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Wednesday, 02.08.2012 |
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i really wish there were more chapter breaks
there are tons of sections, but very few chapter breaks
my personal preference would be to have lots of shorter chapters
but the author uses really great techniques in writing and suspense
she has a ton of interesting connections and surprises
it keeps the reader guessing and trying to put it all together
there are so many ways to connect things, especially with the multiple stories
one character talks about things from her viewpoint
the main character believes her at first
but then she discovers clues on her own that seem to contradict
and she actually talks to someone who confirms that it's a lie
but then the twist comes, which is that the second person was lying
so the first person was telling the truth the whole time
and our main character misunderstood the signals
so it's truth, then we think it's a lie, then we find out it really is the truth
the idea of Morgan's viewpoint as a kid
he thinks in his own unique way, with his own fear of adults
this is in contrast to other sections from Cara's viewpoint
where she thinks like a mother and an adult
providing suspense by having a character think about what they're hiding
that tells the reader there is a secret here, but we don't know what it is
this is a great cliffhanger, but i wish it were a chapter break, not a section break
the idea of a character who seems to be just back story
to give history and meaning to a main character
that character from the past comes back to interact again
and it seems like it's just character development
but in fact, that character ends up playing a major role
it fits well because they were introduced early in the story
so it's not contrived to have it all come together and make sense in the end
wow there's a lot of twists at the end
the last 50 pages has so many possible suspects
i can't tell if i like this or not, each twist is good, but it seems almost too much
the final killer is reasonable, but doesn't completely resonate with me
there are maybe too many subplots and important characters, i prefer more focus
the total length of the story is less than 300 pages, which seems short
but the pacing is not super fast
also it would be a lot more pages if there were more chapter breaks
part of the slower pacing is the character development, the emotional aspects
these are good in a sense, and they fit the story
but my style would be faster pace through action
smaller percentage of emotional content, but enough to make the characters real
yet another literary trick
using homonyms - two words that sound the same but are spelled differently
this lets a character say something important
but the reader doesn't catch it, because it's spelled differently than expected
so when it does come around, it makes sense now in the correct spelling
like acts/ax, buy/bye, cereal/serial, clothes/close, great/grate, profit/prophet
the ending is good, it's emotional and touching
autism is covered very well from a writer who knows it personally
her oldest son is autistic, and you can see that she can portray it accurately
overall, i liked this story
the emotional content and the mystery suspense techniques were good
i didn't like the slower pace, lack of chapter breaks, and multiple subplots as much |
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