Review: Choppy but very good
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 20, 2010
No Bodies Hero was, at heart, a good story. It keeps the readers interest.  Based on concept and content alone I would have given this story 5 stars but the one thing that made this a 4 star was the execution.Carolyn was a huge Ricky Rain fan who ends up not only meeting him but falling for him and vice versa. Although they meet and fall in love in a short span of time(one week), it does seem longer because the author really went into detail about their time together that whole week. So by the end of the week, you are so into Rick and Carolyn's relationship, you don't even notice how short the time has truly been.The dialogue was a mixture of true wit, insightful analogies and funny one liners. However, and this is where the 4 stars comes into play, the dialogue was often choppy. At points you don't know who is speaking because often times Carolyn and Rick say things which pertain to his song lyrics (which the reader has never heard) or other events from Rick's past(which we didn't know about). It was like walking into a room in the middle of a conversation where you are expected to know what's already been said or in some cases, being the outsider listening to an inside joke. It was confusing but it did not turn me off to the point where I wanted to stop reading. That was the magic of this book, it gets you get so engrossed with Rick and Carolyn's story, you willingly gloss over it's imperfections.I think more could have been done regarding the plot with Ricky's ex and I really wish the ending would have been more story book, not that it was bad, I just don't think it gave Rick the brilliant finish he deserved after working so hard but, perhaps that's just life. Also, I really could not comprehend how all of the loose ends were tied up in the end. Yes, I read it and re-read it and I still don't understand it, which was my major and only complaint with this story, at times it was difficult to understand to me. You can understand it enough to get the gist of what's happening in a particular scene but it's not articulated in a straight forward manner.At heart, this is a good story, and it's long so you will get your moneys worth in terms of length. Perhaps it would make a better screen play. A movie would really do this book more justice. It was still enjoyable so I would have to say, it's worth buying. I think it was a good first effort by this author and I would love to see her do more stories.