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Earthquake Weather (Fault Lines, #3)

Tim Powers

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Nov 15, 2018 Katherine rated it it was amazing

Earthquake Weather seems to get a lot of sass compared to the other two Fault Lines books, so I feel compelled to write a little about why I rated it 5 stars and why I think it's actually my favorite of the 3 Fault Lines books.

While Expiration Date has the most compelling hook of the three (ghost smokin') and Last Call may be the most tightly put together in terms of suspenseful plot (traded away my body in a poker game and got it back) Earthquake Weather shines far brighter than the other two i Earthquake Weather seems to get a lot of sass compared to the other two Fault Lines books, so I feel compelled to write a little about why I rated it 5 stars and why I think it's actually my favorite of the 3 Fault Lines books.

While Expiration Date has the most compelling hook of the three (ghost smokin') and Last Call may be the most tightly put together in terms of suspenseful plot (traded away my body in a poker game and got it back) Earthquake Weather shines far brighter than the other two in terms of _characterization_. I liked the pacing better too, but I liked the pacing better because of the superior characterization, so it's sort of a two-in-one there.

The characterization jumps leaps and bounds ahead of the other books simply for the reason of Plumtree alone (though everyone else who gets more than a cameo does pretty well too!). She's just the best built in terms of feeling like a real, lovable human of any of the characters in these three books. Neither in "Last Call" nor "Expiration Date" did I find myself rooting as consistently and on my edge of my seat as I did for Cody and for things to end up okay for her. Everything that goes well for her or bad for her feels really earned and emotionally real.

Other characters who get more than a cursory nod do well here too--Cochran's moment of weakness during chase the queen makes him both a little detestable but imminently relateable as someone who has been in love, and the emotional turn of how that relationship in his past shakes out is very visceral and real for people who have had their heart broken by someone who you cared a lot more about than they cared about you. Scott Crane, by contrast, is a much flatter character in "Last Call" (a real bland boy) and while I am INFAMOUS for forgetting the details of books if I go more than a few months from reading them, I _didn't even remember Pete Sullivan_ at first without my SO jogging my memory at the beginning of this book. Kootie, who was always the best written character of "Expiration Date", continues to shine in this book and Angelica fares pretty well. (Also Arky, because who doesn't love Arky?)

This book is also just much clearer written, at least as in comparison to Expiration Date. It was just easier to follow what was going on while still getting some of that Tim Powers "I'm obsessed with detail" flavor.

If you've read the other two Fault Lines books this is absolutely worth reading, for Plumtree alone, a character who is going to get a little corner of my heart for a good long time. ...more

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