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APR 30, 2007 01:16 PM
PointBlank said:
bean said:
I really, really like this concept. Thanks, guys. 
The Road sounds interesting, but does the whole book have that same awkward style? I understand that short, rapid, simple sentences can heighten the tension in a scene, but phrases like "He pulled him to him," and the way so many consecutive sentences start with "He" are a little distracting. It seems like a thriller; I'm just worried that I might zip through it because I can't put it down despite the style grating on my nerves.
Well, it does have the same style throughout, and it can be a bit off-putting at first, but you really do get used to it quickly (or I did, at least). The characters don't have names, so you get a lot of "him"s or "the child" or "he"s. To me, it sort of adds to the overall atmosphere of the book--these are two characters who are totally faceless and "personless". It's hard to get that from a brief quote, but I think you'd really dig it.
Awesome. I imagine it'll probably be similar to my reaction to Neil Stephenson's work. I couldn't get through the first couple chapters of Cryptonomicon because his style annoys me so much, but I trudged forward through several chapters of Snow Crash because so many people recommended it to me and now I've gotten used to the style and I'm enjoying it.
APR 30, 2007 01:18 PM
MAY 06, 2007 12:42 PM
bean said:
PointBlank said:
bean said:
I really, really like this concept. Thanks, guys.
The Road sounds interesting, but does the whole book have that same awkward style? I understand that short, rapid, simple sentences can heighten the tension in a scene, but phrases like "He pulled him to him," and the way so many consecutive sentences start with "He" are a little distracting. It seems like a thriller; I'm just worried that I might zip through it because I can't put it down despite the style grating on my nerves.
Well, it does have the same style throughout, and it can be a bit off-putting at first, but you really do get used to it quickly (or I did, at least). The characters don't have names, so you get a lot of "him"s or "the child" or "he"s. To me, it sort of adds to the overall atmosphere of the book--these are two characters who are totally faceless and "personless". It's hard to get that from a brief quote, but I think you'd really dig it.
Awesome. I imagine it'll probably be similar to my reaction to Neil Stephenson's work. I couldn't get through the first couple chapters of Cryptonomicon because his style annoys me so much, but I trudged forward through several chapters of Snow Crash because so many people recommended it to me and now I've gotten used to the style and I'm enjoying it.
I just finished it and it's all it's cracked up to be. Usually I have three or four books going on at the same time and I read this in four nights straight.
The writing style isn't distracting, in fact it adds to the pace and mood. Short, fragmented sentences, followed by run on paragraphs, light punctuation (no quotes, sometimes hasn't becomes hasnt, stuff like that.
I found the style as appropriate to this work as Ellroy's is to his.
AUG 27, 2007 04:34 PM
wildswan
I'm lost
June 2006
APR 30, 2007 12:58 PM