I haven't read a John Saul book in years. I'm so happy this book came up as a recommendation. Fast paced and very exciting. Good ending!

Clubul Manhattan este întocmai ca o junglă unde cel bogat are drept de viaţă şi de moarte, în timp ce cel sărac rămâne doar la simplul rol de păpuşă, veşnic supusă mişcărilor sforilor manevrate de păpuşar. John Saul se joacă cu binele şi răul, aşezându-le într-o încrengătură de evenimente menite să distingem răul din lumină şi binele din întuneric. În acelaşi timp, se joacă cu o realitate ce ar putea fi posibilă, împingând limitele groazei până în momentul în care să mergi privind peste umăr la eventuali atacatori.

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Took me a while to get into the book though it was hard to put down near the end. C+

I gave this a three-star because I guess it wasn't what I was expecting with a John Saul novel. That's not to say that one can't stray from a single genre and try new things, but I didn't like the format of his 'suspense thriller'. It was too all-over-the-place. Too many characters to introduce and get to know. Too many chapter breaks and scene changes.

It was still overall an okay story. Creepy settings, in the tunnels under Manhattan, and the end (last 50 pages) when the hunt was FINALLY on, I thought was thrilling.

Sooo this book had a very strong start. I can dig that it is social commentary about the plight of homeless people, privilege, racism and political power. John Saul can surely build intrigue. I wanted things to go crazy but instead of a mental asylum, I got 5 beers crazy which isn't crazy at all. I was thinking OMG, this will be a wild cat and mouse kinda horror book. It still is, but it isn't wild and didn't go anywhere unexpectedly. This story had a gorry premise, but yeaaah, if one deletes a scene or two, The Manhattan Hunt Club would definitely be PG13. That being said, I'm rating this a 3.5. I'll read another JS book down the road to see if my observations would apply to his other work.

Very good. Jeff is convicted of a rape that he did not do. After he is given a year sentence at rikers island he is resigned to his fate. On his way to prison the van is hit by another car and his death is staged. Instead he is put in the tunnels underneath manhattans to be hunted by rich respected men. His father and fiancée don’t give up hope and want to save him. Will he make it out alive or die in dangerous tunnels?

Breath taking

Powerful people establish a club for handing out justice. Very good.

John Saul is one of my favorite authors. This book was more of a suspense novel, than a horror novel. I enjoyed it but I expected it to be scarier.

3.5 stars

Saul is usually hit or miss with me, but this is probably his best work.

Kind of a dumb premise, hunting of the guilting in the tunnels of NYC, but a fun read.