Offbeat Appraisal

Dedicated to all avid book lovers everywhere. Being told as it is. Peace.

Saturday, January 20, 2007

The Key To The Street by Ruth Rendell




Genre: Mystery + Thriller

About:A street murder suddenly got entangled with the divorcee's life. And her dog and dog-sitter.

My Review: Strangely good read. The issues presented are very natural yet out of the blue stuff just made it either worse or better. Pitiful.

My Rating: 4/5

Wednesday, January 17, 2007

The Web by Jonathan Kellerman




Genre: Thriller

About: Dr Delaware, a psychologist,has been invited to do a medical book collaboration with a well-known doctor in Aruk. Things get freaky as Alex discovers something weird about the doctor & the little island paradise. Is there more to it?

My Review: I love this book! The doctors are interesting characters. Especially the one in Aruk, collecting insects and having secret tunnels. Its whole lot fun and thrilling at the same time. You just have to keep going. I made the book sound rather bleh but really read it to find out. There are really "giant white worms" in that tunnel.. hehe..

My Rating: 4.5/5

Monday, January 15, 2007

The Vision by Dean Koontz




Genre: Thriller

About: A woman cursed with psychic powers lending a helping hand to the police force on the various killings happening in her neighbourhood. She suffers from her "gift" and later discovers that she is actually running away from something she refuses to confront or accept when she was nine-years old.

My Review: When i got to the ending i was like Oh God...Gross! Likely to give you nightmares. And i only thought it was just a harmless little story about the gifted woman.. You cannot believe this.. Dean Koontz's wicked.

My Rating: 4.5/5