- Cutting Edge by Jeffrey S. Savage (2001)
[5/10]
"Savage had high aspirations for his first novel, but through inexperience missed some of the opportunities that would have made Cutting Edge a sitting-on-the-edge-of-your-seat page turner."
- Dancing Naked by Robert Hodgson Van Wagoner (1999)
[7/10]
"Van Wagoner so successfully portrays both the history of Terry's emotional state and his interaction with the other characters in the present, that he has created a psychological novel that resonates as deeply as Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment yet deals with modern issues such as the effects of generational prejudice."
- Great Brain, The by John D. Fitzgerald (1967)
[8/10]
"I loved The Great Brain as a kid, and I still love its charm and wit. Fitzgerald places interesting characters in a fascinating old-West setting and puts them through fun adventures."
- Lost Boys by Orson Scott Card (1992)
[5/10]
"Unlike Ender's Game, Card's Lost Boys demonstrates that a successful short story cannot always make the transition to a novel."
- More Adventures of the Great Brain by John D. Fitzgerald (1969)
[7/10]
"Fitzgerald continues to chronicle his adventures with his older brother Tom, the Great Brain. This volume gets a little repetitive with the opening and closing chapters both involving the boys sneaking out at night to places forbidden by their parents. In each case, Tom shames other boys into going out late at night to prove his point, either that monsters do exist or that ghosts don't."
- Papa Married a Mormon by John D. Fitzgerald (1955)
[7/10]
"Fitzgerald relates a touching story about how his father and mother met, married, and started a family in a frontier town of rural Utah."
- Praise to the Man by Larry Barkdull (1997)
[3/10]
"Praise to the Man contains the elements of a powerful story, but distractions and poor expository methods kept me so far from feeling anything for the characters that I never had a chance to get emotionally involved."
- Riptide by Marion Smith (1999)
[4/10]
"Smith creates vivid scenes filled with emotional power, but her scenes repeat the same character and plot development without moving into new territory. You can also see Smith's agenda driving the characters' dialog into contrived paths that never get around to answering the real question: What should we do with a heightened awareness of abuse?"
Average score: 5.75
