple-crosses, deadpan cops, criminals of varying degrees of intelligence and competence, a romantic subplot that just barely rises above the level of perfunctory), but what makes this book so enjoyable is the clear thematic through-line.

All of the characters are well-drawn, but Woody, the millionaire, is a particularly brilliant invention. The model takes into account factors including the age of a rating, whether the ratings are from verified purchasers, and factors that establish reviewer trustworthiness.This page works best with JavaScript. We’d love your help. Moments of his brilliant prose couldn't disguise the fact that after 100 pages nothing had happened, and not a single character stood out as anything but a pale imitation of a character he had done better elsewhere. They are all scheming to get their hands on his money.

How do you say obnoxious in just one word? A trio of former 60s radicals, who were always more thrill-seeking opportunists than truly idealistic revolutionaries, orbit an alcoholic millionaire who seems to have only a handful of brain cells remaining. Amazon calculates a product’s star ratings based on a machine learned model instead of a raw data average. As usual, it's not the big things that make this Elmore Leonard novel enjoyable. ---it wa sliek this was a plot device to get Chris in but in the end it really had too much or too little to do with the central blackmail/murder/extortion story---that and the weak ending are the only reasons why this book isn't 5 stars. The action revolves around setting bombs for fun and profit: Booker hears his girlfiend's voice on the phone, "Are you sitting down?" Funny how things happen. Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Freaky Deaky at Amazon.com. Freaky Deaky has unique characters and problems that surmount in the most unexpected ways.One of the stronger Leonard books I have read. First, you're a cop; then you're not. Check. The New York Times has said he's "...the greatest living crime writer of our time...perhaps ever", and I think they underpraise him. Set in Detroit.

He was also starting to get major recognition, and make a lot of money.

The action revolves around setting bombs for fun and profit: Booker hears his girlfiend's voice on the phone, "Are you sitting down?" The action moves at a good pace and it's well written. Still, this is a brilliant book. Freaky Deaky is typical: great fun, fantastically true dialogue, unique characters you'd love to actually meet, and inventive plotting that drives everything along at a swift pace. I think we've all seen this type of story before but Leonard seems to keep the intensity high and the reader intrigued with each turn of the page. I can't devote the time necessary to review all the Elmore Leonard books I've read in my life, there are far too many - the man is a writing machine - and just about every single one has been terrific, state of the art.