Official Review: Dead in the Water by AJ Basinski

ALynnPowers · Post by **ALynnPowers** » 13 Mar 2015, 09:08

I love it when I find cheap, awesome books!

Post by **bookowlie** » 13 Mar 2015, 09:16

ALynnPowers wrote:I love it when I find cheap, awesome books!

In your case, it must be a particular treat. I think you've mentioned that you can't get English library books in Japan. If you have to pay for every book you read, then "cheap and awesome" is a good combination.

ALynnPowers · Post by **ALynnPowers** » 13 Mar 2015, 09:27

bookowlie wrote:
ALynnPowers wrote:I love it when I find cheap, awesome books!
In your case, it must be a particular treat. I think you've mentioned that you can't get English library books in Japan. If you have to pay for every book you read, then "cheap and awesome" is a good combination.

Definitely. I've been sticking to the "free" ones as much as I can recently, though.

Post by **bookowlie** » 13 Mar 2015, 09:31

Americans take for granted the ability to check any book out of the library for free.

PashaRu · Post by **PashaRu** » 15 Mar 2015, 08:57

Thanks for a nice, detailed review. This sounds like a great story.

Post by **bookowlie** » 15 Mar 2015, 09:01

PashaRu wrote:Thanks for a nice, detailed review. This sounds like a great story.

I appreciate you taking the time to read my detailed review.....or should I say overly detailed review.

I realize my summary was long-winded. Although I LOVED the book, I found the summary difficult to write. The plot was so jam packed, which made it a great story!

ALynnPowers · Post by **ALynnPowers** » 17 Mar 2015, 03:45

bookowlie wrote:Americans take for granted the ability to check any book out of the library for free.

It's definitely something I miss about America!

Post by **bookowlie** » 17 Mar 2015, 17:51

ALynn, E-books came along just in time for you!

Janiac02 · Post by **Janiac02** » 22 Mar 2015, 07:02

You had me at $0.99...
But the story sounds like fun. I think I shall add it to my Kindle library for future use.
Thanks for a well thought out review!

Post by **bookowlie** » 22 Mar 2015, 14:45

Thanks! I love it when the first book in a series is available for a low price (at least, at the moment!). It's a great way to try out the book before spending more money on future books in the series.

Ashley3255 · Post by **Ashley3255** » 07 Apr 2015, 13:04

Thanks for the review! I had tons of questions about this book and couldn't decide if it was worth a read, but you review answered those questions and now I know

Post by **bookowlie** » 07 Apr 2015, 13:28

Ashley3255 wrote:Thanks for the review! I had tons of questions about this book and couldn't decide if it was worth a read, but you review answered those questions and now I know

Glad to hear my review helped in some small way.

The book is definitely worth reading!

kio · Post by **kio** » 08 Apr 2015, 17:33

great review. Thanks Tammy! Can't wait to read it.

Post by **bookowlie** » 08 Apr 2015, 17:38

kio wrote:great review. Thanks Tammy! Can't wait to read it.

I'm not Tammy, but I think you will like the book.

Duende Knocking · Post by **Duende Knocking** » 13 Apr 2015, 21:47

The story has many layers, and some of the characters are connected in ways that may or may not relate to Linda’s disappearance.

This is especially interesting to me.

Too often I find in mysteries that each and every plotline and character has to be connected to the main mystery, which means that the story ends in a convoluted manner, or there simply isn't very much going on and you can guess what's happening before the end.

This book looks like a fun read. I love mysteries that are a bit wacky/zany, as you say, but ultimately say a lot about human nature. It looks like this is one of those.