Need

By Lawrence David

Book Overview

When Joan Dwyer happens to meet her psychiatrist's husband without knowing their connection, all three find themselves caught in a love triangle that threatens to shatter their lives forever.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067943433X
• ISBN13: 9780679434337
• Release Date: August 1994
• Publisher: Random House (NY)
• Length: 363 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.6" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Chilling and Great

I came across Need looking for a different book also called Need. Even though it wasn't the book I was looking for, I bought it anyway. It's amazing. It's not a "feel good" novel, that's for sure. But it's great and so well written. I looked for more books by the author, but there's only one and it's out of print. I hope he writes more books.

Clever and Intriguing

I throughly enjoyed reading "Need". This was my first time running across Lawrence David. He is a gripping author, who makes you relate if you like it or not. I recommend this novel to anyone looking for a work worth the time. I don't think you'll be dissapointed.

The genius is in the details

Need is at once tiny and vast. It is through the smallest of details that author Lawrence David allows the reader to not simply witness, but truly enter, the large and fascinating world of psychotherapy and love gone wrong. So much of life is made up of the very small. And this is exactly the strength of this powerful novel. This is what makes Need sometimes disturbing, sometimes funny, sometimes painful and always very human. Need is emotionally expansive and honest. It's eccentric; and yet at its core is someone trying to be so very, very normal. Need is a page-turner; a book you begin before bed and lose a night's sleep over. Need, in all its detail, is nothing less than brilliant. I look forward to more from this gifted writer.

This is not literature

Need is a good book. What David does so well is give real insight into the emotions of jealousy, anger, and the desire for revenge. That is the most impressive part of the novel. David also captures details wonderfully - occasionally too wonderfully. At points, it seems as though the novel gets bogged down in details which are unnecessary and there are places that could definitely be edited. What is worthwhile about this novel is that it is human. This actually shows what humans are capable of if driven to the edges of sanity. It shows the human capacity to manipulate others in order to help ourselves. Like I said, this is not literature but it is psychologically fascinating and a good novel