![]() ![]() This was back more to the mater-a-fact what happens, but it did feel a little fast, perhaps resorting to a bit too much forced plotting. ![]() This middle section I found had a bit too much “tell.” It breezed along, but it reminded me of the second half of The Magician. So then mid book, the crime itself happens (not counting the aborted first attempt) and the gears shift a bit into legal territory. My only complaint here was that it’s so sparse on dialogue tags that I often got confused as to who said what and had to back up and count. It feels fully modern, dated perhaps only by certain phrases and actually it’s utter bare bones quality, devoid of really deliberate voice. You know things aren’t going to end up good. Seedy drifter, sexy unhappy wife, and loser older husband. The first half (act I) is like watching a train wreck unfold. ![]() So I figured I go back to the beginning and read some of the classics. For my second novel I’ve been trying to adopt a sort of hardboiled style, even though it isn’t a crime or a noir. ![]()
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