When his wanna-be girl Connie is found in the ally behind the club shot dead between the eyes, Daniel gets busy looking for the killer. A detective tries to kill her partner and ends up shot herself. Because this book is way, way different! Consider how Daniel is introduced: F-bombs and more drop like frogs from the sky at an Egyptian apocalypse — ominous and unwelcome. And funny this book is! A note about the audio book: John Keating did a great job with accents and voice acting.
It is so rare to get a good Irish accent, but this one was right on. Characters are well developed vocally. The audio book was actually more entertaining than reading the text! Plugged sure was something different from the other books I've read by this author since this one is more for the adult crowd. And I'm really glad that I ended up liking it a lot, though it's not really surprising because it's Eoin Colfer.
I would read anything by him. When the girl he likes, Connie, one of the clubs hostesses is killed is murdered and his good friend Zeb goes missing and possibily Plugged sure was something different from the other books I've read by this author since this one is more for the adult crowd. When the girl he likes, Connie, one of the clubs hostesses is killed is murdered and his good friend Zeb goes missing and possibily killed, Dan starts getting into all sorts of trouble.
I really enjoyed the main character's voice. I don't know what it was about him but I just liked reading about Dan. I couldn't really help but like him and feel bad for him with all the trouble that was transpiring since Connie got murdered. The story was also pretty gritty, which again is so different from Colfer's usual work. And as per usual with Colfers books, it also had a good couple of side characters that you can't help but like.
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Overall, Plugged was a great book. The story was solid, the conversations were witty and the characters were all interesting to read about. Although this really isn't my usual genre, I did enjoy the story. I'm pretty much convinced that Eoin Colfer can write anything that I will like. I can't wait to read the second book! May 17, Fembat rated it really liked it. They are always light hearted and thoroughly entertaining reads — and Artemis, for me, is one of the most fascinating fictional teenage characters.
Dan works as a bouncer in a seedy club, half in love with hostess Connie. When Connie is murdered on the premises, a vengeful Dan finds himself embroiled in an increasingly deadly sequence of events in which his doctor friend Zeb goes mysteriously missing, a cop-killing female cop becomes his only ally, and he makes an enemy of ruthless drug-dealer Mike Madden. Written with the warmth and wit that make the Artemis Fowl novels so irresistible, though with additional torture and violence, PLUGGED is a brilliant crime debut from a naturally gifted writer with a huge fanbase.
Verdict Plugged represents a definite department for acclaimed author Eoin Colfer. There is a familiarity of style and, whilst they are definitely targeted at the adult market, they have lost none of their imaginative humorous style. Its a crime novel with wit and plenty of style. Pretty soon into the book all hell breaks lose for him.
No further spoilers are coming from me but I will tell you the wit of this book is so sharp I have paper cuts. Its inventive, fast paced and downright hilarious. I have always considered Eoin to be an inventive and intelligent storyteller who writes beautifully, only now his books have grown up. And finally I get round to reading the first book of Daniel McEvoy and I wasnt disappointed and as I expected though no surprised it did explain a lot about how the events and characters came to be in its sequel Screwed - along with an suitable explanation for the title, all I can say is follicle transplants.
But the book itself is a wonderful mix of action, dry dialogue and situations which seem to be driven out of sheer bad luck, poor assumptions and just generally being in the wrong place And finally I get round to reading the first book of Daniel McEvoy and I wasnt disappointed and as I expected though no surprised it did explain a lot about how the events and characters came to be in its sequel Screwed - along with an suitable explanation for the title, all I can say is follicle transplants.
But the book itself is a wonderful mix of action, dry dialogue and situations which seem to be driven out of sheer bad luck, poor assumptions and just generally being in the wrong place at the wrong time. The book has a great way of weaving a story which honestly Daniel had no plan for let alone intention of getting embroiled in Eoin Colfer has made a name for himself from everything from YA stories to official Hitch-hikers guide sequels but this is a total departure to any of those and he pulls it off so easily.
I will admit when I read Screwed I was going purely on the name knowing next to nothing about the story. Feb 28, Helen rated it liked it. The narration for this audiobook by John Keating was fantastic, unfortunately it could not elevate what was simply an okay book. I really did not know what to expect from this one. I liked that it was a quick read, especially due to the dialogue that many mention. I just never connected with the protagonist to the point that I really felt invested in the outcome. Jul 07, Anirudh Parthasarathy rated it did not like it Shelves: Plugged is a story about an ex-military man who had served the Irish Army Daniel McEvoy and is now just a doorman at a casino in a fictitious New Jersey town, Cloisters.
Apparently he has no problems, with only tonsorial concerns, as he looks like a seventy year old due to his baldness; until one day when he picks a fight with a certain influential lawyer. Since then, his colleague and girlfriend, Connie is found dead, his former employer and friend, Doctor Zeb Kronski goes missing, presumably d Plugged is a story about an ex-military man who had served the Irish Army Daniel McEvoy and is now just a doorman at a casino in a fictitious New Jersey town, Cloisters. Since then, his colleague and girlfriend, Connie is found dead, his former employer and friend, Doctor Zeb Kronski goes missing, presumably dead, his house is ransacked and the worst part is that he is the prime suspect is Connie's murder case.
He is being chased by a very dangerous drug dealer and the certain lawyer whom he had insulted at the casino. While Colfer is to be appreciated for trying to display his versatility and that his probably the only reason for which he needs to be appreciated as well. I felt that the plot was bad, and the sequence of events occasionally made me wonder whether there was a plot at all.
The writing was dull and I guess the author thinks that if he uses a couple of swear words in every page, he has successfully written a novel for adults. His Artemis Fowl series was the work that triggered the reading interest in me, who till then had been very sceptical about the particular hobby and it could be said that Astute is there today only because of Colfer. While I read several reviews before reading any novel, I had promised myself that I shall not read any reviews and the review I write for Plugged would be completely my own.
I have very high expectations on the upcoming last Artemis Fowl novel, that is due to come in another three days, 10th July, that is. I like how many of the fringe characters are live wires the upstairs neighbor, the gay bouncer, the Irish army psychiatrist. Good clues offered up throughout to help the reader guess-along. The one quibble is that I'm tired of reading first-person stories It doesn't take itself too seriously and you shouldn't either. It's a good yarn, well told.
This was my first book by Eoin Colfer. My daughter has read and loved all the Artemis Fowl books though, I've met the author at a book signing and liked him and his sense of humour and I am a fan of the crime genre, so this book seemed a save bet. And I wasn't wrong. This is a action packed book, but not to be taken too seriously with a story that has so much happening in it that I'm not quite sure how to summarize it.
His biggest worry is growing bold and he has recently had a hair transplant in the firm believe that all will be fine in his life if only he can get a full head of hair. During the week or so in which this story takes place, his hair will be the least of his worries, although it's never far from his thoughts.
It all starts when his friend and doctor Zeb Kronski disappears and McEvoy ends up killing a known gangster in the man's waiting room. From there things go downhill when a waitress in the casino where he works gets herself killed and McEvoy finds himself being framed for the murder.
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Soon McEvoy finds himself trying to clear his name for that murder, and trying to find Kronski, with a cop-killing cop as his ony ally and gangsters desperate to kill him. And while you might think that this would be enough to bring any man down, it turns out that his army training hasn't been wasted on McEvoy and that the Irish gift-of-the-gab can come in handy in New Jersey. There is quite a bit of violence in this story which should have made it very dark, but Colfer throws in enough light relief to make this a fun read.
Yes there are deaths and blood and fights but there is also the voice of Zeb Kronski talking in McEvoy's head, the obsession with hairloss and a mad neighbour to keep the reader entertained. And McEvoy is a hard man with a heart of gold, who can't help wanting to do the right thing even if it is against his better judgment, which makes him an easy character to like. I wonder if this is a stand-alone title or the first book in a series. If it is a series I think Mr. Colfer will need to be careful and not allow the stories to turn into a farce.
However, if he manages to keep on getting the balance between violence and humour right, I'd love to read more books staring Daniel McEvoy. Feb 07, Jason Edwards rated it it was ok. Plugged started off so promising, in my opinion, and I wonder if that's why I'm a bit more let down than I might otherwise have been.
I read the sample of the book offered by Barnes and Noble, and when I got to the end of the free part, going ahead with the purchase was a no brainer. I liked the way the main character talked: I liked the setting: I liked where the plot was going: And maybe if I had known it was going to be silly, I would have been ready for it, and accepted it.
I like a good farce.
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But we really are hoping that the writer takes all of those tired old ideas and does something unique with them. I know that sometimes writers write just to find out what happens. Maybe Colfer just kept writing himself into corners, so he took the goofy way out. Maybe genre fiction is just genre fiction sometimes. Mar 30, Larry rated it it was amazing Shelves: The audiobook version is better because the reader is so spot-on with the different voices particularly Zeb, an amoral unlicensed Jewish doctor , but the print version deserves 5 stars also.
Funny and surprisingly deep with many layers that induces a lot of thoughtful introspection.
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If laugh out loud mysteries is your thing, then Plugged definitely deserves its prime location on your bookshelf. Colfer tells the story in first person and the story zips from the present to past and back to the present in such a way that it never breaks the flow of the story. As an avid reader for a lot of decades I can say I have never read a book where the flashbacks were done with more skill.
The humor is pervasive throughout the book but subtle. This is a book I keep relistening to every year and have enjoyed it as much or more each time. Can there be better praise than that? While I read the book first, I greatly favor the audiobook version for the excellent narration. The production is flawless and the voices for the various characters, from Irish psycharists to corporals in the Irish Army to low-level Jersey gangsters, is simply inspired genius.
Jul 04, Sabrina The Trash Queen rated it really liked it. HAIR This book is so funny, the plot twist was simply amazing, the characters were so badass and funny, I couldn't put it down. I loved this book from star to finish. The story was very unique, and has everything: HUMOR, action, suspense, a really good writing and a crazy best friend. Recommended to Eric by: Saw the author read a passage at a book festival.
This book's biggest strength -- its narrative voice -- is also, at points, its biggest weakness. The voice of Daniel McEvoy, the middle-aged Irish bouncer protagonist, is humorous, neurotic, and rings true. But on a few occasions, Colfer tries a bit too hard to be funny, like making fun of descriptions he just gave, or with the banter between the narrative voice and the second voice the narrator hears in his head that will make sense if you read the book, I promise. Die Wendungen sind mitunter skurril, also durchaus nicht als glaubhaft zu bezeichnen, aber "Der Tod ist ein bleibender Schaden" soll unterhalten.
Ich kannte von Colfer bisher nur die Artemis Fowl-Reihe. Einige Anspielungen und Aussagen versteht man auch eigentlich nur, wenn man das englische Pendant kennt. Ein Verletzter Mafioso murmelt "Mutter Wenn man das entsprechende englische Schimpfwort kennt, ergibt diese Aussage auch Sinn, im Deutschen aber nicht.
Apr 14, Abhishek rated it really liked it. If Guy Ritchie is looking for a script for his next movie, his search could stop with Plugged! Eoin Colfer has made his name as an author with his Artemis Fowl novels, which I have thoroughly enjoyed, making me wonder how his novel meant for an age group above the regular readers of Artemis Fowl books would turn out to be. In a few words, it surprised me. Plugged is not an Artemis Fowl book, not even close! It holds its own, right from the beginning to the end, revolving around this hilarious we If Guy Ritchie is looking for a script for his next movie, his search could stop with Plugged!
It holds its own, right from the beginning to the end, revolving around this hilarious week of the life of an Irish doorman, Daniel McEvoy. What follows soon after is a mixture of comical misunderstanding, violent drama, cop-shooting-cop tension, drug stealing, poker games and hair transplants Daniel McEvoy comes across as a guy who would have preferred a simpler life than the one he previously led in the army, but as someone tells him in the story too, trouble sniffs him out.
As he tries to sort one problem out, another closely follows, but Daniel manages to keep his cool more or less with his dry sense of humour, despite the ghost of his surgeon and friend, Zeb, yapping incessantly at the back of his mind. Colfer creates numerous characters of interest in this tale, be it the lawyer Faber who keeps wagging a finger whenever he can, the gangster Irish Mike Madden who has never been to Ireland or the no-nonsense cop Deacon.
The wit in Plugged has a style of its own, which catches onto you as you start filling the heavy boots of Dan. The pace of the drama is satisfying, allowing you enough moments to breathe before you plunge back into the chaos of Dan's life. All in all, Plugged scores on many counts and am looking forward to more tales from the life of Daniel McEvoy. Hopefully, there will be more!
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May 09, Rob Kitchin rated it really liked it. I liked Plugged a lot. It reads like a movie script for a Jason Statham or Vin Diesel vehicle. After Florida, New Jersey is clearly the place for comic crime capers, especially those involving the Mob. Where I had some difficulties was with the main character, Danny McEvoy. McEvoy is clearly meant to be hiding from the past, drifting along in a dead end job, living in a crappy apartment below a psychotic neighbour, in a nothing town, with no love life beyond the occasional tumble with a hostess, and no friends beyond a very dodgy doctor.
Clearly as a comic crime caper the plot is hardly believable, and its choched full of larger-than-life characters and cliches, but there has to be some ring of truth. Danny's backstory in Lebanon has that, but not quite the frontstory. This is not a deal breaker, just a niggle; as noted above there is plenty to like about the book. Indeed, Plugged is a very assured move into adult crime fiction by an author who has sold a bazillion kids books and is recommended to all those who like their comic crime capers with a healthy dose of violence and mayhem.
Dec 18, Tiina rated it liked it Recommends it for: I read Plugged because I love the Artemis Fowl series and I liked it - didn't love it, didn't hate it. It had all the elements that made me love Artemis but at the same time I feel like there should have been something more This was a book for adults, after all, and I expected to see at least some new sides of Colfer. Things that I liked? The book was definitely interesting: The characters were very eccentric and very memorable, and the main character had my sympathies, which is always important.
The writing style was nice because it was so familiar from my childhood and the plot was also full of surprises. Though I suspected that everything is probably not what it seems like at first, Colfer still managed to make my jaw drop. However, it almost seemed like there was too much going on for one novel: I didn't like the humor and there was A LOT of it, and I also didn't care for the whole setting with mafia gangsters and drug dealers. In addition, I didn't find the action scenes credible at all. All in all, this book is very action-packed and easy to read, maybe even a must for every Artemis Fowl fan.
It is by no means perfect but it has its merits - just be sure not to read it if you have very strict ideas about good taste. Apr 27, J. Toner rated it it was amazing. This is how to write superb noir. What a clever device this is. Colfer uses it in place of internal dialogue and for comic effect. Eoin pulls it off with ease, in a strong engaging This is how to write superb noir.
Eoin pulls it off with ease, in a strong engaging voice; a sure sign of a talented writer. Pick your own from any page. It sits like an iceberg in the sunset sea. I hope he writes some more of these.
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- Fugitives: Dramatic Accounts of Life on the Run.
Both have the same gritty feel, and unapologetic grossness ie, our narrator often reminisces about how he met his friend Zeb by crashing into the office as Zeb was injecting fat into someone's dick. Yeah, it's one of those kinds of books. Still, while I wasn't always caught up by the humor, our 'hero' has a decent sense of snark, and is a decent guy deep down. Plus, the author makes good use of the character's PTSD and army training, which makes the abnormal circumstances slightly more believable. Sure, a normal bouncer wouldn't be able to do half of the things this guy does.
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