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Category Archives: Baldacci
Split Second Chapters 74, 75 & Epilogue
Chapter 74 The lights flick off then back on and Sidney is holding his gun on King and now Kate. He says he knew she didn’t have the guts to go through with it. No you didn’t or else you … Continue reading
Split Second Chapters 72 & 73
Chapter 72 Back inside with King, he’s busy staring at his watch and counting down the seconds until the reenactment commences. This is the kind of thing people would read about when paint drying has gotten too exciting. ‘A man … Continue reading
Split Second Chapters 70 & 71
Chapter 70 We’ve rejoined Michelle and Parks who have gathered the local police and convened at the Fairmont Hotel. It’s a good thing that they’ve been reading along to or else they wouldn’t know to be there for the final … Continue reading
Split Second Chapters 68 & 69
Chapter 68 Baldacci decides to take a trip down memory lane with the audience in tow. Michelle goes to the same library that King went to and doesn’t talk to the same librarian that he did. Lucky for us she … Continue reading
Posted in Baldacci, Recap, Spork
Tagged A Wild Villain Appears, Dull Details, The Big Reveal
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Split Second Chapters 66 & 67
Chapter 66 We join Michelle who’s driving to King’s house to warn him that he may be in danger. Also, fish in the ocean might be a little wet. She’s almost there when an explosion happens. Doing the first reasonable … Continue reading
Posted in Baldacci, Recap, Spork
Tagged Going Nowhere Fast, Hidden Knowledge, Talk talk talk
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Split Second Chapters 64 & 65
Chapter 64 Here’s something of a shock, Baldacci starts the chapter off with King consulting a “security firm”. Would you believe we’re not told why or what he wants from them? This is Baldacci trying to setup something he considers … Continue reading
Split Second Chapters 62 & 63
Chapter 62 One of the more common cheats in suspense stories is hidden knowledge. It’s not uncommon in any genre, really but it becomes the meat and potatoes in shitty thrillers and mysteries. The author will have the character see … Continue reading
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Tagged Dull Details, Me am Dumb Hero, Too dumb to live
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Split Second Chapters 60 & 61
Chapter 60 Joy of joy, we’re sixty chapters in and the main characters are finally starting to hunt down the villains. But being as the book has a good chunk left, I’d imagine it won’t go so well when they … Continue reading
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Tagged Dull Details, Going Nowhere Fast, It's a Broken Suspension
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Split Second Chapters 58 & 59
Chapter 58 There are few things I appreciate about these books. First and foremost is that I learn a lot about how I write. I see patterns and bad habits that I do in the works of others and I, … Continue reading
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Tagged Evil and Stupid, Going Nowhere Fast, Me am Dumb Hero
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Split Second Chapters 56 & 57
Chapter 56 So last chapter ended with them all agreeing they want to go together to talk to Scott. That’s not going to happen yet because Parks doesn’t know where he was. Last chapter, he said he had to “get … Continue reading
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