NEAR DEATH

Orange · **Posted:** Wed Sep 21, 2011 1:27 pm

Picked up mine this morning. Should be reading it very soon!

EdKeener · **Posted:** Sat Sep 24, 2011 9:05 pm

Picked mine up today. Thought it was a good opening issue. Love the art, and I think Jay's writing is top notch for this type of story. Enjoyed it alot.

Jim Purcell · **Joined:** Thu Jul 21, 2011 10:24 am **Posts:** 1345

Got my copy! Like most everything about it. Personally I find the veterinarian character oddly compelling. Looking forward to learning more about her past.

deadmike · **Posted:** Sun Sep 25, 2011 4:39 pm

Loved it Jay. I'll be picking up every one.

Oh and since you asked I recommend the crime novels of Dennis Lehane, Michael Connely, Walter Mosely and Elmore Leonard. You'd probably dig Carl Hiassen too, crime and corruption with snarky satire.

Beatlover · **Joined:** Wed Jul 27, 2011 6:49 pm **Posts:** 3705

I'll vouch for Connelly.

Jay Faerber · **Posted:** Mon Sep 26, 2011 4:34 am

Thanks, guys. I've at least sampled all the writers you've suggested so far. I hear so many great things about Connelly, but I find his prose way too bloated for my taste. He takes too long to say too little. I like stuff that moves along at a good clip. I find Lee Child getting too bloated as time goes on, too. Sometimes it feels like he takes an entire page to describe Reacher throwing a punch. It's like -- we get it, already!

~ Jay

deadmike · **Posted:** Mon Sep 26, 2011 2:04 pm

Jay Faerber wrote:

Thanks, guys. I've at least sampled all the writers you've suggested so far. I hear so many great things about Connelly, but I find his prose way too bloated for my taste. He takes too long to say too little. I like stuff that moves along at a good clip. I find Lee Child getting too bloated as time goes on, too. Sometimes it feels like he takes an entire page to describe Reacher throwing a punch. It's like -- we get it, already!

~ Jay

Ok Jay try Leonard then. He has a rule " I read my stuff and if it sounds like writing I throw it out and start again."

I like Lee Child myself. John Sanford is good too.

Riley · **Posted:** Mon Sep 26, 2011 4:08 pm

I gave Child's first Reacher book a shot, it was alright. No big rush to read more, but I probably would.

But more importantly, who would win in a fight, Markham or Reacher.

Beatlover · **Joined:** Wed Jul 27, 2011 6:49 pm **Posts:** 3705

Patricia Cornwell is great too.

Orange · **Posted:** Tue Sep 27, 2011 7:48 am

My mom loves her.

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