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Stephen Hise

Auteur de Bad Book

5 oeuvres 21 utilisateurs 3 critiques

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Œuvres de Stephen Hise

Bad Book (2012) 9 exemplaires
Upgrade (2011) 6 exemplaires
Triple Dog Dare 3 exemplaires
Creepier by the Dozen (2011) 1 exemplaire

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Stephen Hise is the founder and co-administrator of the multi-author multi-national superblog Indies Unlimited. An avid supporter of the indie author movement, he launched the site in October, 2011, as a platform to celebrate independent authors, promote networking among and between authors and readers, and to showcase the dazzling array of talent in the indie author community. Visit http://www.IndiesUnlimited.com.

Hise is an Arizona-based independent author and consultant. He has been involved in technical writing and fiction for many years. He is the author of the novel, Upgrade, a contributor to the short story anthology, Creepier by the Dozen, and contributing author with K.S. Brooks and JD Mader to the multi-genre satire, Bad Book. He is currently involved in multiple collaborative projects with other indie authors.

You can find Stephen Hise's website at: http://StephenHise.com.

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I do love books that leave you open-mouthed at the end – this was certainly one of them. It is very well written and the author deftly manages to portray the main character, Brent, as a slightly pathetic figure; very rich and successful but lacking in the looks department, so much so he is prepared to undergo an irreversible process to make people or, more importantly, the female of the species, notice him. He is not a likeable character at first because he wants to become attractive to women merely, it seems, for sex. However, as the story continues you warm to him as he tries to focus on doing the right thing by the woman he loves and you almost start to feel your sympathy cords being tugged. The nearer I got to end the more I realised I had really no idea how a satisfying (for a reader) conclusion was going to be reached. I knew from some reviews that there was a surprise ending, and with only 10% to go, I smugly thought I had guessed it. In fact, I only half guessed it. What I hadn’t predicted left me speechless.
I liked Stephen’s style – I found it sophisticated, and easy-flowing and I had a laugh-out-loud moment when he used a very analogical adjective which was perfect for the situation being described – ‘Clintonian’. It was brilliantly apt!
There was certainly a very serious moral to this excellent story – be very, very careful what you wish for.
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Librogirl | 1 autre critique | Mar 13, 2022 |
If you ever thought that a collaboration between three authors might be a dodgy, even risky, enterprise, think again. Put three gifted, funny, witty, and clever authors together, and you get an utter gem of a book.

There’s a clue in the title – it is a baaaaad book; it’s rollicking good fun and laugh-out-loud hilarious. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

Our hero, Case, is – well, he’s really just your typical, run-of-the-mill hitch-hiker of literary genres and he glides from one to the other, hopefully, optimistically, sometimes painfully, and he finds himself traversing horror, sci-fi, and westerns, to name but a few, always cheekily, saucily and a little bit tongue-in-cheek. To say you’ll get mouth-ache from a permanent grin on your face is an understatement of an understatement.

Brooks, Hise and Mader complement each other to a tee and bring to the table their individual brand of humour, satire, and whimsicality and seamlessly braid their talents into a masterpiece.

Case tickled my fancy from start to finish and the end of the book came with disappointment. Where was I going to get my permagrin from now?

Excellent – highly recommended.
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Librogirl | Mar 13, 2022 |
Excellent. I really enjoyed it. It would have been nice to see slightly more character development, but as of the length and subject matter, this was perhaps difficult

I was expecting slightly more from the ending as previous reviews made quite a lot of reference to it. It was unexpected though, although it did seem slightly out of character.

Highly recommended.

I look forward to reading more work of Mr Hise.
 
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Holly_85 | 1 autre critique | Mar 16, 2014 |

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Œuvres
5
Membres
21
Popularité
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Évaluation
½ 4.4
Critiques
3
ISBN
4