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Heads You Lose
by Lisa Lutz (Goodreads Author), David Hayward
by Lisa Lutz (Goodreads Author), David Hayward
Lisa Vegan's review
bookshelves: gr-author, fiction, novel, orphaned-and-quasi-orphaned-kids, mystery, reviewed, humor
Apr 26, 11
bookshelves: gr-author, fiction, novel, orphaned-and-quasi-orphaned-kids, mystery, reviewed, humor
Recommended for:
fans of clever & amusing mysteries; aspiring mystery novelists
Read from April 14 to 25, 2011
I laughed out loud more than I have with a book in ages!
Comic genius! Very clever! It’s a gimmick and I absolutely love it and admire the result, book title included.
Hilarious! Absolutely the funniest collaboration imaginable, funny ha ha, not funny peculiar, although it’s delightfully peculiar too.
I thought I’d miss the Spellmans but I need not have worried; Lacey & Paul, and especially Lisa & David/Dave are equally entertaining in their own ways.
I wasn’t sure these two collaborating authors would pull off a mystery story that made any sense, but I need not have worried about that either; they did. Lisa writes the odd numbered chapters and David writes the even numbered chapters, and we find out why and who gets to write the last chapter. I was always eager to get to the end of each chapter, just so I could read the notes the authors exchange. I loved the story but the between chapter notes and footnotes were at least as enjoyable as the mystery story.
Chapter 14 was hilarious; it took me a fraction of several seconds to figure out why the font was so much bigger and that it wasn’t a printing error.
I was going to warn lovers of cat mysteries and cat lovers that they might want to skip this one, but I need not have worried about this either. I love and appreciate how everything turned out.
Why, when I read these authors names do I keep thinking of Jordi/Lisa & David (the Lisa and David part), a favorite book and movie of mine, and definitely not in the mystery or humor genre?!
This is a terrific book for anyone thinking of penning a mystery novel too. Because of the tag team writing and communication between authors, the reader is privy to some of the techniques used. I could never be a writer: If I were to create a story, I’d want to know where it was going from the very beginning.
3 3/4 stars for the mystery story (impressive!) and a full 5 stars for everything else = 5 stars
All these words in some way describe the book, and they all appear in spell check (except for Yin and Yang; What’s up with that?!): Ambitious. Brilliant. Clever. Deft. Excellent. Funny. Good. Hilarious. Inspired. Jocose. Killer. LOL. Mystery. Notable. One-liners. Phenomenal. Quirky. Repartee. Sidesplitting. Tongue-in-cheek. Uproarious. Visionary. Witty. Yin and Yang. Zingers. And, because I left out X, some extra words: Humorous. Comic. Amusing. Droll. Footnotes. Hoot. Bantering. Fun! And there are many more. I had the most fun reading than I’ve had in a while, and this is not the only humorous book I’ve read recently.
I adore the Spellmans books but it does help to have my warped sense of humor. Though everyone I know loves the Spellmans, I think this book will have even wider appeal because even more people will be able to identify with this story and these relationships.
I’m already eagerly awaiting Lisa Lutz's next book and I’ll happily also pick up any further books by David Hayward.
Comic genius! Very clever! It’s a gimmick and I absolutely love it and admire the result, book title included.
Hilarious! Absolutely the funniest collaboration imaginable, funny ha ha, not funny peculiar, although it’s delightfully peculiar too.
I thought I’d miss the Spellmans but I need not have worried; Lacey & Paul, and especially Lisa & David/Dave are equally entertaining in their own ways.
I wasn’t sure these two collaborating authors would pull off a mystery story that made any sense, but I need not have worried about that either; they did. Lisa writes the odd numbered chapters and David writes the even numbered chapters, and we find out why and who gets to write the last chapter. I was always eager to get to the end of each chapter, just so I could read the notes the authors exchange. I loved the story but the between chapter notes and footnotes were at least as enjoyable as the mystery story.
Chapter 14 was hilarious; it took me a fraction of several seconds to figure out why the font was so much bigger and that it wasn’t a printing error.
I was going to warn lovers of cat mysteries and cat lovers that they might want to skip this one, but I need not have worried about this either. I love and appreciate how everything turned out.
Why, when I read these authors names do I keep thinking of Jordi/Lisa & David (the Lisa and David part), a favorite book and movie of mine, and definitely not in the mystery or humor genre?!
This is a terrific book for anyone thinking of penning a mystery novel too. Because of the tag team writing and communication between authors, the reader is privy to some of the techniques used. I could never be a writer: If I were to create a story, I’d want to know where it was going from the very beginning.
3 3/4 stars for the mystery story (impressive!) and a full 5 stars for everything else = 5 stars
All these words in some way describe the book, and they all appear in spell check (except for Yin and Yang; What’s up with that?!): Ambitious. Brilliant. Clever. Deft. Excellent. Funny. Good. Hilarious. Inspired. Jocose. Killer. LOL. Mystery. Notable. One-liners. Phenomenal. Quirky. Repartee. Sidesplitting. Tongue-in-cheek. Uproarious. Visionary. Witty. Yin and Yang. Zingers. And, because I left out X, some extra words: Humorous. Comic. Amusing. Droll. Footnotes. Hoot. Bantering. Fun! And there are many more. I had the most fun reading than I’ve had in a while, and this is not the only humorous book I’ve read recently.
I adore the Spellmans books but it does help to have my warped sense of humor. Though everyone I know loves the Spellmans, I think this book will have even wider appeal because even more people will be able to identify with this story and these relationships.
I’m already eagerly awaiting Lisa Lutz's next book and I’ll happily also pick up any further books by David Hayward.
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Reading Progress
| 04/14/2011 | page 1 |
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0.0% | "I plan to start this book today." |
| 04/14/2011 | page 18 |
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6.0% | "Hilarious so far. The initial communications between the 2 authors, when discussing co-writing the book, are so funny. This book is exactly what I need right now." |
| 04/15/2011 | page 28 |
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9.0% | "Hilarious!!! The communication between the authors at the end of and within chapters has me laughing my head off. I was hoping to read more tonight (picture books, many more at home!!, are taking up a lot of time!) I'm fairly busy Sunday and tomorrow but will be reading this book (and more picture books :-( and my cookbook/finishing it I hope) as much as I can. Loving this book!" |
| 04/16/2011 | page 45 |
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15.0% | "A perfect comfort read. I'm laughing on most pages; it's so funny! Now, if only I'd take some uninterrupted long periods with which to read this book." |
| 04/19/2011 | page 73 |
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24.0% | "Hilarious & a wonderful comfort read." |
| 04/22/2011 | page 136 |
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45.0% | "Chapter 14 was hilarious! It took for a fraction of several seconds to realize the font size was not a printing mistake. These two authors are so funny!" |
| 04/23/2011 | page 174 |
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58.0% | "I'm really enjoying this, but I'm finding that I can't wait to get to the end of each chapter, just so I can read the notes the authors exchange." |
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It's impressive that they did this so well - in the wrong hands, one could imagine this turning out very poorly.