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dunnadam's review against another edition
2.0
What in the hell was the point of having her be a virgin???
nedhayes's review
4.0
Review of THE TELLER (a thriller) on One Breath Books http://nednote.com/the-teller-jonathan-stone-one-breath-book-review/
lorimichelekelley's review
2.0
Audible edition: Wow - and not in the good way. While I love Jonathan Stone's characters (they're complex and inexplicable the way real humans usually are), this one was hard to swallow. And while I have to admire the ability to construct such a story, it just really doesn't seem like this could ever really happen in the real world. There's not much I can say about this without total spoilers, but I'll try. It'a the story of a bank teller who hastily and almost unthinkingly transfers money from a man's account into her own because he just died outside the bank, and the troublesome consequences that follow that action. Since I don't know enough about how the legality of illegal money transfers work, I guess I can't say that it was ridiculous how it ended, but it really was. I loved Moving Day and bought this without reading the reviews. I'd best not do that again.
willac's review
3.0
I thought this book started off wonderfully. Elaine is a teller in a bank; her mother is gravely ill, and lives with her, and there is never enough money. An old man visits the bank quite often to deposit large checks, waits for the teller specifically, and they have some small exchanges of pleasantries. He asks after her mother, and while they aren't exactly friends, she has some feeling for him.
One day after visiting the bank, the old man is struck and killed by a truck just outside the door. Elaine had been having computer problems, and the old man's deposit had not yet gone through. Elaine suddenly sees the answer to all of her problems, and in a flash has transferred over a million dollars into her account from the old man's. After all, he seems to have no one, and now that he's dead, who would know?
As it turns out, the lonely old man wasn't really what he seemed to be, and Elaine's live suddenly becomes more complicated and dangerous than she could have imagined.
From this point on, I wasn't as crazy about the story. Without giving any spoilers away, it seemed to me to be too far-fetched. I did finish it, though, and found it enjoyable, I just didn't feel like the second half of the book lived up to the first half.
One day after visiting the bank, the old man is struck and killed by a truck just outside the door. Elaine had been having computer problems, and the old man's deposit had not yet gone through. Elaine suddenly sees the answer to all of her problems, and in a flash has transferred over a million dollars into her account from the old man's. After all, he seems to have no one, and now that he's dead, who would know?
As it turns out, the lonely old man wasn't really what he seemed to be, and Elaine's live suddenly becomes more complicated and dangerous than she could have imagined.
From this point on, I wasn't as crazy about the story. Without giving any spoilers away, it seemed to me to be too far-fetched. I did finish it, though, and found it enjoyable, I just didn't feel like the second half of the book lived up to the first half.
dhilderbrand's review
3.0
I am not really sure why I didn't love this. I think it was because the rape scene was just not given its due... I would have been uphappy if he had focused on it, I didn't like that he didn't seem to dwell on it enough... although a key plot point, I just don't think I was going to like the book after that...
dmsullivan's review
4.0
I didn't want to put it down. His descriptions throughout the book might be a little lengthy for some, but I thought it really added to the story to get you into the mindset of the main character. Good read!
nickieandremus's review
4.0
What starts out as an ordinary bank deposit from one of her regular customers, turns into embezzlement, which snowballs out of control for Elaine. This fast paced tale keeps you alternating between shocked and dismayed as the story unfolds.
anothercurleyhairbooklover's review against another edition
3.0
Beginning was a bit slow, did pick up but it enough
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