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Tag Archives: Tell not show
Burned Chapters 29 & 30
Chapter 2 Most of this book has been told from the perspective of third person. A realization I hadn’t made since starting up this nightmare and letting it tromp through my skull. Which is a very good thing. When the … Continue reading
Posted in House of Night, Recap, Spork
Tagged Poof! Magic, Talk talk talk, Tell not show
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Untamed Chapter 1
From time to time, I like to stop and reflect on the cumulative mistakes a series makes. While I always manage to find things large and small in each book, there are the ones which stick out in my mind. … Continue reading
Keeping It Real Prologue
After finishing Marked, I thought I’d go ahead and try something a little bit different. Something that didn’t involve vampires and leaned a touch towards the sci-fi. So I asked around and was recommended this book called “Keeping It Real” … Continue reading
Posted in Quantum Gravity, Recap, Spork
Tagged Anything you can do Elves can do better, Dull Details, Tell not show
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Inheritance Chapter 44
The last chapter had way too much talking in it. Not interesting discussion either, but boring info dumps of raw exposition that just bogs everything down. So much that it drove all the details out of my brain and I couldn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Inheritance, Recap, Spork
Tagged Talk talk talk, Tell not show, The story that doesn't suck
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Inheritance Chapter 35
This chapter is called “by the banks of lake leona”. It’s better than “by the credit unions of Carvahall” I suppose. Though while Chris cut the telegraphing from this chapter, he still can’t manage to stop beating the thesaurus like … Continue reading
Posted in Inheritance, Recap, Spork
Tagged Do As I Say!, Tell not show, Why? Because the Author demands it
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Inheritance Chapter 8
So I know that Chris has used the pregnancy of the blacksmith’s wife, Elain, to sort of provide a timeline. Even if he doesn’t, that does set down a timeframe which is familiar to us, the audience. Approximately nine months, … Continue reading
Posted in Inheritance, Recap, Spork
Tagged Dull Details, Non Sequitur Theater, Talk talk talk, Tell not show
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Maximum Ride Chapters 89 & 90
If Jimmy had any interest in rescuing his reputation as an author, he’d skip the upcoming scenes. But before I even started into this recap, I knew what was going to happen. And when the story is more predictable than … Continue reading
Posted in Maximum Ride, Recap
Tagged How do you know that?, Looking for the plot, Tell not show
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Maximum Ride Chapters 79 & 80
So I bet a couple of you thought I was a little out of line when I started complaining about authors and their pet locales. ‘Vivi,’ the fictional reader was thinking. ‘That’s not fair. Jimmy’s just finally giving us a … Continue reading
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