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Nimrod Jakab nimrodgraphic — ** spoiler alert ** What I didn't know when I started the book was that it was book 1 of 3. I wish I had. The first part of the book was awesomely paced. It was fast and hard to put down. I'd say the first third. After that I think he fired his editor and it showed. The book had long sections that weren't hard to put down at all. I don't want to use the word "slogged" but it certainly slowed down. It could have used some tightening up. Whole sections could have been cut out without impacting how I felt about the plot, storyline, or characters. Hell, whole characters could have been cut out since they seem to have only been introduced to kill them off later. I sound like I didn't enjoy the book but I did. There were some good ideas in there, sort of The Stand meets Salem's Lot as written by Robert Jordan (That's the not compliment part. I'm not a fan of Robert Jordan. I think he's too wordy. He can say in 100 words what most writers would say in 20.) I recommend it, but don't go into it expecting a lot of resolution. This book is definitely the setup for future books and it feels like a cheat sort of by not really ending. Speaking of cheating several times in the book the author cheats by having characters have something happen to them and then the camera pulls away so we don't see what happens next and then later TA DA! They are saved (or not) but we never really clearly find out what happens. There's lots of amnesia or shock induced forgetfulness. That's OK once in a while... but when it happens every time he writes himself into a corner and he wants to drum up tension it's just annoying. Again... I know this sounds like I'm saying I didn't like the book. I REALLY REALLY liked the first bit, but the part after that I just liked. I did care enough about the characters and the story to keep going and see what happened next. So it held my interest and kept me going... it just didn't really stand alone like I'd hoped it would. I think novels should stand alone, even if they're part of a series. Otherwise it's not the first part of a series as much as it is an incomplete book. With some tightening up it would have been a faster paced book and maybe I'd have liked it more. but the slow bits really took me out of it, especially since they contrasted so starkly with the beginning of the book. Final Answer? Read it but do so knowing that part 2 will be where more questions are answered, hopefully, and do so knowing that the author cheats a lot and we'll all hope he isn't as lazy in the second book and realizes that it doesn't build tension so much as it looks lazy, like a day-time soap opera stunt when the long lost person shows up as an amnesiac and everybody just goes along with it.

305design Vítor 305design — The first (?) essay about her dad made me cry for no reason. I don't particularly like her style of writing though. I expected it to be wordy and wicked and hilarious, but it seems a little...simplified? Tame? Obviously she's really smart, but it's as if she's writing essays expressly to be read on oh, "This American Life" or something. Wait...

Styepo Fashion _tyepo — i have an illustration and an interview in this book for aspiring illustrators. when people ask me questions about how to get started, i tell them to start here.

Laura Manfre lauramanfre — Book club selection for Nov. I read it 7 years ago and loved it. I hope I am not disappointed. I have to admit that I was kind of bummed to learn that we are reading a book I already own. I have a book buying addiction and was looking forward to a trip to Borders this weekend. There is a newer edition out with cooler cover art. . . maybe I will pick up a second copy. You can never have too much A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, right?