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Roger Hobbs (1988–2016)

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Roger Hobbs received a bachelor's degree in English from Reed College. He is the author of Ghostman and Vanishing Games. He received the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger in 2013, the Strand Critics award in 2014, and the Maltese Falcon award in 2015. He died on November 14, 2016 at the age of 28. toon meer (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder

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Werken van Roger Hobbs

Spookman (2013) 638 exemplaren
Vanishing Games (2015) 155 exemplaren
THUGLIT Issue 4 (2013) — Medewerker — 4 exemplaren

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Gangbare naam
Hobbs, Roger
Geboortedatum
1988-06-10
Overlijdensdatum
2016-11-14
Geslacht
male
Woonplaatsen
Portland, Oregon, USA
Opleiding
Reed College

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I have a weird feeling about this book. For the most part I liked it. I thought the story was interesting, the protagonist clever and someone I wouldn't mind meeting again, and it had a mostly satisfying conclusion. That said, when I didn't actively have the book in my hand, I didn't miss it. I wasn't dying to know what happened next and it took seemingly forever for me to finish it. I can't put my finger on why it wasn't particularly compelling.

Minor local nit-pick: one of the super bad guys in the book shares a name with a mild mannered Philly sportswriter. That was a bit of a disconnect for me but only a tiny thing.… (meer)
 
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hmonkeyreads | 41 andere besprekingen | Jan 25, 2024 |
Fast paced story of the master thief, ghostman, human chameleon.

I wont go into details of the story to avoid spoilers. What I can say is that story takes place in around 72 hours it is very fast paced with lots of action, twists and turns and violence.

Book is written in same way as [a:Richard Stark|13634|Richard Stark|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1287877064p2/13634.jpg]'s Parker series - some flashbacks giving details on the main character and his relations with other people in the story. If you seek deeply developed characters this might not be your cup of tea. Main element here are a heist, numerous twists and inner workings of the criminal groups.

Highly recommended to all thriller fans.
… (meer)
 
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Zare | 11 andere besprekingen | Jan 23, 2024 |
Impressive debut. Maybe a bit heavy on the technical, but that's a quibble.
 
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Mcdede | 41 andere besprekingen | Jul 19, 2023 |
Nicely done but unexceptional heist thriller. Mystified by the excitement for it. Language is ordinary, protagonist is only mildly interesting. B
 
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wordloversf | 41 andere besprekingen | Aug 14, 2021 |

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Werken
3
Ook door
1
Leden
797
Populariteit
#31,988
Waardering
½ 3.7
Besprekingen
55
ISBNs
57
Talen
11
Favoriet
2

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