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Nov 14, 2018Beatricksy rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
This was originally written as a screenplay, according to the author notes. You can tell. The prose built around the dialogue is often clumsy and reads like a transcript. Sentences are abrupt, and I'm *told* emotions more often than not. Sure, I can extrapolate inflection from the scenario and context, but the book sure isn't going to give it to me on its own writing merit. It's much more like a loose nonfiction--rather what I would assume the first pass draft of a biography would look like. Scenes are brief, often taking only a few paragraphs before we're on to the next one, so that little feels fully developed. Characters appear and disappear but never feel more than flat figures going through the plot. Tension is built purely on scenario and circumstance, not because the book has any true quality or skill associated with it. This would work better as a script since you crave actors, costumes, and music to really make the lines shine--cos the book isn't doing it on its own.