by Jonathan Miles from the library, I expected a scathing, funny account of a character annoyed with air travel. Since this is something we pretty much all have in common, I was eager to get started.The first little bit was fantastic -- and if the entire novel had stayed with the airport and the guy's ire, the novel would have been perfect. However, the character goes off on tangents, talking about his past, translating another story about a Russian soldier, leaving only about 20% of the book about what I expected it to be about. I almost felt like the author had tricked me: luring me in with one story, and making me sit through two others.
Anyway, it was well written (although I'll admit I skimmed the last half). Go read the excerpt on Amazon.com -- it's very good.
3 comments:
this was very helpful. especially to those of us, like me that are given to tangents and trying to put too much in one book. I think it is called ADD. I have to think about the reader more so that there will be one besides myself for my writing.
but here's another thing to think about, jenny --- if this guy had written 3 short pieces of fiction, he would have made everyone happy.
I'm all for subplots, but this was too much.
This is also true. I think that it is about just knowing when to say when on a particular piece.
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