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Hater (Hater, #1)
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The advent of internet brought a few changes to the world. Okay, it changed the world immensely if not completely. So I wonder if self published writers like David Moody would have otherwise achieved such recognition in such a comparatively short time if not for the exposure gained through the internet.
Maybe he might have eventually got his books published or maybe he might have been just another author destined for oblivion and failure.
While latter is not the case with him (and I am glad for that), but if you are going to read Moody for the first time and that book happens to be much sensationalized and soon to be a major motion picture, Hater, you might think that that might exactly be the case. At least I thought that way.
Hater starts off with the first attack of the "Hater" itself and then introduces us to the protagonist Danny McCoyne who is stuck in a dead end job which pays peanuts (also the boss is very annoying) while his story on the family front is more or less the same. A shitty apartment in an unnamed town in a backward neighborhood. A bickering wife (Liz) and three very annoying children. A father-in-law who openly despises him.
So, what is the rest of the story, you ask? That's it. The above paragraph just repeats itself again and again until you hate the book itself and then after more than halfway through, the story advances somewhat. But I felt that it was too late to salvage the plot.
The most annoying thing is, the ambiguity of the plot is not cleared even at the end. I guess you have to read the rest of the series for that.
When I heard that was going to produce a motion picture based on this book, I knew I was going to read it before the movie came out. You see, is one of my favorite movies, so that stirred my interest for reading this work.
still might make an awesome movie out of this, but I won't recommend reading Hater if it is your first David Moody book.
This was my first encounter with his work, but in retrospect I think I should have started reading David Moody with Autumn instead of this.
Who knows, things might have worked out differently.
Maybe he might have eventually got his books published or maybe he might have been just another author destined for oblivion and failure.
While latter is not the case with him (and I am glad for that), but if you are going to read Moody for the first time and that book happens to be much sensationalized and soon to be a major motion picture, Hater, you might think that that might exactly be the case. At least I thought that way.
Hater starts off with the first attack of the "Hater" itself and then introduces us to the protagonist Danny McCoyne who is stuck in a dead end job which pays peanuts (also the boss is very annoying) while his story on the family front is more or less the same. A shitty apartment in an unnamed town in a backward neighborhood. A bickering wife (Liz) and three very annoying children. A father-in-law who openly despises him.
So, what is the rest of the story, you ask? That's it. The above paragraph just repeats itself again and again until you hate the book itself and then after more than halfway through, the story advances somewhat. But I felt that it was too late to salvage the plot.
The most annoying thing is, the ambiguity of the plot is not cleared even at the end. I guess you have to read the rest of the series for that.
When I heard that was going to produce a motion picture based on this book, I knew I was going to read it before the movie came out. You see, is one of my favorite movies, so that stirred my interest for reading this work.
still might make an awesome movie out of this, but I won't recommend reading Hater if it is your first David Moody book.
This was my first encounter with his work, but in retrospect I think I should have started reading David Moody with Autumn instead of this.
Who knows, things might have worked out differently.
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Aug 17, 2013 04:59AM
Love this review. It is exactly how I felt reading it. I was more annoyed with Danny than the things he was complaining about. I was really disappointed. And you're right- when it finally took a turn in the plot, it was too little too late. Also, the big "revelation" was really just reiterating what we already knew. *yawn*. Great review.
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Thanks Stepheny. I am glad that you liked my review and think the same about the book. The only thought that came into my mind while reading this book was that that the author was already thinking about the "follow-up" book instead of concentrating on this one.
He's published by St Martin's Press these days.
Petra SockieX wrote: "He's published by St Martin's Press these days."Thanks, Petra!
Yes it makes sense, since he sold the movie rights, he wouldn't be a SPA anymore. I am going to read one of his books nowadays, see what change can professional editing bring to the table.
That would be interesting, to do a before-&-after.
Petra SockieX wrote: "That would be interesting, to do a before-&-after."And I do hope that after reading another book, my view of David Moody's writing would be the complete opposite of what I felt after Hater.
