Status Updates From Only Killers and Thieves (B...

Give the boy a cookie, he finally figure it out! (Let's just note that the conversation in which it was revealed was fairly confusing, and not very indicative as to what had happened. It took four reads to place exactly what the magistrate was saying).

Wow, who could have seen that coming? When do we get the part where we're pulling a "Count of Monte Cristo" in short form?

...can you just tell us the twist we all know is coming yet? Isn't interesting how the doctor never came for one of the richest people in the county? Or the fellow who has a bite on his hand is definitely not from a snake. Hmm, Hmm. This is no Nostromo, and that was a terrible read.

Is this literature yet? I mean what's better than having your introductory characters rape and murder.

If I were a casual reader, this would be the exact moment I would stop. But I'm essentially reading this for other people. Skip this one.

You know, it's very hard to keep reading a book with only one (almost two but he's gone currently) likeable character.

I mean...Joseph Conrad is really commonplace, you can't call it literature just because you took the pretty (now) common ideas from Heart of Darkness.

I just...I feel like I've read this story and watched its movie several times over. What am I missing? Profound statements? Unique description? I am missing the literature that everyone else is seeing.

Finally. Predictably finally.

So...when does this book get interesting? It just feels like any other book set in this time period.

This is going to be a long one.