Originally titled $20 Lust and published under the pseudonym Andrew Shaw by Nightstand in 1961, this early Block novel has its quirky charms. As the MWA Grandmaster explains in the Lawrence Block Bibliography: 1958¤1993, "much of the work in question was bad, and categorically so... in the early sixties I wrote a soft core sex novel every month, designed to titillate but not to inflame, with a requisite sex scene in every chapter." Strip away the requisite sex scenes and one is left with a dark, clever crime story that shows Block's emerging strengths: good storytelling, a bright sense of humor and more than a few flashes of good writing. Ted Lindsay, a reporter for the Louisville Times, loses his wife to another man, then to a fatal accident. He relocates to New York in order to get a new start. He's unsuccessful until he sees "the girl." The girl turns Ted's life upside down, setting him on a path of treacherous lies, deceptions and dangers as they try to outwit the gang that's after her. The sex scenes, mild by today's more graphic standards, are more likely to amuse than titillate. Readers who have not yet discovered the joys of Block - bookseller/thief Bernie Rhodenbarr, PI Matthew Scudder, hitman John Keller, etc. - should skip this one. But established Block fans should enjoy this peek at the author's obscure apprentice work and be grateful that he moved on to create better books.
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A Mystery Writers of America Grand Master, Lawrence Block is a four-time winner of the Edgar Allan Poe and Shamus Awards, as well as a recipient of prizes in France, Germany, and Japan. The author of more than fifty books and numerous short stories, he is a devout New Yorker who spends much of his time traveling.
Awards
Shamus Awards Best Novel winner (1983) : Eight Million Ways to Die
Shamus Awards Best Novel nominee (1990) : Out on the Cutting Edge
Shamus Awards Best Novel nominee (1991) : A Ticket to the Boneyard
Shamus Awards Best Novel nominee (1992) : A Dance at the Slaughterhouse
Edgar Awards Best Novel winner (1992) : A Dance at the Slaughterhouse
Shamus Awards Best Novel winner (1994) : The Devil Knows You're Dead
Shamus Awards Best Novel nominee (1995) : A Long Line of Dead Men
Edgar Awards Best Novel nominee (1995) : A Long Line of Dead Men
by Ed Gorman Lawrence Block (1938-) writes the best sentences in the business, that business being crime fiction. No tortured self-conscious arty stuff, either. Just pure, graceful, skilled writing of a very high order. No matter what he writes —the dark...
评分by Ed Gorman Lawrence Block (1938-) writes the best sentences in the business, that business being crime fiction. No tortured self-conscious arty stuff, either. Just pure, graceful, skilled writing of a very high order. No matter what he writes —the dark...
评分by Ed Gorman Lawrence Block (1938-) writes the best sentences in the business, that business being crime fiction. No tortured self-conscious arty stuff, either. Just pure, graceful, skilled writing of a very high order. No matter what he writes —the dark...
评分by Ed Gorman Lawrence Block (1938-) writes the best sentences in the business, that business being crime fiction. No tortured self-conscious arty stuff, either. Just pure, graceful, skilled writing of a very high order. No matter what he writes —the dark...
评分by Ed Gorman Lawrence Block (1938-) writes the best sentences in the business, that business being crime fiction. No tortured self-conscious arty stuff, either. Just pure, graceful, skilled writing of a very high order. No matter what he writes —the dark...
这是一本看完之后会让你忍不住跟朋友分享,并且会不停地争论其中细节的书。我发现自己竟然对书中那些“不合时宜”的细节产生了强烈的共鸣。比如,主角在面对突如其来的财富和地位时,那种难以掩饰的局促感和对“冒充者”身份的恐惧,写得太真实了,完全没有那种“一路开挂”的假大空。作者似乎深谙人性中那种微妙的自卑与渴望并存的矛盾状态。更妙的是,这本书在对传统社会阶级和性别规范的解构上,做得非常巧妙。它不是通过大声疾呼来批判,而是通过情境的设置,让那些不公义自然而然地显现出来,让读者自己去感受其中的荒谬。我尤其喜欢其中一位次要角色的命运,她的结局虽然不完美,但却充满了人性的复杂和无奈,这让整个故事的底色更加厚重。每次重读某个章节,我总能从中挖掘出新的层次感,仿佛这本书拥有某种生命力,能够随着读者的心境变化而展现出不同的侧面。这绝对不是那种读完就忘的爆米花小说。
评分这本书,天哪,简直是一场视觉与情感的盛宴!我通常对这种类型的作品不太感冒,总觉得套路太深,角色扁平得像纸片人。但《灰姑娘模拟器》彻底颠覆了我的认知。作者在构建世界观上花了大功夫,那种细节的打磨,让我仿佛能闻到那个虚构王国的尘土味,感受到那些华丽礼服下隐藏的阴谋与挣扎。主角的成长线处理得极其细腻,她不是那种一蹴而就的完美受害者,她的每一步抉择都带着血和泪的重量。我尤其欣赏作者对配角群像的刻画,那些看似是“恶毒继母”或“完美王子”的角色,都被赋予了多重维度,他们的动机复杂且真实,绝非简单的善恶二元对立。读到中间部分时,我甚至不得不停下来,不是因为累,而是因为被情节的张力拽住了呼吸,生怕下一秒哪个角色就会做出令人心碎的决定。那场午夜舞会的描写,简直是教科书级别的场景调度,光影、音乐、人物之间的眼神交锋,每一个元素都精准到位,让人沉醉其中,久久不能自拔。如果你期待一部有深度、有温度,同时又不失娱乐性的奇幻作品,这本书绝对值得你投入时间去细细品味,它远超你对传统童话改编的想象。
评分我很少会给一本小说打出这么高的评价,但《灰姑娘模拟器》确实是少数能让我感到被“治愈”又被“震撼”的作品。它最成功的地方在于,它彻底打破了“好人一定有好报,坏人一定遭报应”的简单逻辑。书中的许多转折点,都带着强烈的“非线性”特征,你以为是A走向B,结果却跳到了C。这种出乎意料的叙事曲线,让我始终保持着高度的警觉和期待。我特别欣赏作者对于“希望”这个主题的处理,它不是廉价的安慰剂,而是需要付出巨大努力才能维护的一种脆弱状态。书中有一段情节,主角为了争取一个小小的自由,付出了远远超出预期的代价,那段描写让我心疼不已,也为她赢得了我全部的尊敬。这本书最终传达的信息是:即使在被设定的命运中,人依然拥有反抗、重塑和定义自我的力量。它不仅仅是一个故事,更像是一份写给所有在困境中挣扎的灵魂的行动指南,力量感十足,回味悠长。
评分不得不说,这本书的“世界构建”绝对是顶级的,那种沉浸感我很久没有体验过了。它不是那种粗糙的、只为衬托主角而存在的背景板。这里的每一个城市、每一个贵族家族、甚至每一条小巷,都有自己的历史、自己的规则和自己的权力结构。当我读到关于那个“玻璃鞋”的起源传说时,我简直被迷住了,作者赋予了一个看似俗套的道具以史诗般的背景故事,让它充满了仪式感和宿命感。而且,作者在处理爱情线时,保持了一种克制的美感。它不是那种荷尔蒙上头、不计后果的迷恋,而是在共同面对挑战、互相理解对方的“不完美”之后,自然而然产生的深刻联结。这种基于尊重和认同的爱情,读起来才让人觉得踏实、有说服力。这本书成功地避开了奇幻小说中常见的“设定先行,人物靠后”的弊病,而是让设定服务于人物的命运和冲突,高下立判。我甚至觉得这本书可以作为文学专业的案例来分析其结构布局。
评分说实话,拿到这本书的时候,我抱着一种“又来一本老故事新编”的审视态度,毕竟“灰姑娘”的故事已经被嚼烂了多少遍了。但阅读过程中的体验,却像是在走一条完全陌生的迷宫。叙事节奏的把控是这本书最让我惊艳的地方。它时而像暴风骤雨般紧凑,将你推入危机四伏的境地,让你肾上腺素飙升;时而又像夏日午后的一杯清茶,缓缓展开主角内心的挣扎和自我认知的构建。这种张弛有度的叙事策略,让阅读体验充满了新鲜感。最难得的是,作者的语言功力非常扎实,她没有使用那些华丽堆砌的辞藻,而是用一种近乎冷静的、却又充满力量的笔触,勾勒出人物的内心世界。我特别喜欢她对“魔法”的解释,它不再是凭空出现的奇迹,而是需要付出代价、需要智慧去驾驭的力量。读完之后,我留下的不是故事的结局,而是对“努力”和“选择”这两个主题更深层次的思考。这本书成功地将一个经典母题,转化成了一部关于自我赋权和身份探索的现代寓言,这一点非常难得,值得反复玩味。
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