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Donald E. Westlake - The Ax

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Donald E. Westlake - The Ax
 

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Average Rating: 4.5
 
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22 out of 22 people found this review helpful.

Helpful Tips for Job Hunters

Date of Review:  May 31, 2002
The Bottom Line: A quick read with an interesting premise. Give it a shot, but don't analyze it too much.
Review: My fiancee has been looking for a new job ever since I met him, over a year ago. He currently works at the State Penitentiary (not an overly cheery job, as you can imagine) and is always lamenting about the lack of good job prospects in the area...
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  3.0

by: goldmoon
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
Very quick read, suspenseful, unique...
Cons
Not enough explanation of some parts to...
 
17 out of 17 people found this review helpful.

Getting The Chop

Date of Review:  Sep 21, 2006
The Bottom Line: Deadly scenario in which a laid-off middle-manager takes revenge on the system. An engrossing read.
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I first heard of Donald Westlake s The Axe in connection with a movie that was based on it but can t for the life of me remember which one (I think it s pretty recent though). A film reviewer mentioned the book in passing and I was...
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  4.0

by: heidifromoz
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
Well-written, well-conceived, unusual...
Cons
Lacks a bit of spark.
 
4 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

A Chilling Contemporary Drama

Date of Review:  Feb 8, 2000
Review: The life of the working person in America has changed over the past few decades. Where we once put in our thirty or thirty-five years with a large company and retired, today we get downsized, re-aligned, outsourced, or otherwise fired. Hosts of...
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  5.0

by: algernon
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
Very thought-provoking
Cons
Very disturbing
 
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

The Hook

Date of Review:  Feb 17, 2000
Review: THE HOOK
Donald E. Westlake
Mysterious, Mar 2000, $23.95, 288 pp.
ISBN: 0892965886

It must be over twenty years since authors Bryce Proctorr and Wayne Prentice first met. When they were both aspiring and promising they hit the...
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  5.0

by: Harriet
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
Powerful tour-de-force
Cons
Would not change one word
 

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