Comments on: Review – Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell

By: melanie

melanie — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:45:07 +0000

I agree the book is nuts, in a good but please don’t be offended sort of way. It was a bit of a shock to my Puritan sensibilities but I recovered and though it was a fun read.

By: Melissa- Shhh I'm Reading

Melissa- Shhh I'm Reading — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:23:41 +0000

This book did have some foul language, but that has never bothered me. I loved the footnotes and thought this one was a great read!

By: Biblibio

Biblibio — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:05:50 +0000

I think I’m mostly intrigued by the words “doctor” and “bad *ss” in the same sentence.

By: Jodie

Jodie — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:03:53 +0000

Why don’t more people use funny footnotes – seriously everyone has to write a religious thriller car chase mystery now a la Dan Brown but everyone doesn’t want to make a trend of using funny, fictional footnoes a la Terry Pratchett? The footnotes totally sold me on this book btw.

By: Holley

Holley — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:24:01 +0000

I love listened to this one in the car and LuRvEd it mightily!

By: Liz

Liz — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:06:57 +0000

The author’s name is very familiar — I’m going to look him up in just a bit to see why. While the book sounds kind of like a hoot, I’m serious wondering if the footnotes would a) slow me down and b) irritate the heck out of me. It’s what made reading Shakespeare go so slowly! Now I grant you, with Shakespeare you needed them, to figure out what the heck is going on, given changes in language. But in reading for fun? I’ll have to see if the library has the book and see how annoying I would find the footnotes. In the meantime, I’m reading Love Tag by Peter Shianna, kind of a novel of self-discovery — and haven’t we all been on that journey? Blue collar kid makes good — but is kind of too ambitious for his own good! You have your issues with kids (in this case adoption adds still more issues) and the urge to stray. Ever dealt with an addicted child or a cutthroat individual in business or sports? You’ll enjoy it, as will others.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:10:36 +0000

I got this as an ARC thinking I would like it and really didn’t. I don’t know why, because when I read other people’s reviews it sounds like such a great book! Maybe I was off-kilter those few days I read it. They’ve already got a publication date for the second book about Dr. Peter.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:54:55 +0000

Frolicking good time = must read. And I was going to skip this one. I probably should stop reading book blogs if I ever want to stop adding books to my tbr list. Even when I think I’m going to skip a book, I end up adding it!

By: booklogged

booklogged — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:19:30 +0000

Looking forward to reading this book. It’s on the shelf I just need to get it in my hands. Didn’t realize there was going to be humor so that’s a pleasant surprise. Sorry you didn’t get to meet the author.

By: raidergirl3

raidergirl3 — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:15:28 +0000

I know exactly the scene you wanted to ask him about!
I loved this book and thought it was hilarious, and thrilling and rough and crazy.
Crime fiction works, but it doesn’t give a picture of how funny the book can be, assuming your sense of humor matches the author’s. Maybe Humor-Thriller? Kind of like Hugh Laurie’s The Gun Seller.