Living the Dream edition by Tim Baker Humor Entertainment eBooks
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Kurt’s life has been one dead end after another since he was convicted of attempted rape thirty years ago.
Inspired by a dream, he thinks he’s finally found the way to Easy St. and it starts with kidnapping Vicky, the woman who had him arrested all those years ago.
Surely Vicky’s husband, wealthy investment consultant Jimmy, would pay handsomely for the safe return of his wife.
But Kurt soon learns that even Easy Street has its share of pot holes.
After the road trip from Hell, Kurt arrives in Florida to learn that Jimmy is planning to leave Vicky and may not be interested in saving her. On top of that Jimmy’s mysterious mistress wants her own piece of the action.
To make matters worse, Kurt gets on the wrong side of a biker, a bookie and an ex-Navy SEAL who seem determined to make the rest of his life as painful as possible.
Meanwhile, Danny Putnam is enjoying life in Florida. He owns a successful dive shop and has a very comfortable lifestyle until he starts having bizarre dreams about his murdered wife and a beautiful woman he has never met. Suddenly his comfortable life becomes very complicated.
Living the Dream by Tim Baker, is both humorous and action packed. All of the characters in this novel have a plan and a few dreams. As their lives begin to intersect, they find out that dreams really can come true, for better or for worse.
Living the Dream edition by Tim Baker Humor Entertainment eBooks
This is one of those novels with a protagonist you love to hate. In the first chapter, we meet Kurt, a lovable loser who sets off to commit a crime. As readers, we hope he's not successful and are treated to a delightful comedy of errors as Kurt takes a road trip from Rhode Island south to Florida.There are a lot of characters, and you do need to pay attention as the book goes back and forth among them. We readers can tell all these characters are ultimately going to collide but Baker does a great job of keeping us unsure of exactly how it's going to happen. And there are a couple of unexpected twists and turns to keep readers guessing. Kurt, the poor protagonist, is always one step behind.
Being set in Florida, Baker's novels often remind me of the best elements of novels by John D. MacDonald (interesting characters and suspense) and Carl Hiaasen (humor). All are on display in "Living the Dream."
Highly recommended.
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Living the Dream edition by Tim Baker Humor Entertainment eBooks Reviews
I'm not normally one that feels any sympathy for the bad guys, but this time I found myself shaking my head at Kurt's bad luck. I guess Karma decided enough was enough. )
The lives and times of the other characters in the book, and their dream sequences, made for a fast and entertaining read. There's quite a bit of foul language, so be warned. Not that it's out of place given the characters, but it's there.
I enjoyed this and will definitely keep my eye out for additional works. Thanks Tim!
I enjoy books whose settings are in my Florida home. After trying out Tim Baker I was very impressed with the fast pace of his writing. I was so impressed I immediately stocked my library with several more of his books. Tim has not let me down, it is very hard to put his books down. I am also a fan of Carl Hiaasen and Tim Dorsey, I find Tim Baker to be approaching their league.
Oh. The vulgar language popped up very early in this book, so I closed it and threw it in the fireplace.
The author skillfully wove a tapestry that connected the different characters. It kept me intrigued and wanting to know what happened next.
I was amused by the character Kurt. Unfortunately there are too many like him--time after time his actions brought him "bad luck" which in his thinking was always caused by someone else.
There were a few "to lie" and "to lay" verb errors, some of which could be excused because they appeared in dialogue by one or more of the characters.
This was an interesting book. Initially I kept getting confused. Each chapter was told from the point of view of a different character. But once I got into the rhythm of that, it smoothed out for me.
It was almost a comedy of errors for poor Kurt who is trying to scam anyone available. He was like able, even though he has to be one of the dumbest crooks ever. But I kinda felt sorry for him.
The book was all tied together with the dreams. The author did a good job of keeping the various story lines straight.
This was an easy read. I will be reading more by this author. Four out of five stars.
Okay, if you like Carl Hiaasen and Tim Dorsey, yeah, this'll get you by until there next ones. Working the same geography, the same dead-end drift of serial losers colliding with the ostensibly successful, same weirdo streak.
But this really is a different kind of book, kind of secretly, maybe. A tale of a bungled kidnapping drawing in a collection of jerks, quirks, and deserving hearts is interesting, but kind of standard actually (not that that's a bad thing).
But it's the DREAMS that make the book. And don't say, "Oh, no, not one of those...", it's not analytic, just kind of irreal. There is no real reason for these people to be dreaming about each other before the fact, and details from Dream World pushing the real world plot along. But that's where the real literary value of the book comes in. Their various dreams, and the elliptical relations with what has been or will be, aren't "artsy" or overly sage--thing of them as a speculative fiction sideshow that takes over for the main show.
Frankly, though I enjoyed the book, it moves slowly--hey' it's a first novel. But when the dreams kick in--the point where you usually tune out and flip ahead to see what's actually happening, right--is when it gets fun. Baker avoids cliches, but things like people climbing rungs up out of a sewer to emerge on a beach keep things spun and make a sort of story within the story that sets the book apart from the many Florida Wacko School entries on the market.
It's going to be hard for me to review this book without giving anything away but I'll try.
The story follows four characters and their recurring dreams. The characters set out on several wild courses of action that inevitably lead them all together, one way or another. The plot had me guessing what each character was going to do next and I really enjoyed how the ending played out.
I have a couple minor critiques though. While the story was well-written, there were a couple spelling/grammatical errors that had me doubling back to read it over. Nothing major that distracted from the story. Also, there is one character whose ending I wish had been explored a little more, but what was given was satisfactory to tie up the story.
All in all, I really enjoyed this book and would definitely recommend it!
This is one of those novels with a protagonist you love to hate. In the first chapter, we meet Kurt, a lovable loser who sets off to commit a crime. As readers, we hope he's not successful and are treated to a delightful comedy of errors as Kurt takes a road trip from Rhode Island south to Florida.
There are a lot of characters, and you do need to pay attention as the book goes back and forth among them. We readers can tell all these characters are ultimately going to collide but Baker does a great job of keeping us unsure of exactly how it's going to happen. And there are a couple of unexpected twists and turns to keep readers guessing. Kurt, the poor protagonist, is always one step behind.
Being set in Florida, Baker's novels often remind me of the best elements of novels by John D. MacDonald (interesting characters and suspense) and Carl Hiaasen (humor). All are on display in "Living the Dream."
Highly recommended.
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