"Intern" is the story of April Wayne, a young and intelligent aide to a charismatic senator, who disappears one night. She's a girl who has it all but who throws it away for the promise of love from an unattainable man. It is also the story of the women forced into the spotlight of events surrounding her disappearance. Of April's mother, Gloria, who does everything she can to continue the media frenzy around the senator, hoping the attention will help save her daughter. And of Suzanne, the senator's dutiful wife, who has to confront the shocking truth about the man she has devoted her lift to.
Although Hill's debut thriller owes much to the Gary Condit political scandal, she creates more than enough suspense to keep readers intrigued. April Wayne, 23, disappears without a trace while interning for California State Sen. Eric Barry. When the media learn that the senator was the last person to be seen with April and that the two were supposedly having an affair, he becomes their prime suspect. April's parents, Gloria and Jack Wayne, are shocked by the news of their daughter's disappearance and affair, which drives a wedge between them. Gloria becomes consumed with finding April, while Jack descends into a paralyzing depression. Senator Barry worries more about his next election than about April. Suzanne Barry, who has always been loyal to her husband, is overcome with doubt about their life together when she learns that he has been unfaithful. "He gives me one of his dazzlers across the table. I want to believe in the face, the eyes, the voice, but I can't." Suzanne's naivete is implausible, but Hill skillfully draws subtle parallels between Suzanne and Gloria as they both deal with their devastating anxieties and scolding consciences. The resolution may be a bit lurid for some tastes, but that won't make it any easier to put this page-turner down.
A veteran newspaper/magazine columnist and editor, Bonnie Hearn Hill has always been a keen student of American culture and media. Bonnie lives in Fresno, California, with her husband, also an author, and is at work on her next novel.
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这本书的开篇,仿佛一卷徐徐展开的古老羊皮纸,带着一种难以言喻的厚重感。作者的叙事节奏把握得极其精准,他并不急于将所有的线索抛诸脑后,而是像一个耐心的织工,慢条斯理地编织着人物的性格与时代背景。我尤其欣赏其中对于环境描写的细腻程度,那种扑面而来的真实感,让我仿佛能闻到空气中尘土的气息,感受到阳光穿过狭窄街道时的那种斑驳光影。主人公的内心挣扎,那种介于理想与现实之间的拉扯,被刻画得入木三分,没有落入俗套的英雄主义宣言,更多的是一种深刻的、属于普通人的迷茫与坚韧。书中的对话设计也颇为巧妙,那些看似不经意的只言片语中,蕴含着人物复杂的情感纠葛和尚未挑明的权力暗涌。尽管故事推进得较为缓慢,但正是这种沉稳的基调,为后续情节的爆发积蓄了强大的张力。总的来说,这是一部需要静下心来细细品味的力作,它要求读者投入时间去理解每一个角色的动机,去体会那些潜藏在字里行间的深意。
评分坦白说,这本书的阅读体验是相当“撕裂”的。一方面,作者在构建其虚构的世界观时,展现了惊人的想象力和严谨的逻辑体系,他对某种特定技术原理的阐述,深入浅出,令人叹服,仿佛真的存在这样一个平行宇宙或未来场景。但另一方面,角色的塑造却显得有些单薄和概念化,他们更像是服务于作者宏大设想的载体,而不是有血有肉的个体。我花费了大量时间去试图理解某些专业术语的含义,那种学术性的探讨常常打断了阅读的流畅性。书中有一段关于“时间感知错位”的理论探讨,写得极具启发性,让我对日常生活中对时间的线性理解产生了质疑。然而,在处理人物情感纠葛时,笔触又显得有些疏离和生硬,缺乏必要的共情点。这本书更偏向于“思想实验”的范畴,它挑战读者的智力上限,但可能无法充分满足那些寻求情感慰藉的读者。它更像是一部需要配备注释和参考资料才能完全消化的硬核作品。
评分读完这本书,我最大的感受是它在结构上的那种近乎于解构主义的大胆尝试。章节之间的跳跃性非常强,时空转换毫无预兆,仿佛是意识流的碎片化拼贴,这对于习惯了传统线性叙事的读者来说,无疑是一次不小的挑战。然而,一旦你适应了这种叙事节奏,便会发现其中隐藏的精妙之处。作者似乎并不关心“发生了什么”,而是更着迷于“如何感知这件事”。书中穿插了大量作者个人的哲学思辨和对现代社会异化的尖锐反思,这些部分往往以诗歌体或晦涩的论述形式出现,极大地增加了阅读的门槛。不过,那些被精确捕捉到的、关于“疏离感”的瞬间描摹,却又精准地击中了我的内心。特别是对某个特定场景——一场无声的雨夜聚会——的重复描绘,每次出现都有新的解读层次被剥开,让人不得不停下来反复咀嚼。这本书更像是一面多棱镜,折射出的是阅读者自身经验的倒影,其开放性极强,留白之处远比填充之处要多得多。
评分这本书的语言风格,简直可以用“华丽的克制”来形容。作者似乎对每一个词语的选择都进行了近乎苛刻的筛选,句子结构复杂而又不失韵律感,读起来有一种古典音乐般的和谐美感。特别是关于“记忆”和“失落”的描绘,那些形容词和副词的堆砌,非但没有显得冗余,反而构建出一种超现实的梦幻氛围。我尤其喜欢其中反复出现的一个意象——一扇被遗忘的后门,它反复出现,每一次的出现都伴随着不同的光线和情绪,成为理解角色命运走向的一个关键符号。情节本身相对薄弱,很多地方更像是生活片段的剪辑,而不是一个完整的故事线。但正是这种对情节的淡化,凸显了氛围的强大统治力。这本书不追求情节上的高潮迭起,它追求的是一种情绪的渗透,一种弥漫在字里行间的淡淡的忧伤和无可奈何的宿命感。适合在冬日的午后,独自一人,伴着一杯冷掉的茶来阅读,才能体会到那种被缓慢包裹的阅读体验。
评分这本书最让我印象深刻的是其叙事视角的不断切换,那种“万花筒”般的效果令人目不暇接。我们时而从一个第三人称的全知视角,审视着整个棋局的布局;时而又被猛地拉入某个配角的内心深处,体验他们微不足道的喜怒哀乐;甚至有那么几章,视角极其古怪,似乎是从某种非人类的、机械的观察点出发。这种多重透镜的运用,极大地增强了故事的厚度和复杂性,让读者不断地去修正自己对“真相”的判断。然而,这种频繁的转换也带来了一个副作用:焦点不够集中。故事主线显得有些游移不定,读者需要不断地重新定位自己所处的位置。书中对不同人物内心世界的描摹各有侧重,有的细腻入微,有的则寥寥数笔,这种不均匀性让人有时感到困惑,不知作者的真正重心何在。但总的来说,它提供了一种高度碎片化、却又极具拼图乐趣的阅读体验,成功地在保持神秘感和提供足够线索之间找到了一个微妙的平衡点。
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