Dispossession (Paperback)

by Chaz Brenchley (Author)

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Product Description
Jonathan wakes up in hospital and is told he has been involved in a car crash. He doesn't remember the last three months, and the doctors say he's only been there three days. He also doesn't remember the woman by his bedside who says she is his wife, but she has the pictures that seem to prove it.

Product Details

• Paperback: 378 pages
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton (June 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0340659920
• ISBN-13: 978-0340659922
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.3 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #6,361,645 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Too many quirks spoil the broth, May 12, 2000

By	Ashley Lambert-Maberly (Vancouver, British Columbia Canada) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Dispossession (Hardcover)

Although not a bad writer, Brenchley cannot easily fit his tale of mysterious amnesia with his tale of an ambiguous angel; it was as if Buffy the Vampire Slayer and NYPD Blue decided to air a crossover episode--the genres are just too different to be a good fit unless handled brilliantly, which is not here the case.

I myself found the mystery angle compelling, and was annoyed when the angel angle intruded. This wasn't enough to put me off his work entirely--this was an interesting attempt by a writer new to me--but I can't recommend it as a satisfying read.

Note: a 3 star ranking from me is actually pretty good; I reserve 4 stars for tremendously good works, and 5 only for the rare few that are or ought to be classic; unfortunately most books published are 2 or less.

4.0 out of 5 stars the mystery unravels to reader and hero simultaneously, May 12, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Dispossession (Hardcover)

I enjoyed reading a book that I couldn't forcast the ending - that little twist of supernatural really kept me guessing. I also enjoyed some of the word games and mind games that came up throughout the book, serving both the plot and the continued interest of the reader.

4.0 out of 5 stars Dispossesion a great book by Chaz Brenchley, May 4, 1998

By	tatania ([e-mail]) (New Zealand) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dispossession (Hardcover)

Dispossesion is a book you will find hard to put down. Although a little hard toget into once you do its a great read. The story is about a guy named Jonty who wakes up in hospital after a car crash with no recollection of the past 'about' 6 months. He awakes in a life he no longer recoginises and now must seach to find out why among other things he is married to a wife he dosen't know, working for a well known criminal, and how his long time mysterious friend Luke fits into all this, all the while trying to aviod being killed in the process. A hard book to catorgise its probably a thriller with a supernatural twist.