Review: I want to live in Seneca 6
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 25, 2011
First, I love that Doug referenced Firefly. The entire time I was reading this book, I pictured Nathan Fillion in the role of Sam (and a younger Nathan Fillion in the role of Jem).Anyhow, I LOVE this book. Watch out for spoilers.Here's what I had to say when Bernard Schaffer asked my opinion about this novel:Your character development is fabulous. I kept trying to find one or two characters that I could latch onto and come back to you with, "This is it. This is the way you should treat all of your characters." But there isn't just one. You create a good character and you are very skilled at making the reader see every facet. You really bring them to life. Elijah and Little Willie are absolutely disgusting. I LOATHE them. Sam and Jem are so much much alike and yet individuals. Doc Halladay is badass, so is McParlan. And how much did I love Harlan? You had my total buy-in from page one.The story unravels in just the right way. It speeds and slows. It's not a constant, crazy adrenaline-packed rush that exhausts the reader, but it never creeps along at a snail's pace. It's got a great balance.The flashbacks are well placed and the relationship between Sam & the kids makes his death all the more real and emotional to the point that when I read your comment to your kids in the acknowledgments I just kinda lost it for a minute.The relationship between Jem and Anna is perfect. It's not overly cautious, but it doesn't go too far for the time frame of the story. You got it just right.You've created a real place in Seneca 6 much in the same way Stephen King did with Jerusalem's Lot or Castle Rock. It's a place you can definitely revisit and use as the location for a great series.**I have it on good authority that the sequel is already in the works.