Something Missing
by:
Matthew Dicks (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781615232550 (1615232559)
Publish date: 2009
Publisher: Broadway Books
Pages no: 292
Edition language: English
Four stars just for the end, really.
I really loved it. Let's see if I can explain why because it is different. For most of the book, it's pretty slow paced and goes into excruciating(I know that sounds bad but it's not) detail about the main character's daily routine.I found this fascinating, but others may be turned off by it.I felt ...
As I was reading this book, I kept thinking to myself: here is a book that is detailing everything this guy is doing, step by step, and his entire thought process throughout. It is a novel that takes a moment to explain exactly how supermarket loyalty cards work. How is this interesting? Why did I k...
Definitely quirky, somewhat original, although a little boring at times. And then everything starts to change quickly -- out of character? But that's the point, once a certain sequence starts, a lot has to change. A quick read.
This is a book written from the POV of a man with OCD, so it's not surprisingly that it's a bit obsessively detailed. And while I love the fantastic premise -- a careful thief spends months and years researching, burglarizing and re-burglarizing his "clients" so they never even notice anything has b...
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