Review: No Way You Want It to End
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 3, 2014
It sneaks up on you.  The phrase that finally delivers the meaning of what you've been reading in this writer's staggeringly beautiful saga "Full Contact".  "Why is sorrow the measure of love?"  I can personally say that my life is about as far removed from the world of Kucan's hero as one can possibly get.  But as you read these chapters, an amazing thing happens.  Amazing because you're in such capable hands.  You begin to see and hear and feel this world.  Not only does Kucan follow Elmore Leonard's dictum of "leaving out the parts that people tend to skip", the parts he leaves in are full of grace and emotion and energy and astonishingly realistic detail.  Even if you don't readily understand the exotic names for some of the fighting moves described in this poignant saga, it doesn't matter.  They seep into your brain and you somehow know what they mean and what they look like.  And even if you have a sense for what might be in store for the richly complicated character of Zach, you want to read every word right to the end.  Maybe even twice.  A great read.  A great story.  A great writer.