Hannigans Fight (A Matt Stark Novel Book 2)

The point where the story just demands you don't put it down. You have theories about how it's going to end and you just can't take a break from it till you find out which way it's going to go down. Once I had read that far, I knew my kindle wasn't leaving my hands till I finished. Great characters, superbly described scenes, and great action. Oct 08, Nicole Storey rated it really liked it. This is the second book I've read and reviewed by author JD Mader. I am happy to conclude he did not disappoint I really didn't expect anything else!

I love how Mader's characters are so real and life-like. They are regular people who end up in circumstances that could really happen. The language is raw and unpolished. The scenery described makes me feel like I'm watching a movie. Mader loves his San Francisco and it shows in the lovingly way he portrays the city in the book.

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The only part I had a problem with was the "love at first sight" angle, as I feel it's been done too many times. However, if the characters carry on into the second book, it will be interesting to see where they go next. I'm very glad I read this book and look forward to what the author dreams up next! He's a force to be reckoned with! Apr 17, Edward Lorn rated it really liked it.

JD Mader's writing is spot on. Quick, witty and punchy. I will say that I like his first novel Joe's Cafe a wee bit better. This one story seemed to go too smoothly. Joe's Cafe was beautifully dark and disturbing, leaving you with plenty to mull over after the book was finished.

The Biker was almost cut and dry. Everything wraps up nicely, like a gift on Christmas. This is completely subjective as I like unhappy endings. Oct 02, Jean rated it it was amazing. This book is very good, it's amazing. Nov 25, Joe rated it it was amazing. The Biker is an excellent read.

You'll enjoy getting to know Matt Stark and the variety of characters that help him in his quest for justice. I couldn't put the book down. I'm looking forward to JD Mader's next book.. Oct 07, Erin O'Quinn rated it it was amazing. The language is spare. It is the language of street rap, angry poetry, a blues riff with an unexpected edge of deep humanity.

Those men, he knows, work for the man with the scar. Matt Stark is a man with a mission. Ironically, the mission largely takes place in the area of SF they call The Mission. He has only a few friends, but they are people he loves, and who love him in return His sidekick, the man he calls Striker. Oh, and then Maria happens to his life.

Like a rainbow happens. The pace is brutal, as Matt narrows his search for the scar-faced man, and as that man, Luis, searches for him. The characters are achingly real, especially the lovely Maria and the stubborn, dedicated Matt who falls in love with her. The motivations are raw, and the action is as psychologically brutal as in a film noir like Key Largo.

Given a whole book to work in, I found that he is skilled at entwining an omniscient point of view, letting us see through the eyes of several of his most arresting characters Matt describes his bike, and he might as well be describing himself: Fast…that was part of it. Balanced…that was part of it. She looked like a twinge in the heart.

Dec 23, Colin rated it really liked it. Mader continues to do well all that he did well in joe cafe. The Biker is another story about the consequences of violence, this time through the revenge tale of Matt Stark, who fluidly changes chords between quiet sensitivity, and outcast brutality. The characters are anchored by their families and their histories, adding to the sense of violence as a cyclical phenomenon, or a feedback loop. The Biker makes heavier use of dialog than Joe Cafe; Mader recreates the familiarity of friends who say w Mader continues to do well all that he did well in joe cafe.

The Biker makes heavier use of dialog than Joe Cafe; Mader recreates the familiarity of friends who say what no one else would, and the comfort of mentors who say what no one else could. The story depends on jarring coincidence, which I would have called reckless plotting in a detective story, but I forgot all about it when I started reading the interplay between Matt and Maria.

Maria's self-introduction, nearly halfway through the book, sounded surprisingly masculine to me--a reaction I have had before to female characters written by men--and it took me a long time to figure out why. She opens with a trait list, her likes and dislikes, like something you would hear from a man fumbling through speed dating. How can I say who I am in sixty seconds?

But just as I was about to declare the character unbelievable, I stumbled on an author's biographic blurb by a woman who took the same tone. It echoed a lot of my prejudices back at me, and gave me something to think about. When I finally came up for air, I realized that Maria's concrete pragmatism is written as a complement to Matt, whose emotional decision making would sound stereotypically feminine if he quit punching people.

And of course, the combination of gruff outsider, and emotional, sensitive introvert is a close match for another author's web page that I check periodically: Aug 13, L. Clark rated it it was amazing. The Biker is the kind of character-driven action-adventure story that keeps you reading long after you should have shut out the lights and gone to bed. The plot is clean and simple without being brainless, but the characters are what really make the story.

Each is well-defined and memorable - no cardboard cutouts here - and they are believable, living in a world made up of a full color palette rather than merely black and white. Added to that is Mader's flair for descriptions and witty dialogue.

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Put all of the elements together, and you have an engaging, enjoyable novel that will neither bore you nor hurt your brain but fits Goldilocks-style into the 'just right' space in between the two. Aug 31, Leland rated it it was amazing. Take a Louis L'Amour western, replace the horses with motorcycles, set the story in modern day San Francisco, add imagination and great writing, and you get The Biker. I started the book looking forward to a few evenings of pleasant reading, and couldn't put it down. I'm looking forward to reading the next Matt Stark novel Matt Stark is a brilliantly flawed yet heroic character.

This book is high on my list of favorites for the year! Jan 08, Nicci rated it really liked it. These characters are very well-rounded and very likeable, especially given the sediness. The story has good pacing and kept my interest. My only complaint was about science - global climate change would not expand SF. Oct 14, Jack rated it really liked it. Decent writing and it got me interested quickly. The ending, I dunno, seemed a little weak after all the tension building up.

I kind if expected something a little stronger. But I did enjoy this story.

Oct 06, Jan rated it it was amazing Shelves: If you like watching Sons of Anarchy you might like this book about a lone biker looking for revenge on his father's death. Loved the surprise twist at the end!. Wendy rated it liked it Oct 08, Grace rated it really liked it Oct 03, Phelps rated it really liked it Dec 16, Calvin Haynes rated it it was ok Dec 28, Flory rated it really liked it Feb 10, Rich Meyer Goodreads Author.

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