- Taschenbuch: 448 Seiten
- Verlag: Berkley; Auflage: Berkley Premium. (31. Januar 2012)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0425245756
- ISBN-13: 978-0425245750
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 18,5 x 10,7 x 3 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 159.624 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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The Red Citrus Trailer Park is inhabited mostly by illegal laborers. But the steroid-powered park manager and his grotesquely muscular girlfriend want to sell the park for some easy money-and they'll do whatever it takes to drive the residents out. Their problem is a young girl who the laborers believe talks to God. When the girl witnesses the manager dumping a corpse into a lake, he knows that she has to be silence permanently.
The girl's only hope for survival: marine biologist Doc Ford, who must search through an underground nation, trek through wildlife, and defeat an assortment of bad guys...and hope he reaches her in time.
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Randy Wayne White is the author of seventeen previous Doc Ford novels and four collections of nonfiction. He lives in an old house built on an Indian mound in Pineland, Florida.
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Not A Typical Doc Ford Effort
1. März 2011
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Having read every Doc Ford novel, I am disappointed in "Night Vision". I am not as jaded as other early reviewers but 3 stars is the lowest I have ever given a Doc Ford novel. Remember, an average Doc Ford read is better than many other writers' better efforts. "Night Vision" has a great opening including a breath holding battle with a huge alligator that is trying to eat an elderly man. It concludes with an intense and deadly confrontation between Doc and a half dozen gang banger/bad guy types in the dead of night deep in the forest. But between these two notable events, very little of consequence or interest occurs.
It is hard for long time Doc Ford readers to accept that he could fall so quickly in love for someone he barely knows or that such a thin plot could confuse Doc. Additionally, Tomlinson is relegated to a small role as a spectator and conscience tweaker for Doc, 40% of the novel does not even have Doc or Tomlinson in it, there is no Doc puzzling through thorny mysteries and dilemmas, no Doc struggling with his inner demons, and the whole book seems devoted to the spiritual mysticism of a 13 year-old girl who "talks" to her patron saint, Joan of Arc.
In summation, a young, apparently "gifted" illegal Guatemalan, Tula Choimha, who lives in the Red Citrus Mobile Home Park, sees the steroidal freak who runs the park, Harris Squires, disposing of a body in the lake where he keeps his pet 'gator. Squires and his girlfriend, Frankie, an-out-of-control steroidal slut manufacture and sell illegal steroids and make porn films using illegal females. They work closely with the V-man, Victorino, leader of the Latin Kings street gang. Soon, Harris kidnaps Tula with the intention of killing her to silence her and in short order, Frankie, Victorino, and assorted gang bangers show up to disrupt Harris' plans and to implement their own viscous plans. Enter Doc, who has been prompted by Tomlinson to help search for the missing girl. Doc discovers the entire group at an isolated camp and all hell breaks loose.
Doc will always be Doc and Tomlinson will always be his conscience and the barometer for his life. But in "Night Vision", neither has much to do and Doc, while becoming the deadly warrior that he futilely tries so hard to repress, is hardly challenged as mentally or physically as we have come to expect in past experiences. While the book is a decent read, it is not up to the bar that Randy Wayne White set so long ago for his signature character, Doc Ford.
It is hard for long time Doc Ford readers to accept that he could fall so quickly in love for someone he barely knows or that such a thin plot could confuse Doc. Additionally, Tomlinson is relegated to a small role as a spectator and conscience tweaker for Doc, 40% of the novel does not even have Doc or Tomlinson in it, there is no Doc puzzling through thorny mysteries and dilemmas, no Doc struggling with his inner demons, and the whole book seems devoted to the spiritual mysticism of a 13 year-old girl who "talks" to her patron saint, Joan of Arc.
In summation, a young, apparently "gifted" illegal Guatemalan, Tula Choimha, who lives in the Red Citrus Mobile Home Park, sees the steroidal freak who runs the park, Harris Squires, disposing of a body in the lake where he keeps his pet 'gator. Squires and his girlfriend, Frankie, an-out-of-control steroidal slut manufacture and sell illegal steroids and make porn films using illegal females. They work closely with the V-man, Victorino, leader of the Latin Kings street gang. Soon, Harris kidnaps Tula with the intention of killing her to silence her and in short order, Frankie, Victorino, and assorted gang bangers show up to disrupt Harris' plans and to implement their own viscous plans. Enter Doc, who has been prompted by Tomlinson to help search for the missing girl. Doc discovers the entire group at an isolated camp and all hell breaks loose.
Doc will always be Doc and Tomlinson will always be his conscience and the barometer for his life. But in "Night Vision", neither has much to do and Doc, while becoming the deadly warrior that he futilely tries so hard to repress, is hardly challenged as mentally or physically as we have come to expect in past experiences. While the book is a decent read, it is not up to the bar that Randy Wayne White set so long ago for his signature character, Doc Ford.
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Wow. I'm disappointed.
7. März 2011
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
I'm amazed while reading all the negative reviews and noting how much they mirror my own experience. I truly love RWW's Doc Ford series but this one was absolutely terrible. Like others have said: no Dinkin's Bay characters, boats, fish, Florida, science, travel, spooky NSA background, etc. etc. etc. An unbelievable account of an alligator attack doesn't count compared to what he's capable of writing.
To me, it all started going downhill with "Everglades" when RWW started writing chapters from the perspective of the bad guy. We buy this series because we like the characters we've come to know and love. I want to know what Doc thinks - not some sicko. Some parts of this book make me think - ghost writer. In "Night Vision", Doc now likes guns and practices with them. He also gets antsy if he doesn't have an assignment every few months. For those of us who know the Doc Ford character well, those two things are unbelievably absurd.
I'd love it if RWW addressed all the criticism this book is receiving. A post on his website as to what he's currently thinking would be welcome to many of his long time fans.
To me, it all started going downhill with "Everglades" when RWW started writing chapters from the perspective of the bad guy. We buy this series because we like the characters we've come to know and love. I want to know what Doc thinks - not some sicko. Some parts of this book make me think - ghost writer. In "Night Vision", Doc now likes guns and practices with them. He also gets antsy if he doesn't have an assignment every few months. For those of us who know the Doc Ford character well, those two things are unbelievably absurd.
I'd love it if RWW addressed all the criticism this book is receiving. A post on his website as to what he's currently thinking would be welcome to many of his long time fans.
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Repetitive and poorly written
27. Februar 2011
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The quality of the Doc Ford series has gone steadily downhill. I love the earlier books like Sanibel Flats, and I truly love Sanibel itself, but White is totally out of gas on this one. I predict readers won't be so fast to automatically buy the next book in this series. The formula just doesn't work anymore.
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