BITING THE MOON. [Import] [Paperback]

Martha. Grimes (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 448 pages
• Publisher: HOLT. NY 1999; New Ed edition (1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0747268061
• ISBN-13: 978-0747268062
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.4 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.3 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (50 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,150,129 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Martha Grimes is the bestselling author of twenty-one Richard Jury novels, as well as the novels Dakota and Foul Matter, among others. Her previous two Jury books, The Old Wine Shades and Dust, both appeared on the New York Times bestseller list.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars This book is marketed to the wrong readers., October 30, 1999

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Nat (Madison, WI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Biting the Moon (Hardcover)

In my opinion, this book should be reissued or marketed to the young adult audience. When reading the book I immediately felt I was reading young adult material. As the book progressed this feeling did not change as I expected it to. I only kept reading because I was also curious as to Andi's history. I am a librarian so I have threrefore read many books geared to this audience.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Did Martha Grimes write this?, May 28, 2000

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Diane Neal (Dallas, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Biting the Moon (Paperback)

If you love Martha Grimes, don't read this book. The subject matter (cruelty to animals and people)is certainly worthy of being written about even though I wish this book had never been published. It's very hard to get past some of the completely unbelievable plot points and editing mistakes (e.g. drinking a "pint" of beer in Montana, please). I love Martha Grimes, both the Richard Jury novels and her other fiction works, but she should have used a pseudonym on Biting the Moon. I was mad that I wasted two days reading this one.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Far-fetched, May 12, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Biting the Moon (Hardcover)

Grimes's writing style is as smooth as ever, but I couldn't get past the premise of two teenagers galavanting across the U.S. like Thelma and Louise. Andi had already been preyed upon once; Mary had seen the dark side of life with the death of her sister. Am I to believe these two intelligent young women would just hit the road, chasing a child molester, as if they were going on Spring Break? And if the think-tank doctor was such a genius, how could he let Andi and Mary wander off after hearing that horrible story. It just doesn't wash.

Also, although I am sympathetic to animal rights issues, this book covered too many-trapping, coyote population control, dogfights, crooked vets, and canned hunts. It would have been better to focus one or two issues, because in the end, the overwhelming amount of controversial topics detracted from all of them.

I didn't expect to see Richard Jury in this novel, so I wasn't disappointed in that respect. But I did feel this novel was rushed and not as finely crafted as some of her others.