Hungry Eyes

by Barry Hoffman

Book Overview

She remembers feeling the eyes watching her huddled there, naked and vulnerable, in an iron cage in the twisted man's basement. But now she's free. And she isn't vulnerable anymore. She is one with... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0843944498
• ISBN13: 9780843944495
• Release Date: November 1998
• Publisher: Leisure Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

This one isn't your everyday, run-of-the-mill revenge story

The first of the "Eyes" Series, Hungry Eyes, is a noteworthy effort. Hoffman digs deeply into the minds of his characters and, whether or not you agree with their actions or not, they're still interesting. You don't always have to agree with the actions of the protagonist(s) to enjoy a book. These characters are not stereotypical, they are purely three dimensional, unusual, and fascinating. The suspense really isn't that strong, it's not THAT type of thriller. Everything's intriguing though, there's lots of action going down, and the subject matter hasn't been touched upon in this way that much. Much of it is soaked with mental thoughts and ambitions, a very character driven story. Hoffman has a powerful voice that should be listened to.

Food for thought in HUNGRY EYES

Reading HUNGRY EYES is like watching your two best friends play a chess match - you want them both to win. This is because Hoffman goes beyond the "Bad Guy-Good Guy" thriller formula and gives you the motivation behind the characters' actions - the Good Guy isn't solely altruistic, and the Bad Guy just may be justifiably so. You'll come out of HUNGRY EYES with a whole new perspective of those shades of grey between good and evil.In this novel, the interplay is between the "good" Deidre Caffrey, dogged journalist, versus her "old" adversary Shara Farris - the "Vigilante Killer", whose message NO MORE HUNGRY EYES scrawled in lipstick across a mirror sets off a cat-and-mouse game that leaves you uncertain of who will win, and even less certain who you'll WANT to win.Every writer has her (or his) own favorite "line" in a book, one that makes us stop and catch our breath at the author's sheer skill. In HUNGRY EYES, mine was this: "She felt a rush before they died when she smelled the collapse of their resolve." Only Barry Hoffman can write like that.I highly recommend HUNGRY EYES, a book that will keep you in suspense and leave you with food for thought - and will have you cheering for the victories and mourning the defeats of both sides. A truly well-written, well-conceived, unique horror/thriller.

hungry eyes

Very good book. Totally original concept of female/ serial killer/ victim. Barry Hoffman along with Owl Goingback are the best two new horror writers to come along in years.

Not bad, but not worth becoming a sequel

The writing was good, the storyline actually started out with some suspense, even though you knew that it wasn't written in that format. The real downer to this story is the Character: Deidre Caffrey. Mr. Hoffman made her out to be a very intelligent woman, but when the clues stood out like a sore thumb (in the end - whom the Killer was actually going to kill) she missed it by a couple million miles. I thought that completely destroyed the character that he created. She should have figured it out, it was so obvious. Nevertheless, I doubt if I will read the sequel, but will look for other books by Mr. Hoffman.

How can you find sympathy for a serial killer?

Barry Hoffman's Hungry Eyes is a book which is going to make you question your ideas of what is right and what isn't or do we all live in some grey matter in between. You are introduced to some powerful characters in this book, Deidre, Lamar, Shara and realize you may be rooting for the wrong person to win out at the end. Then you ask yourself if any one of them actually won. This tremendously fast paced and thoroughly enjoyable work by Barry Hoffman makes you wonder how this could actually be his first novel as it is so well written compared to other weak "psychological thrillers'. He leaves you wanting to know more about these characters and releases us with his second novel, Eyes of Prey, somehow more compelling than his first with even deeper twists and an antagonist turned protaganist. He should'nt be allowed to do this, but he does and does it well. I recommend both Hungry Eyes and Eyes of Prey. Something tells me you should own the hardcover of these books if you can, this talent will not go unnoticed.