Review: uncommonly written
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 1, 2013
The writing style of this book is unusual.  It's quite fast, but not really in a white-knuckle kind of way.  There is plenty of action but this story doesn't really come across as being about the 'action' so much as the players involved.  Typically, I'd find this style unsatisfying since I tend to prefer lots of back story and mundane little details.  This one is kind of like cotton candy - there's quite a lot of volume, but not much mass, which is okay here - it suits the overall feeling, to me anyway.  And, for a first novel?  This is incredible - far more polished and readable than many I've read from established authors.There is a lot that is left unexplained.  In this story, it never occurred to me to be bothered by that until I read some of the reviews.  That is a detail that might have been bothersome in other cases, definitely.  But, there are two reasons I can think of where it might be okay - first, in the real world, you don't always know the 'why' of everything - bad stuff just happens.  Why is that a terrible concept in a work of fiction?  The second option is perhaps this book is setting the stage for a larger story.  That most definitely happens and is happily accepted.  Granted, the title doesn't say 1 of... whatever, but it reads like it certainly could.  If there are others forthcoming, I will probably read them.