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2.0 out of 5 stars
Over the top,
By DM (ORegon) - See all my reviews
This review is from: All Shook Up (Paperback)
Was smart, was funny...up until page 85 when it slid with Danny Many Guns, the OTT uber perfect indigenous Canadian, something like Robert Crais's Joe Pike only x10.But then whoa on page 97 it rebounded with 'syndrome du bebe secure' (Shaken Baby Syndrome). Hence the name of the book btw, which, given what was happening to these poor girls, is in EXTREMELY bad taste. Disgusting Anyway I thought it was going to get down now and be more serious, I mean SBS is not a laughing matter. Especially the way it was be done in this story and the sheer numbers of victims. But on page 104 it took the final plunge into la la land with Danny's recounting of his participation in the Sun Dance religious ceremony. You know the one ... where the native dancers attempt to pull and rip free from bones that have been threaded through their pectoral muscles and tied to a central pole via rawhide thongs. Like a macabre Maypole dance. I don't know if they still practice this weird bit of the Sun Dance ceremony today but it just doesn't seem likely to me. Besides Harrison's ott characterization of the all knowing, all seeing, all being Danny, Eddie Dancer's methods progressively go from stupid to stupider to stupidest. Too bad cuz I really enjoyed the first 84 pages. Mike Harrison has potential imho. He can write. He's got wit. He just needs to rein in his wild inclinations. And again, the title is in extremely bad taste, making me wonder about this Mike Harrison. |
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All Shook Up by Mike Harrison (Paperback - May 16, 2005)
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