(M83'12) Eleven, Carolyn Arnold
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More from my challenge groups, here is the November read for 12 in 12. I can't believe this challenge year is almost over. I have to say that I'm going to continue to do this challenge every year, I think. It brings me to some very interesting reads that I never would have thought of before.
I found this book to be an awful lot like Criminal Minds. So if you're a fan of this show, then the book is the right one for you. I'm not sure how I feel about it, looking back at the story. I don't remember much else. Don't think I'd go get the rest of the series.
"Come-" The back of a wrist came to his nose in an instant. The spry of sneeze only somewhat diverted. More sniffles. "Sorry 'bout that. Anyway, this way."
I thought it was odd to include such a random thing in a book. Don't remember now if this had anything to do with the finding of the killer or not.
"This guy did a lot of planning," Paige said. She moved closer to the tunnel entrance. "He definitely didn't want to get caught and probably never thought he would. That could be the elevated thinking of a narcissist.""
Here's where it felt like lines were taken right out of Criminal Minds.
I made several notes where I wasn't too pleased with the southern country abbreviations. 'Cuse me. Really? Are we trying to accuse the guy or are we excusing him? 'Cause that would be s'cuse me, I'd think. At least what people say around here. And yes, I realize I'm not from Kentucky, I think it was, but honestly...
Another thing that I noted several times was that the dialogue seemed forced or rushed in many places. Everyone was so chatty about what was happening, the book was like one giant brain storm when the whole investigative crew got together. That might go over well on a one hour TV show, but in a somewhat long book, where you can take your time to reveal parts of the killer's mindset, watching a bunch of people sit around and automatically describe a bad guy and list all his traits and reasons for doing something was a little too much. They just throw ideas and assumptions out into the void all the time and run around as if they're the truth. It was frustrating.
"Hope I'm not in-interrupting anything." The accent pure Kentucky.
Okay, so it is Kentucky and this was another problem. For some reason a Kentucky accent had to include stuttering.
I looked back at the house expecting the screen door to open with Mrs. Coleman coming and riding on a broomstick. She might have been a little woman, but she had a wild look in her eyes.
Aside from the fact that I felt this was somewhat clumsily written at the beginning, it was one of the few lines that really were worth the chuckle. Of course, it's not meant to be a comedy, so I'm sure there's a reason for that.
"Seriously?" Charlie laughed. "You'd be the first hot," he cleared his throat. Paige smiled. "Anyway, country women have great stamina, as I'm sure you do, but Earl's allergies weren't exactly a magnet for them. Not that it really mattered. Earl preferred men."
Again, more clumsy writing, but I was glad to see that this relationship was represented as just a normal thing.
I wanted to look back at Jack. We had discussed this on the ride over-what to disclose, what to withhold. But as was normally the case when it came to communicating with Jack, there were holes in the conclusions. Heck, there were even voids in the middle of context.
By this point in time in the book... about... 39% of the way through, I was finally starting to get into the swing of how the book was written, but I was really sick and tired of the main character's constant whining about being picked on and his insecurities. It just doesn't go well for someone in his profession.
The night clerk sat behind the front counter, feet up on the desk, watching Criminal Minds.
So, we FINALLY get the nod to the show, hm? At 42% of the way in?
Nostalgia transported me to the past, to the afternoons we'd slip away to a hotel room where we'd make love and spent afterward fall asleep in each other's arms.
Are we lacking in punctuation here or something? I think I know what the point was, but I had to read this one line a few times just to be sure.
"He always pictured a wounded animal, a bird without wings, dogs without legs, mice without tails.
This is talking about a guy who was taking the ink blot test. My wondering is why does that mean you're going to want to kill them? Maybe you're picturing those things out of sympathy? I know if I see anything in the form of a rat or mouse, I always pipe up and say "oh, that's a rat, but he's missing an ear." That doesn't mean I want to go home and pull off the ears of my rats, it means I love rats and associate them with a lot of random shit. Doesn't it? I guess it could also be an obsessive compulsive thing, always pointing out the flaws in something?
I knew Jack was working to get close to Reggie, to open him up, so that he would expose himself. Once Jack felt he had established a connection, he would turn on Reggie and this would serve to ignite him and hopefully result in a confession.
This kind of telling what was happening, explaining every action and detail... it really got annoying by this point.
My final notes take place near the end of the story, where the main character and Paige end up going to talk to a suspect. Without giving too much away, I think I can say that someone coaxes them to leave the location they were in. These two DON'T call in that they're leaving their location. They just go, but they look at each other and THINK that they should call in the change of location. Um, I'm sorry, but you're trained professionals, tracking down a serial killer... and you DON'T call in your change of location? Especially when you suspect it's a trap? I just wasn't falling for that.
I found this book to be an awful lot like Criminal Minds. So if you're a fan of this show, then the book is the right one for you. I'm not sure how I feel about it, looking back at the story. I don't remember much else. Don't think I'd go get the rest of the series.
"Come-" The back of a wrist came to his nose in an instant. The spry of sneeze only somewhat diverted. More sniffles. "Sorry 'bout that. Anyway, this way."
I thought it was odd to include such a random thing in a book. Don't remember now if this had anything to do with the finding of the killer or not.
"This guy did a lot of planning," Paige said. She moved closer to the tunnel entrance. "He definitely didn't want to get caught and probably never thought he would. That could be the elevated thinking of a narcissist.""
Here's where it felt like lines were taken right out of Criminal Minds.
I made several notes where I wasn't too pleased with the southern country abbreviations. 'Cuse me. Really? Are we trying to accuse the guy or are we excusing him? 'Cause that would be s'cuse me, I'd think. At least what people say around here. And yes, I realize I'm not from Kentucky, I think it was, but honestly...
Another thing that I noted several times was that the dialogue seemed forced or rushed in many places. Everyone was so chatty about what was happening, the book was like one giant brain storm when the whole investigative crew got together. That might go over well on a one hour TV show, but in a somewhat long book, where you can take your time to reveal parts of the killer's mindset, watching a bunch of people sit around and automatically describe a bad guy and list all his traits and reasons for doing something was a little too much. They just throw ideas and assumptions out into the void all the time and run around as if they're the truth. It was frustrating.
"Hope I'm not in-interrupting anything." The accent pure Kentucky.
Okay, so it is Kentucky and this was another problem. For some reason a Kentucky accent had to include stuttering.
I looked back at the house expecting the screen door to open with Mrs. Coleman coming and riding on a broomstick. She might have been a little woman, but she had a wild look in her eyes.
Aside from the fact that I felt this was somewhat clumsily written at the beginning, it was one of the few lines that really were worth the chuckle. Of course, it's not meant to be a comedy, so I'm sure there's a reason for that.
"Seriously?" Charlie laughed. "You'd be the first hot," he cleared his throat. Paige smiled. "Anyway, country women have great stamina, as I'm sure you do, but Earl's allergies weren't exactly a magnet for them. Not that it really mattered. Earl preferred men."
Again, more clumsy writing, but I was glad to see that this relationship was represented as just a normal thing.
I wanted to look back at Jack. We had discussed this on the ride over-what to disclose, what to withhold. But as was normally the case when it came to communicating with Jack, there were holes in the conclusions. Heck, there were even voids in the middle of context.
By this point in time in the book... about... 39% of the way through, I was finally starting to get into the swing of how the book was written, but I was really sick and tired of the main character's constant whining about being picked on and his insecurities. It just doesn't go well for someone in his profession.
The night clerk sat behind the front counter, feet up on the desk, watching Criminal Minds.
So, we FINALLY get the nod to the show, hm? At 42% of the way in?
Nostalgia transported me to the past, to the afternoons we'd slip away to a hotel room where we'd make love and spent afterward fall asleep in each other's arms.
Are we lacking in punctuation here or something? I think I know what the point was, but I had to read this one line a few times just to be sure.
"He always pictured a wounded animal, a bird without wings, dogs without legs, mice without tails.
This is talking about a guy who was taking the ink blot test. My wondering is why does that mean you're going to want to kill them? Maybe you're picturing those things out of sympathy? I know if I see anything in the form of a rat or mouse, I always pipe up and say "oh, that's a rat, but he's missing an ear." That doesn't mean I want to go home and pull off the ears of my rats, it means I love rats and associate them with a lot of random shit. Doesn't it? I guess it could also be an obsessive compulsive thing, always pointing out the flaws in something?
I knew Jack was working to get close to Reggie, to open him up, so that he would expose himself. Once Jack felt he had established a connection, he would turn on Reggie and this would serve to ignite him and hopefully result in a confession.
This kind of telling what was happening, explaining every action and detail... it really got annoying by this point.
My final notes take place near the end of the story, where the main character and Paige end up going to talk to a suspect. Without giving too much away, I think I can say that someone coaxes them to leave the location they were in. These two DON'T call in that they're leaving their location. They just go, but they look at each other and THINK that they should call in the change of location. Um, I'm sorry, but you're trained professionals, tracking down a serial killer... and you DON'T call in your change of location? Especially when you suspect it's a trap? I just wasn't falling for that.
