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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. You have grown up hating the town you live in and want to get out as soon possible. Yet as with a lot of people’s dreams, some just don't come true. Life happens or so it does for Tommy O’Brien, Keene’s main character. O’Brien is living the life most folks fall into, marriage, children and the usual 40 hour grind. As if life isn’t hard on it’s on merit, O’Brien is faced with several life changing events one so devastating it leaves him literally on the edge of death. He’s not only lost his job at the factory but he’s found out he has terminal cancer. He’s scared and he’s alone in his disease because the last thing he wanted was his wife to worry. What was he going to do? Overwhelmed by the events that happen in his life O’Brien turns to his friends; after all he can’t keep it bottled up inside him because he knows if he does his wife and their son will be left with absolutely nothing. Sitting in the car with his best friends, John and Sherm, they devise a plan that hopefully will help him care for his family in his departure from this earth. The plan has to be carried out quickly though, because time is something O’Brien doesn't have the luxury of. Brian Keene's “Terminal”, is truly a page turner. I really enjoyed this book. Do you want to know what happens to O’Brien and his family? How are John and Sherm going to help their buddy in his time of need? I seriously suggest you read the book and find out! You will not be disappointed; Keene's spun an unforeseen heartwarming tale woven with love, friendship and a touch of the super natural. 4 Stars - Reviewed by Michael S. Timlin, Authors on the Rise Book Reviews nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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HTML:From award-winning author Brian Keene comes a darkly suspenseful tale of crime and the common man??with a surprising jolt of the supernatural . . . Tommy O'Brien once hoped to leave his run-down industrial hometown. But marriage and fatherhood have kept him running in place, working a job that doesn't even pay the bills. And now he seems fated to stay for the rest of his life. Tommy's just learned he's going to die young?? and soon. But he refuses to leave his family with less than nothing??especially now that he has nothing to lose. Over a couple of beers with his best friends, John and Sherm, Tommy launches a bold scheme to provide for his family's future. And though his plan will spin shockingly out of control, it will throw him together with a child whose touch can heal??and whose ultimate lesson is that there are far worse things than dying. "A powerful, unique novel with a fascinating plot and characters, and echoes of Stephen King's working-class voice."??Ed Go Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Ok I will elaborate to my angst of this book. I see what Brian Keene was trying to do, he was trying to make a character similar to Slim Shady aka Eminem aka a rare white boy who can pull off the whole rap angle, but instead he came up with a Vanilla Ice wannabe that is annoying as hell, who works a factory, lives in a single wide trailer, has a wife and son, who is broke but still manages to blow his paycheck on cigarettes and going to the bar instead of his wife & kid. Soon he is laid off of work, discovers he has cancer, and does the typical “GOD WHY OH WHY did this happen to me?” Where I as the reader answers “because you are a waste of the human gene pool”. Him and two more annoying Tupac, Dr. Dre listening even more annoying white guys decide to wrong a bank. Which of course you know they will f*** up just from the introduction of these characters.
I really want to like Brian Keene, and I believe he has potential to be a great writer; my biggest problem about his 1st three books I have read is that I do not really care about the characters at all. Where King, Koontz, Laymon, Ketchum, etc. have succeeded in making the reader care about the character Keene falls short.
Aside from the main character being a wannabe loser who I am excited that he will eventually die, the book does have some positive to it. The story does have kind of a twist to it toward the end, and some of the action sequences toward the end was somewhat exciting. The last few chapters stand out, just getting to them is tedious. I will still pick up Brian Keene’s work, I see a lot of potential, and I hope he improves on his character development skills. ( )