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It's hard to find work as a doctor when using your real name will get you killed. So hard that when a reclusive billionaire offers Dr. Peter Brown, aka Pietro Brnwa, a job accompanying a sexy but self-destructive paleontologist on the world's worst field assignment, Brown has no real choice but to say yes. Even if it means that an army of murderers, mobsters, and international drug dealers-not to mention the occasional lake monster-are about to have a serious Pietro Brnwa problem.
Facing new and old monsters alike, Dr. Brnwa's story continues in this darkly funny and lightning-paced follow up to Josh Bazell's bestselling debut.
Facing new and old monsters alike, Dr. Brnwa's story continues in this darkly funny and lightning-paced follow up to Josh Bazell's bestselling debut.
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Josh Bazell is the author of the national bestseller Beat the Reaper and holds a BA in writing from Brown University and an MD from Columbia. He lives in New York.
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Wild Thing ist der Nachfolger von Beat the Reaper: A Novel, dem Debütroman von Josh Bazell. Auch in dieser Fortsetzung ist der brutal-sympathische Arzt aus dem Zeugenschutzprogramm, Peter Brwna aka Lionel (ehrlich) Azimuth, der Protagonist. Brwna arbeitet mittlerweile als Arzt auf einem Kreuzfahrtschiff. Die Details seiner Arbeit dort sind wie auch in Bazells erstem Buch verstörend. Du willst die Wurst essen. Aber wenn der Wandertag in die Wurstfabrik ansteht, schwänzt du lieber. Das Gleiche gilt auch für die Arbeit auf einem Kreuzfahrtschiff. Fragt den Captain der Costa Concordia.
Um nicht zu viel vom Inhalt zu verraten, möchte ich nur in Stichpunkten andeuten, um was es geht: zerfetzte Körper, alte Rechnungen, verschwundene Kinder, eine Expedition, ein Seemonster, Minnesota, Flachbacks, LSD und jede Menge anderer Drogen.
Bazell nutzt zum Teil Fußnoten. Das ist in einem Roman natürlich zunächst ungewohnt. In den Fußnoten verstecken sich aber oft interessante Details und brüllend komische Anekdoten. Man gewöhnt sich schnell dran. Der erste Teil funktionierte ja genauso. Apropos erster Teil; Man muss ihn nicht gelesen haben, um der Story folgen zu können. Ganz sicher bin ich aber nicht, weil sowas ja schwer rückgängig zu machen ist.
Die Geschichte ist wie das Plädoyer eines Anwalts vor Gericht aufgezogen. Bazell präsentiert Beweisstücke und Zeugenaussagen. Damit schafft er es, die Story aus der Sicht verschiedener Beteiligter zu erzählen und immer wieder Vorgeschichten und Hintergründe einzuflechten. Was ihm auch gelingt: Debatten zwischen Wissenschaftlern und Kreationisten in der Form von Streitgesprächen einfließen zu lassen.
Immer wieder spürt man, wie der Arzt Bazell sein medizinisches Wissen einfließen lässt. Obwohl Teile der Story um Fantastisches und schwer Vorstellbares kreisen, lebt Bazells Buch von seiner Bodenhaftung. Beispiel? Die Paläontologin wird auf Jurassic Park angesprochen. Immer. Von jedem.
Einige Stellen hätten ein wenig mehr Action und etwas weniger Zynismus vertragen (halber Stern Abzug). Letztendlich verliert man sich aber schnell in der spannenden Story (mögt ihr Scooby Doo?) und in der Art, wie Bazell sie erzählt. Wenn ich nicht lachte, hat's mich gegruselt.
Um nicht zu viel vom Inhalt zu verraten, möchte ich nur in Stichpunkten andeuten, um was es geht: zerfetzte Körper, alte Rechnungen, verschwundene Kinder, eine Expedition, ein Seemonster, Minnesota, Flachbacks, LSD und jede Menge anderer Drogen.
Bazell nutzt zum Teil Fußnoten. Das ist in einem Roman natürlich zunächst ungewohnt. In den Fußnoten verstecken sich aber oft interessante Details und brüllend komische Anekdoten. Man gewöhnt sich schnell dran. Der erste Teil funktionierte ja genauso. Apropos erster Teil; Man muss ihn nicht gelesen haben, um der Story folgen zu können. Ganz sicher bin ich aber nicht, weil sowas ja schwer rückgängig zu machen ist.
Die Geschichte ist wie das Plädoyer eines Anwalts vor Gericht aufgezogen. Bazell präsentiert Beweisstücke und Zeugenaussagen. Damit schafft er es, die Story aus der Sicht verschiedener Beteiligter zu erzählen und immer wieder Vorgeschichten und Hintergründe einzuflechten. Was ihm auch gelingt: Debatten zwischen Wissenschaftlern und Kreationisten in der Form von Streitgesprächen einfließen zu lassen.
Immer wieder spürt man, wie der Arzt Bazell sein medizinisches Wissen einfließen lässt. Obwohl Teile der Story um Fantastisches und schwer Vorstellbares kreisen, lebt Bazells Buch von seiner Bodenhaftung. Beispiel? Die Paläontologin wird auf Jurassic Park angesprochen. Immer. Von jedem.
Einige Stellen hätten ein wenig mehr Action und etwas weniger Zynismus vertragen (halber Stern Abzug). Letztendlich verliert man sich aber schnell in der spannenden Story (mögt ihr Scooby Doo?) und in der Art, wie Bazell sie erzählt. Wenn ich nicht lachte, hat's mich gegruselt.
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Not up to his debut but still quite good
6. Mai 2012
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I have to agree with most of the reviewers that the book is not up to "Beat the Reaper." Still, it is quite good. The plot could use some tightening but the the pacing is fine and a lot of the dialogue is funny. I'm kind of surprised that people took issue with the ending. I thought he wrapped it up nicely. I found it an entertaining read.
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I really enjoyed it
18. Mai 2012
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Honestly,It I'd have given four stars if it weren't for how unduly harsh I felt a lot of these critics have been. Except for the weakness of the ending, I enjoyed it enormously, and found some of the charater's comments on the situation surrounding him as nothing short of brilliant. It is a DIFFERENT ride than the first book? Absolutely. Is it a GOOD RIDE, nonetheless? ABSOLUTELY. I read and enjoyed every footnote and every end note.
I had searched for the new title every month since the one year anniversary of BEAT THE REAPER. That's how much I was looking forward to this book. It was NOT a disappoint - but a joy. Headed now to put my favorite quotes from it up online.
It was the kind of reading experience where I'd stop every couple of chapters because I HAD to read something aloud to my husband, EVEN THOUGH HE WAS GOING TO BE READING THE SAME BOOIK! Just too good not to share.
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I had searched for the new title every month since the one year anniversary of BEAT THE REAPER. That's how much I was looking forward to this book. It was NOT a disappoint - but a joy. Headed now to put my favorite quotes from it up online.
It was the kind of reading experience where I'd stop every couple of chapters because I HAD to read something aloud to my husband, EVEN THOUGH HE WAS GOING TO BE READING THE SAME BOOIK! Just too good not to share.
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Not so wild
2. Mai 2012
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Josh Bazell's 2009 debut "Beat the Reaper" was a critically acclaimed novel following the adventures of an ex-Mafia hitman turned doctor in a Federal witness protection program. The follow-up, "Wild Thing", is a far less brilliant effort that doesn't measure up to the first book by any stretch of the imagination.
"Wild Thing" catches up with Pietro Brwna aka Peter Brown aka Lionel Azimuth (as he is calling himself in this book) to find him working as the ship's doctor on a cruise liner. That is until Marmoset, maybe the only person he can trust who knows his troubled past, calls him in with an interesting job offer - to escort a palaeontologist to a lake and determine whether or not there is a dinosaur in the lake which is eating people.
For one thing this novel isn't as fast paced as "Beat the Reaper", it takes things at a far more leisurely rate with Azimuth going to the lake, meeting the various characters, chatting, wandering around the lake, etc. etc. without too much happening. There are moments of potential conflict such as the drug dealing café owner with the short fuse, but nothing really happens until the third act when you find out whether or not the hoax is real or not.
And speaking of the ending, it's a real let down. Once you get past the shoot out and find out the real reason for the trip? It's jaw droppingly stupid. At first you think it's a poorly thought out plan, then a caricature of a Scooby Doo cartoon and then like a really dumb childish play.
Bazell does like to stand on his soapbox a lot and we get his views on religion via a conversation between the palaeontologist and the rich hick, followed by an appearance by Sarah Palin (yes THE Sarah Palin) and further ridiculing of religion, particularly Christianity. I didn't find it off-putting as I'm not religious but it does seem very transparent of Bazell to so poorly shoehorn these conversations into the plot for no real reason.
The novel is also followed by 50 pages of Bazell's non-fiction, writing about why America is stupid and expunging his own democratic political ideas. I don't object to his views but I feel they are out of place at the end of a novel.
Overall the novel is a very slow and dull story about some odd people going to the middle of nowhere to find out if there is a prehistoric monster alive and well or not. There aren't many scenes that stick out for their interest though I felt Bazell's depiction of Palin to be amusing enough to remember and realise that this is sadly the highlight of this book. That coupled with the ending killed the book for me and made this a very weak sequel to an excellent first novel. Hopefully Bazell's next book will focus less on making fun of peoples' beliefs and more on developing a story worth reading.
"Wild Thing" catches up with Pietro Brwna aka Peter Brown aka Lionel Azimuth (as he is calling himself in this book) to find him working as the ship's doctor on a cruise liner. That is until Marmoset, maybe the only person he can trust who knows his troubled past, calls him in with an interesting job offer - to escort a palaeontologist to a lake and determine whether or not there is a dinosaur in the lake which is eating people.
For one thing this novel isn't as fast paced as "Beat the Reaper", it takes things at a far more leisurely rate with Azimuth going to the lake, meeting the various characters, chatting, wandering around the lake, etc. etc. without too much happening. There are moments of potential conflict such as the drug dealing café owner with the short fuse, but nothing really happens until the third act when you find out whether or not the hoax is real or not.
And speaking of the ending, it's a real let down. Once you get past the shoot out and find out the real reason for the trip? It's jaw droppingly stupid. At first you think it's a poorly thought out plan, then a caricature of a Scooby Doo cartoon and then like a really dumb childish play.
Bazell does like to stand on his soapbox a lot and we get his views on religion via a conversation between the palaeontologist and the rich hick, followed by an appearance by Sarah Palin (yes THE Sarah Palin) and further ridiculing of religion, particularly Christianity. I didn't find it off-putting as I'm not religious but it does seem very transparent of Bazell to so poorly shoehorn these conversations into the plot for no real reason.
The novel is also followed by 50 pages of Bazell's non-fiction, writing about why America is stupid and expunging his own democratic political ideas. I don't object to his views but I feel they are out of place at the end of a novel.
Overall the novel is a very slow and dull story about some odd people going to the middle of nowhere to find out if there is a prehistoric monster alive and well or not. There aren't many scenes that stick out for their interest though I felt Bazell's depiction of Palin to be amusing enough to remember and realise that this is sadly the highlight of this book. That coupled with the ending killed the book for me and made this a very weak sequel to an excellent first novel. Hopefully Bazell's next book will focus less on making fun of peoples' beliefs and more on developing a story worth reading.
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