Review: Laurie Boris Does it Again!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 9, 2014
I really love this story -- and not just because I loved all of the author's other books. She did things a bit different here with shorter, snappier sentences, and dialogue so perfectly distilled that each character speaks volumes in precious few words. In fact, the totality of The Picture of Cool is like that: everything that makes a Laurie Boris novel an engaging read is in full effect in this shorter story. How she develops that depth of character and sense of place in so short a space is nothing short of brilliant.In The Picture of Cool, Ms. Boris thoroughly captures the essence and torturous promise of two people poised on the precipice of something huge -- life-changing, earth-shattering, epic even -- and ends with the door wide open, while also tying up enough loose ends to make it a satisfying read.