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The Hunted
Diana Brooks, a young female reporter, journeys to New York's Catskill Mountains and joins forces with local hunter Aaron Kuhn as they search for the truth about another hunter, one who stalks human prey. Original.
352 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2005
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Andrew Neiderman
76 books392 followersAndrew Neiderman is the author of over 44 thrillers, including six of which have been translated onto film, including the big hit, 'The Devil's Advocate', a story in which he also wrote a libretto for the music-stage adaptation. One of his novels, Tender Loving Care, has been adapted into a CD-Rom interactive movie.
Andrew Neiderman became the ghostwriter for V.C. Andrews following her death in 1986. He was the screenwriter for Rain, a film based on a series of books under Andrews name. Between the novels written under her name and his own, he has published over 100 novels.
Andrew Neiderman became the ghostwriter for V.C. Andrews following her death in 1986. He was the screenwriter for Rain, a film based on a series of books under Andrews name. Between the novels written under her name and his own, he has published over 100 novels.
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March 18, 2020
This novel is certainly a 3 star. The writing style was very good, and quite often the sentence structure and flow was beautiful, but where I think this novel fell down was a lack of editing.
80 pages could easily have been whittled from this book. There were many unnecessary character Point of Views that rambled on and did not add to the story, rather I felt they were there to bulk out the pages.
From the beginning of the book until about 2/3s in the reader was constantly introduced to new characters. Almost each chapter begun with a new character and the narration being told from this new character's point of view. The new character's internal monologue usually went on unnecessarily and would sometimes think about family history and work life or homelife. This lent nothing to the plot, but only served to remove any suspense or sense of mystery....and quite often a newly introduced character was killed before the end of the chapter.
I did enjoy the plot but there was a missed plot twist opportunity (with the brother) that would have made for a better ending!
I enjoyed the two main characters and felt that these were well established and well developed.
I felt the deeper sociological, cultural and philosophical meaning was good, well explored and not overtly be-baboured. I felt the novel's themes were accessible to all readers and yet was not overbearing.
If this novel was edited down, and another twist was added this could easily have been 4 star.
80 pages could easily have been whittled from this book. There were many unnecessary character Point of Views that rambled on and did not add to the story, rather I felt they were there to bulk out the pages.
From the beginning of the book until about 2/3s in the reader was constantly introduced to new characters. Almost each chapter begun with a new character and the narration being told from this new character's point of view. The new character's internal monologue usually went on unnecessarily and would sometimes think about family history and work life or homelife. This lent nothing to the plot, but only served to remove any suspense or sense of mystery....and quite often a newly introduced character was killed before the end of the chapter.
I did enjoy the plot but there was a missed plot twist opportunity (with the brother) that would have made for a better ending!
I enjoyed the two main characters and felt that these were well established and well developed.
I felt the deeper sociological, cultural and philosophical meaning was good, well explored and not overtly be-baboured. I felt the novel's themes were accessible to all readers and yet was not overbearing.
If this novel was edited down, and another twist was added this could easily have been 4 star.
October 6, 2024
This was a passable book, and would have been better if the ending hadn’t sucked.
All the locals felt so real, like people in my own small hometown. It was a real strength of the writing. They can, however, be annoying to read. The only character that doesn’t feel real is Diana, who walks into the page feeling like a trope/stereotype. She does get better as the story goes, so there is that. The main problem with her is that she is superfluous. Take her out of the plot and basically nothing would have to change, save having Aaron philosophize with another character.
The writing style itself wasn’t great, but what he portrayed was realistic enough that it was engaging anyway. The phrasing and word choices were very repetitive. However, Neiderman was great at building tension.
The end was a groan worthy ‘twist’. All I can think about the mishmash of things thrown together is how trite it all is. Seriously, that? He even made it worse by comparing it to the movie that the ending seems pulled out of. It was just as unoriginal as they come.
I don’t like hunting, so the conversations around the philosophy of hunting was interesting in an abject sense, but felt like it was trying too hard to be deep.
All the locals felt so real, like people in my own small hometown. It was a real strength of the writing. They can, however, be annoying to read. The only character that doesn’t feel real is Diana, who walks into the page feeling like a trope/stereotype. She does get better as the story goes, so there is that. The main problem with her is that she is superfluous. Take her out of the plot and basically nothing would have to change, save having Aaron philosophize with another character.
The writing style itself wasn’t great, but what he portrayed was realistic enough that it was engaging anyway. The phrasing and word choices were very repetitive. However, Neiderman was great at building tension.
The end was a groan worthy ‘twist’. All I can think about the mishmash of things thrown together is how trite it all is. Seriously, that? He even made it worse by comparing it to the movie that the ending seems pulled out of. It was just as unoriginal as they come.
I don’t like hunting, so the conversations around the philosophy of hunting was interesting in an abject sense, but felt like it was trying too hard to be deep.
May 2, 2013
Gave up on pg 55, just couldn't get into this book.
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