Review: Show don't tell
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 10 23, 2013
There is no way I could have stomached reading one more bio on a new character in this book. "Show don't tell" means let the reader meet a character and "see" his traits on his own.  Some decent plotting here even though it was implausible and very cliche. But I did finish the story believe it or not. I did want to know what happened to Pat and Bud even though Pat was predictable and Bud was ridiculously cardboard and ludicrous. Throwing in the J.P. - Aiden thing at the end without explanation was utterly pointless. The literary study of a rich and powerful man whose greed and ambition outstrip his reach is a worthy one. The plotting in this book could have made this a worthy one. Pat could have been interesting, but the writing failed him. Try again.