Michael Stewart (5) (1945–)
Auteur de Monkey Shines
Pour les autres auteurs qui s'appellent Michael Stewart, voyez la page de désambigüisation.
Œuvres de Michael Stewart
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Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Stewart, Hugh Michael Bonnin
- Date de naissance
- 1945-06-25
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- UK
- Lieu de naissance
- Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
- Professions
- entrepreneur
author
screenwriter
Membres
Critiques
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 11
- Membres
- 309
- Popularité
- #76,232
- Évaluation
- 3.4
- Critiques
- 4
- ISBN
- 142
- Langues
- 9
An athletic super star suddenly becomes paralyzed from the neck down and his life is forever changed. It is changed once again when he is provided with a helper monkey, which he trains to help him out in daily life. From there the story becomes a bit warped and a lot more interesting.
I loved the character development and the pacing. (I am a fan of slow burning stories, so the pacing might not be fast enough for some.) I felt that the dread and tension were sustained throughout the novel and made for compelling reading. There was also a subtext here about animal testing and secret intentions of government entities-this subtext posed questions that are valid to this very day. The ending was the only portion of this book that I had a problem with. Everything was tidied up so nicely that it wasn't quite believable for me. For that I deducted one star.
This was an enjoyable, quick read that I would recommend to horror readers that appreciate 80's horror with a slow burn.… (plus d'informations)