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Ron
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Having some doubts about this book. The Area X storyline is just weird on top of weird with no clear direction yet, and the flashbacks just seem to be there to check the appropriate lit-fic boxes: bullied kid, strained marriage, terminal disease, etc.
— Jul 18, 2016 12:18AM
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Ron
is on page 152 of 195
I'm learning to appreciate the "weird on top of weird" stuff of the main storyline. It doesn't really have a plot, but it's interesting in a creepy way. I still don't care for the flashbacks though. I feel like they fall under Faulkner's advice to "kill your darlings"; sure they're interesting to write and they allow the character to exhibit and explain your own quirks, but does it help the story?
— Aug 09, 2016 11:42AM
Ron
is on page 19 of 195
Because I don't have enough on my Currently Reading shelf, let's throw this one on *and* try to knock it out before the 14th so I don't have to pay for it.
— Jul 07, 2016 05:06PM
