fpw Wrote:[SIZE="3"] It’s do it this way, or make you sit and wait four years for a 2000-page novel.[/SIZE]
Noelie Wrote:I'll take it in 400-500 page increments, thanks.
fpw Wrote:[SIZE="3"]Highly quotable mini-review in the current Entertainment Weekly. Here’s the whole thing:Ah, you beat me to it. I just read it in EW.
“Private eye Jack - just Jack - is hired by a distraught mother to to investigate the skeevy older guy dating her daughter. See, the first PI she hired has disappeared. But when Jack finds his predecessor tortured and drowned in a bathtub, he embarks on a harrowing journey involving murder, an anarchist movement, genetic engineering and a suspicious mental institution. In his 11th Repairman Jack thriller, Wilson offers a canny mix of sci-fi paranoia and criminal mayhem. Despite a contrived end that baldly strains for a sequel, Bloodline starts fast, keeps the accelerator down, and defies you to stop reading. B+ - Bob Cannon”
About that “contrived end that baldly strains for a sequel”…he’s not the first to mention it. And he has a point. Maybe you felt that way too. Here’s my problem: I’m into the end game of the series. I’m putting the pieces and the players into place. I’ve got long arcs (4 books or so) that have to flow through in order to pay off at the end. The only “straining” I’m doing is trying to tie up each book into a stand-alone. But try as I might, it’s not happening. The arcs are too big and too important to abridge. So you’re going to have to bear with me here. I don’t like it, but the story demands it. In the end, I think/hope you’ll agree it was worth the frustration. But trust me, I’m not teasing for teasing sake. It’s do it this way, or make you sit and wait four years for a 2000-page novel.[/SIZE]
webby Wrote:I can't help but draw a comparison to Stephen King's Dark Tower series. I read Book 1 of that series when my daughter was just a toddler. She was practically graduated from high school by the time the final book was released - and that series is only 6 books long.7 books
Quote:I invested 15 years in waiting for the end of that long story arc - and don't even get me started on how it ended after all that time! Talk about frustration! Gaaahh!Yes - I agree.
The worst part was that Book 3 (The Wastelands) ended with a HUGE cliffhanger and it was six years before Book 4 was published! SIX YEARS!!! Gaaaahhhh!
webby Wrote:I can't help but draw a comparison to Stephen King's Dark Tower series. I read Book 1 of that series when my daughter was just a toddler. She was practically graduated from high school by the time the final book was released - and that series is only 6 books long. I invested 15 years in waiting for the end of that long story arc - and don't even get me started on how it ended after all that time! Talk about frustration! Gaaahh!
The worst part was that Book 3 (The Wastelands) ended with a HUGE cliffhanger and it was six years before Book 4 was published! SIX YEARS!!! Gaaaahhhh!
GWB Wrote:7 books
beowulf Wrote:Reviews are like a$$holes....everyone has one and most are full of $hit
fpw Wrote:[SIZE="3"]About that “contrived end that baldly strains for a sequel”…he’s not the first to mention it. And he has a point. [/SIZE]