Riveting Quotes

38 Riveting quotes by 37 unique authors

Jon Land writes great fiction, and Betrayal reads like the best of it. The fact that it's true makes the story all the more riveting.… — Unknown Author
With Salvage the Bones, Jesmyn Ward has written the best sort of novel-a beautiful, important book that's both unflinching and tender, heartbreaking and triumphant. A… — Skip Horack
Royal Young has accomplished a rare feat in his fresh and riveting debut: he manages to recount his fascinating youth and unconventional family with a… — Kristen Johnston
The Wikks are regular kids given a Galactic size challenge. Readers will follow Oliver, Tiffany, and twins, Mason and Austin as they trek through eerie… — Wayne Thomas Batson
Alexis Coe rescues a buried but extraordinarily telling episode from the 1890s that resonates in all sorts of ways with today. That in itself would… — Peter Orner
Like Flannery O'Connor, McCorkle's genius is to give us both philosophical speculation and a riveting narrative filled with unforgettable characters. Great writing, poignancy, humor, wisdom-all… — Ron Rash
How would you judge an artist who mutilated animals in a gallery because it was visually arresting? How riveting would the sound of a tortured… — Jonathan Safran Foer
A scientist with a poet's command of language, Cristina Eisenberg writes with precision and passion . . . takes her reader on a breathtaking, sometimes… — Elizabeth Cunningham
Ben Farmer brings a legend to life in Evangeline, evoking with grace and panache the travails of the Acadians in mid-eighteenth century America from Nova… — Keith Donohue
Nobody brings ancient history and archaeology to life like Adrienne Mayor. From the Russian steppes to China, and from Roman Egypt and Arabia to the… — Edith Hall
I saw a documentary on how ships are kept together. Riveting! — Stewart Francis
Herschel Grynszpan's life was enigmatic, elusive and tragic. The traces he left on the historical record are just sufficient to tantalize and baffle historians. Harlan… — Janette Turner Hospital
It’s not easy to find old-school journalism in true crime … yet with Lethal Intent, author Sue Russell proves how integrity, tenacity, brutal truth and… — M. William Phelps
Alafair Burke's first standalone is a must read! You'll lose yourself in this riveting story of Alice Humphrey, a woman whose nightmare begins when she goes… — Lisa Scottoline
As authentic as it is riveting and ultimately unforgettable. Your past will find you-and it can change your life. I think it's the most soulful… — Dorothea Benton Frank
A riveting and realistic portrayal of space travel gone wrong, and of a crew who must fight for their survival. Bones Burnt Black is exciting,… — J. C. Hutchins
Walk some night on a suburban street and pass house after house on both sides of the same street each with the lamplight of the… — Geoff Nicholson
Héctor Tobar's accomplished first novel affords a perspective that is overdue and urgently needed in North American literature- -an insider's vision of L.A. as a… — Stuart Dybek
Robert Zubrin’s masterful study…makes for riveting reading. . a cautionary tale of what happens when powerful, unprincipled elites are not only alienated from the mass… — Steven W. Mosher
A delightful, intelligent read. Jim Zirin's sparkling account of life in the Second Circuit's famed MOTHER COURT is informative, riveting, accessible, and uplifting. It would… — Linda Fairstein
The relationship of black Americans to Obama is sociologically riveting. — Andrew Sullivan
I can tell you that as a writer and as a reader, I regard character as king. Or queen. No matter how riveting the action… — Maggie Stiefvater
I resent almost all of the time I spend in front of the television, but I find 'The Only Way Is Essex' absolutely riveting. — Paul McGann
I think you can make perfectly good television just from people who are genuinely interested, talking to people who genuinely know - simple as it… — Paul McGann
Cutting for Stone is nothing short of masterful -a riveting tale of love, medicine, and the complex dynamic of twin brothers. It is beautifully conceived… — Richard Selzer

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