Paul R Wrote:... I think that I sometimes read new FPW books too fast ....
When Crisscross arrives I promise to read it slowly and fully appreciate it. Then I'll read it again just to make sure!

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Paul,
I FLEW through "Crisscross" because I just HAD to. I agree with you about perhaps reading FPW's books too fast the first time. There is such a compulsion to get to the next chapter to see what's going on!

Oddly though, I also find myself having to stop, put the book down, take a breath, and RELAX! "Crisscross" is dark. A good deal of the action is brutal. And the way FPW builds tension is, at times, unbearable. I mean that literally. I can't bear the tension and I have to take a break, even if it's just for a moment or two.

So the experience of reading FPW's books can be almost ... schizophrenic at times. I want to hurry, hurry, hurry to get to the next unbelievable exploit. And, conversely, I need to slow down, slow down, slow down to avoid a heart attack.