ariiiiready2read916's review against another edition
4.0
This book started off very slow to me, it was hard to get into, the main character was a total asshole in the beginning but it became action packed about halfway through. There were a lot of things in here that didn’t make sense and we’re a little bit “ Way out of left field” but everything wrapped itself up in the end.
Solid writing. Solid book.
I like the short chapters and although it was only told from one perspective which is not a favor to mind, the writing was eloquent and interesting enough to keep me entertained.
Solid writing. Solid book.
I like the short chapters and although it was only told from one perspective which is not a favor to mind, the writing was eloquent and interesting enough to keep me entertained.
peridotpages's review against another edition
4.0
Delirious
Author: Daniel Palmer
Characters: 4 out of 5
Plot: 4 out of 5
Overall: 4 out of 5
Format: Paperback
Source: Provided by the Author
Description: (Author's Website) Charlie Giles is at the top of his game. An electronics superstar, he’s sold his start-up company to a giant Boston firm, where he’s now a senior director. With his dog, Monte, at his side, Charlie is treated like a VIP everywhere he goes.
Then one day, everything in Charlie’s neatly ordered world starts to go terrifyingly wrong. His prestigious job and his inventions are wrenched away from him. His family is targeted, and his former employers are dying gruesomely, picked off one by one. Every sign, every shred of evidence, points to Charlie as a cold-blooded killer. And soon Charlie is unable to tell whether he’s succumbed to the pressures of work and become the architect of his own destruction, or whether he’s the victim of a relentless, diabolical attack.
In a desperate struggle to save his life, Charlie races to uncover the truth, all the while realizing that nothing can be trusted—least of all his own fractured mind…
From My Point of View: I don't even know where to start with this review. This book simply blew me away. I'll admit, before beginning the book, and even through the first few chapters, I was skeptical. I wasn't sure this was going to be the book for me. I'm fairly tech-savvy, so I understood most of what the characters were discussing in regards to their up and coming InVision system, but at the beginning I was really thinking this book would be over my head. However, that turned out to be, thankfully, so untrue. Palmer did a fantastic job of making the book in depth, but also easily understandable.
And for a this being his first book, I was really impressed with how well written it was. Not that I assumed it would be awful since he was a breakout author, but from past experience, I've found it can sometimes take a few novels for the author to catch their stride. That was not the case here. This book was amazing. The story line was so intense and fast paced that at times I felt I couldn't read fast enough. There were quite a few twists and turns and I questioned Charlie's sanity just as much as he did most of the time. I'd started the book thinking, "now I know Charlie isn't really the bad guy," but about halfway through, I really had no idea who was responsible. And let me just say: I never saw the real bad guy coming. The end was a fantastic twist.
Overall, this book was really well written. It took me a few chapters to get into the groove, but once I did, I couldn't put it down. If you're in the market for a great thriller, this one is it!
Author: Daniel Palmer
Characters: 4 out of 5
Plot: 4 out of 5
Overall: 4 out of 5
Format: Paperback
Source: Provided by the Author
Description: (Author's Website) Charlie Giles is at the top of his game. An electronics superstar, he’s sold his start-up company to a giant Boston firm, where he’s now a senior director. With his dog, Monte, at his side, Charlie is treated like a VIP everywhere he goes.
Then one day, everything in Charlie’s neatly ordered world starts to go terrifyingly wrong. His prestigious job and his inventions are wrenched away from him. His family is targeted, and his former employers are dying gruesomely, picked off one by one. Every sign, every shred of evidence, points to Charlie as a cold-blooded killer. And soon Charlie is unable to tell whether he’s succumbed to the pressures of work and become the architect of his own destruction, or whether he’s the victim of a relentless, diabolical attack.
In a desperate struggle to save his life, Charlie races to uncover the truth, all the while realizing that nothing can be trusted—least of all his own fractured mind…
From My Point of View: I don't even know where to start with this review. This book simply blew me away. I'll admit, before beginning the book, and even through the first few chapters, I was skeptical. I wasn't sure this was going to be the book for me. I'm fairly tech-savvy, so I understood most of what the characters were discussing in regards to their up and coming InVision system, but at the beginning I was really thinking this book would be over my head. However, that turned out to be, thankfully, so untrue. Palmer did a fantastic job of making the book in depth, but also easily understandable.
And for a this being his first book, I was really impressed with how well written it was. Not that I assumed it would be awful since he was a breakout author, but from past experience, I've found it can sometimes take a few novels for the author to catch their stride. That was not the case here. This book was amazing. The story line was so intense and fast paced that at times I felt I couldn't read fast enough. There were quite a few twists and turns and I questioned Charlie's sanity just as much as he did most of the time. I'd started the book thinking, "now I know Charlie isn't really the bad guy," but about halfway through, I really had no idea who was responsible. And let me just say: I never saw the real bad guy coming. The end was a fantastic twist.
Overall, this book was really well written. It took me a few chapters to get into the groove, but once I did, I couldn't put it down. If you're in the market for a great thriller, this one is it!
ananya98's review against another edition
3.0
The book starts of as a psychological thriller. But then it turns out to be just a thriller which was disguised to make you believe that it had everything to do about psychology of the mind, Predominantly schizophrenia and multiple personality disorder.
It stats of really interesting and the climax could be predicted when you reach half of the book. It’s a one time read and doesn’t actually leave you thinking about it and marveling the story line once you finish it.
It stats of really interesting and the climax could be predicted when you reach half of the book. It’s a one time read and doesn’t actually leave you thinking about it and marveling the story line once you finish it.
tinabaich's review against another edition
3.0
Delirious, Daniel Palmer’s debut novel, is the story of Charlie Giles, an executive at software corporation SoluCent. Charlie’s seemingly perfect life quickly begins to unravel, and he begins to question his own sanity. Charlie’s family history doesn’t help. His father and brother are both schizophrenic. As things spiral further and further out of control, Charlie must figure out if he really is losing his mind or if someone is trying to set him up.
I was excited to read Delirious after a recent Twitter conversation with a fellow book blogger. She had just finished reading it on an airplane and said she was so surprised by the ending that she accidentally uttered a few expletives in this very public place. I agree with her to an extent. I knew what the answer was, but was surprised by how Palmer got there. Aside from that, I enjoyed the story and the characters. Charlie’s brother, Joe, and Joe’s therapist, Rachel, play major roles in helping Charlie determine what is happening to him. They were strong, likable characters. Even Charlie, who starts out as a bit of jerk, becomes a likable character. I found myself rooting for him.
All in all, I think Delirious is an excellent debut thriller. I’m looking forward to seeing what Daniel Palmer comes up with next. If you like psychological thrillers, I think you’ll like Delirious.
http://iubookgirl.blogspot.com/2011/02/review-giveaway-delirious.html
I was excited to read Delirious after a recent Twitter conversation with a fellow book blogger. She had just finished reading it on an airplane and said she was so surprised by the ending that she accidentally uttered a few expletives in this very public place. I agree with her to an extent. I knew what the answer was, but was surprised by how Palmer got there. Aside from that, I enjoyed the story and the characters. Charlie’s brother, Joe, and Joe’s therapist, Rachel, play major roles in helping Charlie determine what is happening to him. They were strong, likable characters. Even Charlie, who starts out as a bit of jerk, becomes a likable character. I found myself rooting for him.
All in all, I think Delirious is an excellent debut thriller. I’m looking forward to seeing what Daniel Palmer comes up with next. If you like psychological thrillers, I think you’ll like Delirious.
http://iubookgirl.blogspot.com/2011/02/review-giveaway-delirious.html
t720psu's review against another edition
2.0
I can't believe I actually finished this book. The writing is tedious and the characters were all so clique. The portrayal of mental illness was also pretty horrible. Not related to my rating, but the EPub download had a glitch that added two spaces after every apostrophe which was very distracting on the page.
caitlinxmartin's review against another edition
4.0
What if you knew there was a roughly 50/50 chance you'd get a life-threatening mental illness that would destroy everything you'd achieved in your life? How would you cope with that?
Charlie Giles is your basic self-centered techno yuppie - the marketing end of a duo whose technical half created InVision and took the company to a multi-billion dollar acquisition. So a few people got hurt along the way - the ends justify the means, right? For anyone who labored in the vineyards of the dot com boom and bust Charlie and his milieu will be quite familiar. What makes Delirious fun and different is that he's plopped right smack down in the middle of an intelligent debut techno-thriller.
Charlie Giles may have found success, fortune, and power, but he's running from some family secrets - one of which could lose him everything he has. His brother's schizophrenia has had life-altering effects on Charlie's life and that of his family. The sure knowledge that having a sibling with schizophrenia makes it significantly more likely that you will have schizophrenia hangs over Charlie's life like an axe. It's just one of the secrets that make him vulnerable and it's fun to watch Mr. Palmer take his life apart in this great debut thriller. A smart, entertaining read with some interesting twists and turns along the way.
Charlie Giles is your basic self-centered techno yuppie - the marketing end of a duo whose technical half created InVision and took the company to a multi-billion dollar acquisition. So a few people got hurt along the way - the ends justify the means, right? For anyone who labored in the vineyards of the dot com boom and bust Charlie and his milieu will be quite familiar. What makes Delirious fun and different is that he's plopped right smack down in the middle of an intelligent debut techno-thriller.
Charlie Giles may have found success, fortune, and power, but he's running from some family secrets - one of which could lose him everything he has. His brother's schizophrenia has had life-altering effects on Charlie's life and that of his family. The sure knowledge that having a sibling with schizophrenia makes it significantly more likely that you will have schizophrenia hangs over Charlie's life like an axe. It's just one of the secrets that make him vulnerable and it's fun to watch Mr. Palmer take his life apart in this great debut thriller. A smart, entertaining read with some interesting twists and turns along the way.
atuladhar's review against another edition
4.0
This book started off very slow to me, it was hard to get into, the main character was a total asshole in the beginning but it became action packed about halfway through. There were a lot of things in here that didn’t make sense and we’re a little bit “ Way out of left field” but everything wrapped itself up in the end.
Solid writing. Solid book.
I like the short chapters and although it was only told from one perspective which is not a favor to mind, the writing was eloquent and interesting enough to keep me entertained.
Solid writing. Solid book.
I like the short chapters and although it was only told from one perspective which is not a favor to mind, the writing was eloquent and interesting enough to keep me entertained.
mrstuladhar's review against another edition
4.0
This book started off very slow to me, it was hard to get into, the main character was a total asshole in the beginning but it became action packed about halfway through. There were a lot of things in here that didn’t make sense and we’re a little bit “ Way out of left field” but everything wrapped itself up in the end.
Solid writing. Solid book.
I like the short chapters and although it was only told from one perspective which is not a favor to mind, the writing was eloquent and interesting enough to keep me entertained.
Solid writing. Solid book.
I like the short chapters and although it was only told from one perspective which is not a favor to mind, the writing was eloquent and interesting enough to keep me entertained.
ariiiiready2read's review against another edition
4.0
This book started off very slow to me, it was hard to get into, the main character was a total asshole in the beginning but it became action packed about halfway through. There were a lot of things in here that didn’t make sense and we’re a little bit “ Way out of left field” but everything wrapped itself up in the end.
Solid writing. Solid book.
I like the short chapters and although it was only told from one perspective which is not a favor to mind, the writing was eloquent and interesting enough to keep me entertained.
Solid writing. Solid book.
I like the short chapters and although it was only told from one perspective which is not a favor to mind, the writing was eloquent and interesting enough to keep me entertained.
beckylej's review against another edition
4.0
Daniel Palmer has certainly inherited his father's talent for edge of your seat suspense (Michael Palmer).
Charlie thinks he may be losing his mind. After getting fired from his own start up and accused of actions he can't remember committing, Charlie finds himself on the run and trying to clear his own name. The twist is that he's honestly not sure if he's going mad.
Charlie thinks he may be losing his mind. After getting fired from his own start up and accused of actions he can't remember committing, Charlie finds himself on the run and trying to clear his own name. The twist is that he's honestly not sure if he's going mad.