From Publishers Weekly Journalist Michael North terrifies a young student with a ghost story that soon frightens them both in this fast-paced but tame thriller. Invited to spend Christmas at the home of his boss, Carl McGill, Michael meets and falls for Carl's daughter Susannah. While his story about a scarred man is fictitious, Susannah's worst nightmares come to concern a killer with a scar. Someone tries to kill her later at college, and an answering-machine message from a self-proclaimed "scarred man" leads to an attempt on both Michael and Susannah's lives. Michael then remembers that his parents were murdered when he was five, and a scarred man dominates the sudden memory. Hiding with him at the time was a one-year-old girl, and it dawns upon the lovers that they may be siblings. Together they drive to Hickman, Ind., where Michael's parents were murdered, to learn the truth. Lawyer Howard Marks, who represents a retarded handyman still blamed for the killings, proves to Michael that the man was in fact framed. But who, then, is the scarred man? His identity is the best surprise mustered by Peterson (nom de plume of Andrew Klavan, A Shock to the System ), but it fails to offset others quite easily guessed. A playful style dilutes the impact of a novel already weakened by a dearth of suspense. Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library Journal Michael North's life is irreversibly altered when he meets his employer's daughter during Christmas holiday. One night he tells a particularly scary ghost story abut a mysterious scarred man, and is amazed at the young woman's horrified reaction. It turns out the two of them have been experiencing similar nightmares for years. As they combine forces and discover more about their backgrounds, they become embroiled in an old murder case and must confront a menace from the past. Generally the writing is excellent, although Peterson overdoes the device of deliberately repeating certain words or phrases in subsequent sentences, and occasionally the poetic language seems self-conscious and distracting. However, readers who are tuned in to Peterson's style will find a tense climax and surprising resolution awaiting them.- William Schoell, New YorkCopyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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坦白说,这本书的后半部分给我带来了一次意想不到的情感冲击。在经历了前面大量的铺垫、象征和晦涩的自我剖析之后,当那些分散的线索终于开始收束时,那种爆发力是毁灭性的。它并非那种情绪外溢式的宣泄,而是一种冷静、克制的悲剧感,如同冰川崩塌前的无声。作者对于“失去”和“救赎”这两个主题的处理尤为到位,前者是沉重而不可逆转的,后者则是一种微弱到几乎难以察觉的希望之光。我读完最后一章时,感到一种深刻的疲惫,但同时又有一种被净化后的清晰感。这本书更像是一次精神上的马拉松,它要求你全程保持警觉,但最终的奖赏是值得的。它不是那种读完后会立刻忘记的消遣之作,而是一本会在你的脑海中回响很久,让你时不时地去重新审视其中某些段落的重量级作品。
评分我必须承认,这本书的阅读门槛并不低,它拒绝迎合那些追求快速满足感的读者。作者似乎对当代流行文学中的某些约定俗成的套路不屑一顾,而是坚持着一种更加古典、更加注重内省和哲学思辨的写作风格。书中探讨的主题非常宏大且深刻,涉及了记忆的本质、身份的构建以及社会边缘人群的生存状态。这些议题并不是被生硬地植入对话中,而是通过人物的行动和他们所处的困境自然而然地流露出来。有时候,我需要停下来,合上书本,花上几分钟去消化刚刚读到的那段话,去思索其中蕴含的哲理。这种需要“反刍”的文本,无疑筛选了受众,但对于那些愿意投入时间和心力去探索文本深层的读者来说,它提供了一种近乎学术研究般的智力回报。它挑战了我们对“什么是真实”的固有认知。
评分从文学手法上看,作者运用了大量的象征和隐喻,使得平实的场景也充满了暗示性。比如,某个反复出现的自然意象,它在故事的不同阶段扮演了截然不同的角色,从最初的宁静象征,逐渐演变成一种压抑和束缚的具象化。这种意象的动态变化,是衡量一部作品成熟度的重要标志。我特别留意到作者在处理角色视角转换时的细腻处理,虽然全书似乎是以第三人称叙述为主,但不同人物的内在声音和感知方式被捕捉得极为精准,使得每个主要角色的形象都立体而饱满,他们都有着各自的盲点和不可告人的动机。这本书最让我赞叹的一点是,它没有提供一个简单的“好人”或“坏人”的标签,所有的人物都游走在道德的灰色地带,他们的选择充满了人性的复杂性与矛盾性,这使得故事的张力持久不衰。
评分这本书的封面设计极其引人注目,那种粗粝的质感和深沉的色调立刻抓住了我的眼球。我通常不太容易被书的“外在”所吸引,但这一次,它成功地营造了一种神秘而略带危险的氛围,让我忍不住想一探究竟。故事的开篇,作者选择了一种近乎诗意的、慢节奏的叙事方式,仿佛在为即将到来的风暴做着漫长的铺垫。人物的内心挣扎被描绘得淋漓尽致,那种细微的情感波动,即便是最微不足道的一个眼神,都被赋予了深刻的含义。我尤其欣赏作者对于环境的刻画,那种地域性的风土人情,不仅仅是背景板,更是推动情节发展的无形力量。初读之下,我感觉自己仿佛被拽入了一个完全陌生的世界,那里充满了未解的谜团和潜藏的张力。情节的推进虽然缓慢,但每翻过一页,都能感受到一种蓄势待发的力量感,让人对接下来将要揭示的真相充满了好奇与期待。整个阅读过程,与其说是阅读,不如说是一种沉浸式的体验,对读者的耐心和细致的观察力都是一种考验。
评分这本书的叙事结构堪称精妙,它采用了一种非线性的时间叙事手法,将过去、现在和一些闪回的片段巧妙地编织在一起,形成了一张复杂而富有张力的网。起初,这种跳跃式的叙事确实让人有些摸不着头脑,需要集中十二分的注意力去梳理人物关系和事件的前因后果。然而,一旦适应了这种节奏,你会发现每一个看似不相关的片段,最终都会在某个关键的转折点上精准地汇合,带来一种“原来如此”的恍然大悟感。作者对于悬念的把控达到了一个极高的水准,不是那种刻意的、廉价的惊吓,而是基于人物性格和环境设定的、逻辑自洽的逐渐揭示。对话的艺术是这本书的另一大亮点,人物间的交流往往充满了潜台词,很多重要的信息是通过“没有说出口的话”来传达的,这极大地增强了文本的深度和阅读的趣味性,迫使读者必须主动参与到意义的建构中去。
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