- Taschenbuch: 320 Seiten
- Verlag: Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ) (19. Juli 2007)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0752873539
- ISBN-13: 978-0752873534
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 23 x 15 x 2,6 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 1.0 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (1 Kundenrezension)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 148.448 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Starr writes dark comedies about dim bulbs. Sometimes it works--Lights Out (2006) featured an entertaining premise and a frantic pace--and sometimes it doesn't, which is the case here. Set in the party-hearty world of twentysomething Manhattanites, The Follower offers a tepid premise (a stalker sets his sights on a shallow young woman[...]), formulaic satire (the characters say like a lot and shop at Banana Republic), and uninspired delivery (the characters use cliches, and so does the author). It's a thriller with no thrills. If we cared about the characters, it might be suspenseful, but one suspects that even Starr doesn't care about them. It's fine if they're shallow jerks, but couldn't they be interesting shallow jerks? A better writer would search for sparks of humanity even in psychos and lame-o's. Many consider Starr a rising star in the genre, and his name on a spine will draw fans. But he often coasts, and here he has taken it out of gear entirely: this trip to the singles bars will leave readers desperate for a ride home. Keir Graff
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Kurzbeschreibung
Katie Porter is an ordinary Manhattan girl. Working her first job out of college, her life is one of drinks and dates, gym visits and shopping. But someone thinks she's special - very special. And he's following her...But it's not her boyfriend, Andy. The frat-boy who never grew up is too busy working out how far Katie will go and if her friends are hot, to stop and think whether Katie's 'the one'. But someone's already decided she is - and he's watching Katie. Peter has seen Katie from the gym desk he mans. He's seen her at the coffee stall she stops at on the way to work. In fact, he's seen her almost everywhere, as he quietly follows her. But most of all, he sees her in his plans for the future. He's got the proposal worked out, he's even got the ring and their happy home already bought. After all, he's had enough time to plan things to perfection - he grew up in the same small town. Surely, after all these years, he can't let anything stand in his way...Combining his trademark razor-sharp dialogue, black humour and killer page-turning suspense, THE FOLLOWER will creep you out, hook you in, and make sure you always double-lock your door at night.
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This is surely the blandest, lamest thriller I ever got my hands on. I should have stopped after the first chapter, but thought it might give me a clue as to why some writers write so poorly. In the end, all I can really say with conviction is why Jason Starr writes so poorly.
'The Follower' has a myriad of problems, one of the first being that the plot is predictable, the story uninspiring, the events unsurprising. We''ve read it all before. Add to that the constant repetition of scenes and settings and situations and you''ve got a book that is not worth the paper it is printed on. The reader is constantly wondering: wait a sec. Didn''t that already happen? Didn''t she already say that? Didn''t she already call her parents? Didn''t he already go there? This not only slows the tempo down, but it''s irritating. Nonetheless, the true crux of the matter is the author''s thorough lack of knowledge as to how to create living, breathing characters with emotions and dialogue and motivations that ring true and touch us. We want to be moved by the characters and their inner lives. But I cared not an iota for any of them -- ' not even the victims. They were all spineless. And they all sounded alike. The detectives spoke like the victims who spoke like the stalker who spoke like the doorman who spoke like the personal trainer who spoke like the young women who spoke like each other. And what they said, the dialogue, was pure drivel, trite, empty clichés.
In brief: Jason Starr is the worst kind of writer, the kind that thinks lowly of his readers, otherwise he wouldn''t write rubbish like this. 'The Follower' is a sloppy book written to make fast bucks, and Starr thinks we're dumb enough to buy it. Actually, I was. I bought the book. But I learned my lesson. Shame on Starr. And, yes, shame on his editor.
'The Follower' has a myriad of problems, one of the first being that the plot is predictable, the story uninspiring, the events unsurprising. We''ve read it all before. Add to that the constant repetition of scenes and settings and situations and you''ve got a book that is not worth the paper it is printed on. The reader is constantly wondering: wait a sec. Didn''t that already happen? Didn''t she already say that? Didn''t she already call her parents? Didn''t he already go there? This not only slows the tempo down, but it''s irritating. Nonetheless, the true crux of the matter is the author''s thorough lack of knowledge as to how to create living, breathing characters with emotions and dialogue and motivations that ring true and touch us. We want to be moved by the characters and their inner lives. But I cared not an iota for any of them -- ' not even the victims. They were all spineless. And they all sounded alike. The detectives spoke like the victims who spoke like the stalker who spoke like the doorman who spoke like the personal trainer who spoke like the young women who spoke like each other. And what they said, the dialogue, was pure drivel, trite, empty clichés.
In brief: Jason Starr is the worst kind of writer, the kind that thinks lowly of his readers, otherwise he wouldn''t write rubbish like this. 'The Follower' is a sloppy book written to make fast bucks, and Starr thinks we're dumb enough to buy it. Actually, I was. I bought the book. But I learned my lesson. Shame on Starr. And, yes, shame on his editor.
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Defies convention from the git-go
30. Oktober 2007
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No one is writing books quite like Jason Starr. His latest novel is labeled a "thriller," and yes, it is most definitely that --- I was actually afraid to read the last several pages, for what they might reveal --- but like his other books, Starr's narratives handily slice in and out of life, shattering character and plot stereotypes to an unsettling degree. The reader never knows what is going to happen or how it will happen. Starr, however, does quite a bit more in THE FOLLOWER than turn an expectation or two upside down.
The book defies convention from the git-go. Starr begins things slowly, almost agonizingly so, setting up his main characters and a few secondary ones with a minimum of flash before he begins to tantalizingly disrobe their psyches. The main story ebbs and flows around Katie Porter and Peter Wells. Porter is from a small New England town, an administrative assistant fresh out of college living in Manhattan and working for a financial PR agency. But her life, as she is rapidly discovering, is neither as exciting nor as fulfilling as she thought it would be. Wells is a few years older than Porter, from the same small town, and also living in Manhattan. He is in love with her and has their life together planned out to the last nuance; he sets up a chance meeting, starts finding reasons to run into her, and slowly begins interjecting himself into her life.
No one is going to stop Porter's Peter Pan boyfriend (least of all Andy Barnett), who seems as bent on seducing everyone who moves (provided they meet his careful and exacting standards) as he is on convincing Porter to offer him the marble peach. Porter, however, is not exactly blameless. Indeed, it would be tough to pick a winner in a three-way bet among Porter, Barnett and a bassinet to pick the shallowest of the group. Porter's and Barnett's friends, with the exception of Porter's roommate, aren't much better. Wells, on the other hand, is by no means shallow. He is actually quite deep, a yawning, dangerous, dark chasm that is patiently waiting to swallow Porter and anyone who gets in his way.
Starr would have created a riveting tale just sticking to his basic plot, letting it unfurl and displaying what happens. But he takes different vignettes in THE FOLLOWER and examines each from the perspective of the participants, by showing how different each person's version of the same truth becomes. This method is particularly effective after the first extended outing between Wells and Porter; as the reader learns of the events first through Wells's eyes and then through Porter's, it becomes more than obvious that the book will either have a horrifying ending or result in horrors without end. Or both.
In the space of just a few novels, Starr seems on the verge of creating a genre unto himself, and THE FOLLOWER is one more, very important reason why.
--- Reviewed by Joe Hartlaub
The book defies convention from the git-go. Starr begins things slowly, almost agonizingly so, setting up his main characters and a few secondary ones with a minimum of flash before he begins to tantalizingly disrobe their psyches. The main story ebbs and flows around Katie Porter and Peter Wells. Porter is from a small New England town, an administrative assistant fresh out of college living in Manhattan and working for a financial PR agency. But her life, as she is rapidly discovering, is neither as exciting nor as fulfilling as she thought it would be. Wells is a few years older than Porter, from the same small town, and also living in Manhattan. He is in love with her and has their life together planned out to the last nuance; he sets up a chance meeting, starts finding reasons to run into her, and slowly begins interjecting himself into her life.
No one is going to stop Porter's Peter Pan boyfriend (least of all Andy Barnett), who seems as bent on seducing everyone who moves (provided they meet his careful and exacting standards) as he is on convincing Porter to offer him the marble peach. Porter, however, is not exactly blameless. Indeed, it would be tough to pick a winner in a three-way bet among Porter, Barnett and a bassinet to pick the shallowest of the group. Porter's and Barnett's friends, with the exception of Porter's roommate, aren't much better. Wells, on the other hand, is by no means shallow. He is actually quite deep, a yawning, dangerous, dark chasm that is patiently waiting to swallow Porter and anyone who gets in his way.
Starr would have created a riveting tale just sticking to his basic plot, letting it unfurl and displaying what happens. But he takes different vignettes in THE FOLLOWER and examines each from the perspective of the participants, by showing how different each person's version of the same truth becomes. This method is particularly effective after the first extended outing between Wells and Porter; as the reader learns of the events first through Wells's eyes and then through Porter's, it becomes more than obvious that the book will either have a horrifying ending or result in horrors without end. Or both.
In the space of just a few novels, Starr seems on the verge of creating a genre unto himself, and THE FOLLOWER is one more, very important reason why.
--- Reviewed by Joe Hartlaub
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An intelligent thriller about shallow people
4. März 2010
Format:Taschenbuch
What's to say about Jason Starr that hasn't been said by more intelligent people already? Yes, he IS a modern day Jim Thompson in that he truly seems to be able to get in the minds of sociopaths and understands what people's jobs and actions say about their personalities. The difference between Mr. Thompson and Mr Starr is that the later is FUNNY. Funny as hell, in fact. He gets inside the characters heads and what he sees is not pretty and for that he makes no excuses. The main character, Katie Porter, is insecure and vain. The men she dates are predatory and shallow. The villain is a sociopathic romantic and, in many ways (given his romantic competition) her best option. If he wasn't a homicidal sociopath he would be the perfect boyfriend. What is Jason Starr saying in this book? The modern dating scene in NYC is loaded with shallow, predatory opportunists? Well, yeah but that has been said before. That surface impressions are nothing but mere manipulations? Yeah, sure but anyone who has read "The Game" (a handbook for predatory daters) already knows that. Here is what I think is the central thesis of this book: The popular depiction of romantic love as presented in movies and books is, at heart, sociopathic and appeals to people who make shallow choices. Boy, that sounds over-serious and pedantic- here's the thing- it's not- it's hilarious. The Medical Intern who goes everywhere in his O.R scrubs so that he is easily identified as a doctor to potential conquests. The women who kisses a guy because he is cute but who, as she is aware, is a murder suspect. The Police Detective who has the reputation as the worst Detective in NYC and, based on his investigative skills on display in this book, likely is...This is great, fun read that is as much social satire as it is crime thriller. Imagine a more readable, less loathsome "American Psycho" and THAT is "The Follower".
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A quick and entertaining read
13. September 2008
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
As a chick lit author, I love any book that begins with a Jane Austen quote. Especially one that's cleverly used, as in the opener to Jason Starr's psychological thriller, THE FOLLOWER.
THE FOLLOWER is a dark tale about Katie Porter, and the man who stalks her, Peter Wells. Just one warning: Parents--you may never let your children move into their own apartment in Manhattan after you read this!
Starr does an excellent job of portraying single life amongst the 20-somethings living on the Upper East Side of Manhattan--and then skewering it. I loved the irony of how Katie's creepy stalker, Peter, actually has many of the things that Katie would want in a man--the expensive co-op apartment, the big bank account, and the subtle good looks. Starr is making a powerful statement about single life in New York City, what we think we want, and what we deserve to get.
I was highly entertained by this book, and you will be, too. It was the first Jason Starr novel that I've ever read, and I will be back to read more.
THE FOLLOWER is a dark tale about Katie Porter, and the man who stalks her, Peter Wells. Just one warning: Parents--you may never let your children move into their own apartment in Manhattan after you read this!
Starr does an excellent job of portraying single life amongst the 20-somethings living on the Upper East Side of Manhattan--and then skewering it. I loved the irony of how Katie's creepy stalker, Peter, actually has many of the things that Katie would want in a man--the expensive co-op apartment, the big bank account, and the subtle good looks. Starr is making a powerful statement about single life in New York City, what we think we want, and what we deserve to get.
I was highly entertained by this book, and you will be, too. It was the first Jason Starr novel that I've ever read, and I will be back to read more.
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