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- Sales Rank: #141545 in Books
- Published on: 2011-01-01
- Original language:
English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 1.08″ h x
5.62″ w x
8.31″ l,
.89 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 381 pages
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- Sales Rank: #141545 in Books
- Published on: 2011-01-01
- Original language:
English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 1.08″ h x
5.62″ w x
8.31″ l,
.89 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 381 pages
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29 of 29 people found the following review helpful.
Supernatural Suspense at Its Best
By Cara Putman
Book of Days is a page-turner from James Rubart. With some authors it’s hard to sustain the success of a first novel. But with this book, the author has exceeded the skill he showed with his debut release.Cameron Vaux’s losing his mind. Each day it feels like his memories are slipping farther and farther away. In a desperate effort to restore them and avoid the end his father faced, he makes a desperate bid to find the Book of Days, a mysterious volume that both his father and his wife made him promise to find before they died. The search takes him to a small town in Oregon that is filled with secrets and hidden agendas. If his plight weren’t so desperate, it would be easy to give up but he can’t.He is helped on his search by his reluctant friend Ann Bannister, who has her own reasons for being in town. And her presence adds a touch of romance to the book.The plot hurtles through twists just like a rock climber who’s slipped in their climb. The result is a book that I thoroughly enjoyed and couldn’t put down. One aspect that I loved the most is that I did not identify the person behind the suspense thread. In many books lately, I’ve been able to do that, so it was a welcome relief to have a book that surprised me at the end. This book is perfect for those who like suspense with a twist. This time that twist is what if people thought the book of days really existed…here on earth?
17 of 18 people found the following review helpful.
Well-written and full of twists and turns, but just not my cup of tea
By K. L. Haschke
I recently had the opportunity to review Book of Days, James Rubart’s upcoming novel. The book draws from Mr. Rubart’s personal experience as his father, who passed away during the writing, dealt with Alzheimer’s disease.About the book:Cameron Vaux’s mind is slipping. Memories of his wife, killed two years earlier, are vanishing, just as his dying father said they would. So Cameron goes on a quest to find “the book with all the days in it” that both his father and his wife had mentioned to him. He enlists the help of his late wife Jessie’s best friend, Ann, an investigative reporter who believes the book is a farce, but in spite of herself is drawn into the search. It quickly becomes apparent that others with evil motivations are also searching for this mysterious book, and are even willing to kill for it.My thoughts:I wanted to like this book. I enjoyed the writing and felt that the characters were well-developed and believable. But the plot? Not so much. It did keep my attention with many twists and turns…I can see that Mr. Rubart doesn’t write the type of mystery that you have figured out after reading the first couple of chapters. But the entire premise was just, well, strange. An actual mysterious “book” written by God with all the days of our lives written in it? Maybe so, but not where we can physically locate it. I appreciated the point Mr. Rubart was trying to make…that God does “keep all our days”…but I just didn’t enjoy the plotline he used to attempt to communicate that. Still, I felt that the book was well-written and the characters were likable. I wouldn’t mind reading more by Mr. Rubart in the future.Book of Days releases January 1, 2011.Julie Gwinn at B&H Publishing provided my advance copy, but all opinions are my own.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful.
Brilliant supernatural thriller!
By Ane Mulligan
Wow! Fast paced and well-crafted, I couldn’t put this thriller down. I love it when I find an allegorical thread woven beneath the surface of an exciting book. Like Rooms, Book of Days robbed me of a night’s sleep. James Rubart is a Master Storyteller. Novel Journey and I highly recommend Book of Days–it’s a 5 star read!
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