Customer Reviews

The Caretaker

5 star:		(13)
4 star:		(11)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(7)

 

 

This book was ridiculous! Not only was the plot far fetched, but it was dull, dull, dull. If "Brady" was so obsessed with revenge, he did a poor job of showing it; it's hardly considered revenge when you put your enemy into an expensive luxury home while paying for his children's private school tuition. Some parts of the book were just plain perverse. As a whole, the novel was unbelievable. Save your money. Buy something else.

A masterpiece! I read this book a year ago and I am still raving about how wonderfully written and seductively suspensful this was to read. Mr. Simpson is an extremely gifted storyteller and has one deeply devoted reader at his fingertips! Hope to see him out with a new one soon. A devoted fan.....and many friends.....The Caretaker ROCKS!!!!

This is a rare book in that it may be equally enjoyed by both male and female readers. Maybe it would have been bettter if the central theme had been kept more of a secret. Possibly it would have been better if the husband of the protaginist had more positive character traits. Certainly it would have been a better read if the author had used more complex sentences; the narritive did not flow, style was an obstacle to enjoyment. Simpson can write well sometimes,the editor could have helped him write well throughout the book.

Since the first page till the end, this book has the perfect crime, "More know the devil for old than for devil", is the first book that I read that since the beginning is telling you part of the finish, that keeps you interested in the story all the time, and as I like from many writers, T.W. Simpson doesn't put Sam like a woman that doesn't know what to do and how to handle any particular situation, I like when the women can defend their selves alone or almost alone, and at the end you will see how to do a perfect crime... many times.

SIX STARS FOR THIS ONE

Inch by inch, layer by layer, Mr. Simpson builds upon a story that, more than anything else, reveals the frailties of man's character to allow revenge, greed, suggestion, and lust interfere with his own success. The Caretaker shows how even the most elaborate bluff resorts to chaos, manipulation (even by those you'd imagine or appear to be the most unlikely to twist one's life) and death. Allowing hints to creep into the narrative Simpon produces a story that will keep the reader turning the pages, allowing the mind to carve its own story. The ending, though mostly not a surprise, will lend the reader to sigh a big "oh, oh", wishing that the next book by Simpson produces a sequel to The Caretaker. All in all, a book well done.

Strange that this book was either praised or considered as trash by earlier reviewers. I finished reading it a couple of days ago and thought it was actually quite good.

I too would have preferred that Mr. Simpson hadn't given away too much of the end during the narration, but generally I found this novel quite entertaining and have now bought a second book by this author.

The author knows very little about the business world and it shows in his writing. Reading the book is like watching a mediocre movie of the week on network television.

This has got to be one of the worst books I have read in a long time. It is poorly written and the shifting point of view(sometimes within a single paragraph) is extremely annoying. The author's habit of having the narrator inject his own commentary is also incredibly irritating. I am a Creative Writing major in California and I have read better stories from beginning writers. The only saving grace for this book is the fact that if there are editors out there willing to publish this drivel, I can look forward to being published as well, easily. I wish I had saved my money when I bought this book. It's not worth the price.

The first 200 pages I was tempted to just take it back to the library, but I stuck it out to the bitter end probably hoping that it would improve. This tedious book did not improve and the characters really got on my nerves after awhile. I would not feel inclined to ever read anything again by this author.

Thomas William Simpson's "The Caretaker" is about a salesman who receives an amazing job offer out of nowhere. A huge salary, and amazing new home, and a product that should be a huge seller--it all sounds too good to be true, and it (of course) turns out not to be true.

Lurking in the background is a caretaker with an old score to settle, and the salesman, an obnoxious jerk, will be the one who suffers most, but not until he makes his wife's life miserable.

"The Caretaker" does not deal with a life-or-death threat throughout the majority of the salesman's torment, and the writing is not crisp enough to make the story one worth caring about. Nor is there any reason particularly to care about the financial and professional destruction of the salesman.