Night Train (Abridged) Audiobook

" The first time it doesn't happen you sigh and it's very hot and it feels wet. The next time it is a failure, but you have to find faith in that, in what you are doing. More than anything else, that there is will. There is will to do the thing you are doing. Period. Then there is of course, a period, for chrissake, finally. "

" quick read, choppy, sorta like a mamet play, the ending though...man, sorta not what i expected or wanted. "

" An interesting look at how someone could have "everything" and still be misereable. "

" I found this book tedious. The main character Mike Hoolihan (a female cop) is no longer a detective but gets caught up in a highly political suicide. The excess of "cop speak" is annoying and draws away from the story. I understand this is a police novel and some should be expected but every chapter? They accepted it was a suicide without much investigation and then the mother asks Mike to check again because obviously something was wrong with her daughter. It gets a little better at this point but still disappointing and has a totally dissatisfying ending. This is my first novel by this author and most probably my last. "

" Very different from other books from Martin Amis that I read, but still great. It's the first time I ever heard the term "police" used a singular noun (long before The Wire). Strong mood and strong voice. Loved it. "

" This book was written by a non-American and surprisingly I think you can tell. I did enjoy reading about Mike, a very unusual woman, and the story is ok too. It is near the end that it all goes weird.I am sure it is supposed to be esoteric, but I would like a little more clarity. "

" An interesting twist to your classic mystery story "

" It starts as a 'whodunnit' but ends up asking some interesting philosophical questions about what we live for as humans.. "

" Fakey narrator messes the whole thing up. "

" Disciplined within a genre--i like when he tries to crack you up better. "

" It was OK, in part because it was short. Still not sure what the suicide was all about, but I'm often confused at the end of books. "

" Surprisingly engaging, compact, and deep for a pulpy detective novel. Again as much as I would want to fight Martin Amis if I met him at a pub, his books are great. "

" Why would a woman who has everything choose to kill herself? Don't read this book if you want to find out. "

" This is the second time around with this book (I forget I read it years earlier). It is an odd Amis book in that it's a quasi-detective story. It's not his best, a good deconstruction of the whodunit. "

" do not confuse Martin Amis with his father, Kingsley Amis. Both masters of style, diametrically opposed styles. Night Train is gruesome and arresting, dark--no, black--and unrelenting. He holds you in his fist and will not let go. "

" Enjoyed the book - it was a little short, darkly humorous and left me thinking - did I get it? I would say this is only for Amis fans. "

" Amis does crime, and mostly pulls it off. This is an interesting little book, but one that left me with a question at the end: was Jennifer's apparent suicide the only one? Also, of the few Martin Amis books I've read, this is the only one with a likeable protagonist. "

" I didn't expect this to be nearly as enjoyable as it was... it's just a quick, little suicide mystery, and none of its pitfalls as described in so many of its reviews were very bothersome to me. (The ending was a little weird, though, and I didn't get it at all.) "

" a masterpiece of philosophical literature under the cloak of detective fiction. a great read and highly recommended. "

" This was pretty much the first murder mystery I ever read. Rick recommended it to me as we perused the Half Priced Books over Christmas '10. A very quick and entertaining read. "

" Martin Amis has taken a good plot and ruined it by having his characters speak in a hard-boiled "cop speak" that I doubt any cop anywhere actually uses. "

" Lots of great cop procedural background; kind of falls off the table towards the end, but I can't tell you how often I have referred to this book for rock-solid police procedure and ethos. "

" A short work, more a novella than a novel, but despite the length is densely packed. "

" peu intéressant et assez maladroit. heureusement il se lit vite. "

" Can someone explain this book to me as I did not get it :( "

" VERY NOIR. I haven't read a crime novel for a long time, and really enjoyed it. The main character really got under my skin. I won't be forgetting Detective Mike Hoolihan anytime soon! "

" I found this book unsettling. It was a good police thriller, but I think I missed the point entirely. I suspect that I should read this again, but life's short... "

" Total waste of time. And totally insane and rambling, too. I have no idea what happened at any point in the book. I give it two stars because I did finish it and there was a rape, rape is worth a star. "

" I really wonder if any cop has ever actually said "I am a police." It sounds weird. "