Heather, the Totality

Posted on 14 March 2018 by Matthew Weiner

The Breakstone family arrange themselves around their daughter Heather, and the world seems to follow beautiful, compassionate, entrancing, she is the greatest blessing in their lives of Manhattan luxury But as Heather grows and her empathy sharpens to a point, and her radiance attracts and dark interest their perfect existence starts to fracture Meanwhile a very different life, one raised in poverty and in violence, is beginning its own malign orbit around Heather Matthew Weiner the creator of Mad Men has crafted an extraordinary first novel of incredible pull and menace Heather, The Totality demonstrates perfectly his forensic eye for the human qualities that hold modern society together, and pull it apart. New Read Heather, the Totality by Matthew Weiner For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr I never expected to write another 1 star review This is only my second in 10 years These days, if something is bad I just quit reading much of the time What happened here was a combination of curiosity and ultimately having to see it through to make sure it would end as badly as I expected Spoiler alert it did I was thinking maybe I wouldn t write a review at all I don t like writing bad reviews I take no joy in them But readers have my loyaltythan writers and publishers, and i I never expected to write another 1 star review This is only my second in 10 years These days, if something is bad I just quit reading much of the time What happened here was a combination of curiosity and ultimately having to see it through to make sure it would end as badly as I expected Spoiler alert it did I was thinking maybe I wouldn t write a review at all I don t like writing bad reviews I take no joy in them But readers have my loyaltythan writers and publishers, and in this case I suspect many people will want to read this book and I really want them to know that they should not Not even a page Put the book down Back away slowly.When a big name writes a book, it is not unusual for me to wonder if they got honest feedback from friends, editors, etc Because if someone I cared about very deeply gave me this book and asked me what I thought I would tell them to put it in a drawer and maybe move on to the next thing That would be the kind thing to do And ...NOT EVEN KEN COSGROVE WOULD HAVE WRITTEN SUCH A RIDICULOUS BOOK.Der Hammer Perfekte L nge f r Zwischendurch und einfach d ster und packend Jedoch hab ich einen Stern abgezogen, weil die S tze teilweise EXTREM lang waren und ich dauernd im Lesefluss gest rt wurde.Nichtsdestotrotz SUPER2.5 starsI can understand the negatives reviews for this book because it was underwhelming.People are complaining about the writing style but it didn t bother me that much I guess this just felt like a slightly bulked out storyboard for a TV show, which would make sense as the author wrote Mad Men.Some people think there is no character development in this novella, but I can t say I agree Mark and Karen are well described throughout the book and though you don t get much history into each char 2.5 starsI can understand the negatives reviews for this book because it was underwhelming.People are complaining about the writing style but it didn t bother me that much I guess this just felt like a slightly bulked out storyboard for a TV show, which would make sense as the author wrote Mad Men.Some people think there is no character development in this novella, but I can t say I agree Mark and Karen are well described throughout the book and though you don t get much history into each character, you learn enough about them as they grow older together and have a child Same goes for Bobby Heather, on the other hand, isdifficult to get to know We didn t really get the chance to learn much about her.I honestly feel like this book was a little above my level of understanding and maybe I didn t get the bigger picture, but to me this just felt like a slow story of overbearing, selfish parents, their confused golden child, and the obsession of a disturbed man I know I m ...This novella length work is not a book at all It s the treatment you would write for a movie or the outline and biographies that you would write before you wrote the actual book There is no dialogue, just a recitation of people doing or thinking things Rather than being suspenseful, the whole thing just felt sort of sleazy and leering There is no way that this would have been published if the author had not been the creator of Mad Men It was hugely disappointing I received a free copy of t This novella length work is not a book at all It s the treatment you would write for a movie or the outline and biographies that you would write before you wrote the actual book There is no dialogue, just a recitation of people doing or thinking things Rather than being suspenseful, the whole thing just felt sort of sleazy and leering There is no way that this would have been published if the author had not been the creator of Mad Men It wa...Manhattan financier Mark Breakstone is successful enough at his job, but he seems destined never to reach the top echelon Nevertheless, when he s introduced by friends to Karen she sees sufficient potential to throw in her lot and soon they are married and living in a nice apartment close to Park Avenue Not too much later a beautiful and seemingly gifted daughter, Heather, is bo...This is a colossally dumb book Boring, paint by numbers writing, a predictable plot, and forgettable characters There s not even a hint of anything captivating or fresh to mitigate this tired trip down clich lane It was only 130 pages long, and sometimes I laug...Interesting novella sort of a fleshed out storyboard, no dialogue Mark and Karen marry, have a beautiful daughter they name Heather and live a comfortable, if not totally happy, life in NYC A young man with a very different kind of background is part of a construction team working on their condo building Mark starts to worry when he see...I have always wanted to be a writer To me there is no better job in the entire universe As luck would have it I was working my day job waiting table s at Dan Tanna s in West Hollywood when Matthew Weiner, creator, writer, and show runner for the hit television show Mad Men got seated in my section This was my big break, I just knew it Mr Weiner, I have always wanted to write novels, I stammered, any chance you can give me some pointers Of course, the generous Mr Weine...Wow, this is bad How a writer of the iconic Mad Men and The Sopranos can pen this is a mystery was he 12 at the time With no dialogue really, NO dialogue , a story that flits through 18 years in a nanosecond, random capitalisations the Woman, the Trainee, the Father, the Worker , and a completely bonkers plot view spoiler couple meet on a blind date, marry, dote on their daughter, dad worries psychopath is letching over her, takes him upstairs and pushes him out of the window, the en Wow, this is bad How a writer of the iconic Mad Men and The Sopranos can pen this is a mystery was he 12 at the time With no dialogue really, NO dialogue , a story that flits through 18 years in a nanosecond, random capitalisations the Woman, the Trainee, the Father, the Worker , and a completely bonkers plot view spo...

14 March 2018

Matthew Weiner