If something's not right, it's wrong

[raybear]

I finished In Cold Blood last night. As has become my accustomed style, it takes me 3 weeks to read the first 50 pages, and then I fly through the rest in about 24 hours. I read 1/3 of the book on Saturday night when we were relaxing in amish country in northern Indiana and I read the rest of it last night.

I just thought it was okay. I mean, it was compelling while I read it. And I also recognized that I had a certain familiarity of the topic and the book, generally and specifically, before reading it, so I was reading it for craft issue and trying to see it through fresh eyes. And occasionally, there would be a phrase or a sentence that would make me gasp in how amazing it was. But overall, when I put the book down, my assessment was still "just okay."

What can I say? I'm a novelist.

Comments

[loosethread.livejournal.com]

Oh man! I just finished that a couple of weeks ago and thought it was amazing. I loved the 360˚ story telling.

[kneidlach.livejournal.com]

I loved that book. Or, at the very least, found it enthralling. But I read most of it before seeing the movie.

[dannyboi.livejournal.com]

I could NOT finish the book. I don't know what made it supposedly so good.

It has been a while....

[bowdownza.livejournal.com]

since I read it so I don't remember specifics but I rememeber being really impressed with the structure of the narrative. How well organized and clear the multiple storylines were to read. Just like To Kill a Mockingbird- go figure.