From Publishers Weekly In a surprising departure from her bestselling legal thrillers (Mitigating Circumstances, etc.), Rosenberg tells a warmhearted story of divine intervention and angelic miracles. Protagonist Toy Johnson is a charismatic teacher who insists on thinking positively about the futures of the underprivileged children in her inner-city school in Santa Ana, Calif. Though Toy is beautiful (she has "flaming red hair"; her skin is "as translucent as the finest silk") and wealthy, she is unhappy: she has been unable to conceive, and her surgeon husband does not sympathize with her need to donate money to the needy families of her young charges. Idealistic Toy craves "magic, miracles, overnight solutions." She has had this sense of mission since the day she suffered cardiac arrest, when she had a vision in which she helped an autistic boy. Now, having decided that she needs some space to consider a separation from her husband, Toy goes to New York, where she suffers recurrences of cardiac arrest, each time having vivid dreams of saving children from grave danger. Yet these children turn out to be real, and mounting evidence indicates that her lifesaving actions may occur during out-of-body astral projections. Soon Toy understands that she is an angel, deputized on missions of mercy. Rosenberg's fervid, exalted prose often soars to melodramatic heights, and her basic premise requires the same kind of belief that draws readers to The Celestine Prophecy. She eschews heavy-handed sermonizing, however, and intriguing plot twists keep the narrative moving briskly. Literary Guild main selection; audio rights to Penguin Highbridge; author tour. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library Journal Toy Johnson, a teacher at an urban Los Angeles school who cannot resist helping children in trouble, has strange but realistic dreams in which she aids children around the world. As her marriage to a wealthy, selfish doctor falters, Toy begins to experience heart problems, during which these strange dreams become so vivid that she bears physical scars afterward. During a visit to New York City, her physical problems and dream sequences reach a peak after she is arrested for kidnapping a child in Kansas whom she dreamed she saved from a fire. A mysterious and ethereal transit cop may be her only salvation. In a departure from her best-selling suspense tales like Mitigating Circumstances (LJ 12/92), Rosenberg offers a well-written work of hope and faith that is sure to be popular. Highly recommended for public libraries. [Literary Guild alternate; previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 10/15/94.]-Heather Blenkinsopp, Mercy Coll. Lib., Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.--Heather Blenkinsopp, Mercy Coll. Lib., Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. See all Editorial Reviews
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那本关于加州天使的奇幻小说,我读得心都快碎了。作者的笔触像是带着一股潮湿的海风,把那种洛杉矶的迷幻与真实交织在一起的独特气质描绘得淋漓尽致。我特别喜欢她塑造的那些边缘人物,他们不是传统意义上的英雄或恶棍,更像是生活在霓虹灯阴影下的影子,每个人都有自己一套不成文的生存法则。故事的节奏把握得极好,起初还带着点慵懒的南部加州日光浴的闲散,但随着情节的推进,那种潜藏在精致外表下的暗流开始涌动,让人不自觉地屏住呼吸,想要知道接下来这艘华丽的快艇会撞向哪片冰山。更妙的是,她对城市景观的描绘,不是那种明信片上的完美滤镜,而是充满了烟尘、汗水和廉价香水味的那种粗粝的真实感。我几乎能闻到亚斯芬(Asphalt)在午后暴晒后的那种焦灼气味。那种对“美国梦”破碎后残骸的哀悼,写得不动声色,却直击人心。读完之后,我感觉自己仿佛也经历了一场漫长而疲惫的公路旅行,虽然目的地模糊不清,但沿途的风景——那些荒凉的沙漠公路、闪烁着暧昧灯光的加油站——却清晰地烙在了脑海里。这本书的魅力就在于,它让你在享受一个精彩故事的同时,也被迫去审视自己内心深处那些不愿触碰的欲望与恐惧。
评分从文学手法上来说,这本书绝对是近些年来我读到过最有野心的一部作品。它大胆地融合了多种流派的元素,让你在阅读时仿佛在穿越不同的电影场景。你会看到硬汉派侦探小说的冷峻对白,又会在某个转折点感受到魔幻现实主义的奇异力量。这种跨界融合没有造成任何突兀感,反而是浑然天成,仿佛作者手中握着一把万能的钥匙,能打开通往任何叙事空间的门。我特别佩服作者对环境氛围的营造,那种浓郁的、几乎可以触摸到的“氛围感”贯穿始终。当你读到某个破败的别墅,或是那个总是下着细雨的码头时,你真的能感觉到那种潮湿和腐朽的气息。这种感官上的沉浸体验,是许多只注重情节推进的小说所不具备的。它迫使你的想象力全速运转,去填补那些文字留下的空白,去构建一个只属于你自己的、独一无二的“加州”景象。读完后我有一种强烈的冲动,想立刻买一张飞往西海岸的机票,去寻找那些被文字魔法点石成金的场景。
评分我很少能读到一部如此“感性”的作品,它处理情感的细腻程度,简直可以用“令人心痛”来形容。这不是那种歇斯底里的哭泣,而是那种在极度压抑下,情感以一种近乎结晶的方式存在着。书中关于“失去”和“救赎”的描绘,尤其触动我。那些失去的,不仅仅是具体的某个人或物,更是那些再也回不去的纯真年代,那些被现实碾碎的理想。作者对角色之间那种复杂而又难以言喻的联结,描绘得入木三分,有时候一个眼神,一次不经意的触碰,所蕴含的信息量,胜过千言万语的长篇独白。这种情感的张力,使得情节的每一次推进都充满了重量感。它让我意识到,生活中那些最深刻的伤口,往往不是被剧烈的冲突造成的,而是由日复一日的微小失望慢慢累积而成。这本书就像一位高明的心理医生,引导你正视那些你习惯性忽略的内心创伤,最终,在故事的尽头,给你一丝微弱却坚定的希望之光,告诉你:即使破碎,依然可以存在。
评分这本书的叙事结构真是绝了,它像是一张精心编织的网,用许多看似不相干的线索,最终收拢到中心一个巨大的谜团上。我必须承认,一开始我有点被绕晕了,角色的转换和时间线的跳跃,要求读者必须保持高度的专注力。但一旦适应了这种跳跃的节奏,你会发现作者的高明之处——那些看似随意散落的物件、一句不经意的对话,其实都是未来某个关键转折点的伏笔。这就像是阅读一首复杂的交响乐,所有的乐章都在独立演奏,却在最高潮时完美汇合,产生出一种震耳欲聋的和谐感。我尤其欣赏作者在处理人物内心独白时的那种克制,她很少直接告诉你角色在想什么,而是通过他们的行为,甚至是他们如何选择不说话,来展现人物的深度。比如主角在面对重大抉择时的那种微妙的犹豫,那种只有细细品味才能察觉到的挣扎,比大声的咆哮更具力量。这本书的魅力不在于提供答案,而在于提出更深刻的问题,它让你合上书本后,仍旧停留在那个光怪陆离的故事世界里,久久不能自拔,不断回味那些尚未完全解开的象征意义。
评分这本书的哲学探讨层面,我觉得非常深刻,但它处理得非常巧妙,完全没有那种说教式的沉重感。它探讨的是“身份的构建与崩塌”这个宏大主题,通过那些身份模糊、不断更换面具的角色来展现。每个人都在扮演着别人期望他们成为的样子,或者扮演着自己拼命想成为的样子,但真正的自我,却像是个被遗忘在阁楼深处的旧家具,蒙着厚厚的灰尘。作者似乎在暗示,在那个光鲜亮丽的表面世界之下,我们都在进行一场关于“我是谁”的永恒辩论。书中多次出现的关于镜子、倒影和面具的意象,都反复强调了这种主题。而且,作者的批判性视角非常锐利,她对消费主义文化对人性的异化有着毫不留情的揭示,但这些揭示并非是空洞的口号,而是融入在角色们一次次徒劳的追逐中,显得真实而悲凉。这让阅读体验从单纯的娱乐上升到了对生存状态的反思高度,让人在笑过或惊心动魄之后,留下一股绵长而苦涩的回味。
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