tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5024002801067718054.post3969669783419480124..comments2024-01-22T08:32:58.608-05:00Comments on For Those About to Mock: 2015 Contenders: Zane and the Hurricane, by Rodman PhilbrickUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5024002801067718054.post-68878606919547943972014-02-03T13:36:24.789-05:002014-02-03T13:36:24.789-05:00I'm glad it wasn't just me having that rea...I'm glad it wasn't just me having that reaction!<br /><br />Frankly, it felt kind of like the author chose the setting and then tried to weave a story into it rather than the other way around. Not that that can't work, but especially with, as you say, all of the details, the story itself felt undeveloped.Sam Eddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01008209097162183766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5024002801067718054.post-22398864093370992022014-02-03T13:33:41.041-05:002014-02-03T13:33:41.041-05:00Ha! I just used deux ex machina in exactly the sa...Ha! I just used deux ex machina in exactly the same way in my brief comments about this book on goodreads. I think he tried to jam in way too much --- sort of covered just about every horrible thing we head about re Katrina: Superdome, hospitals, turning people back, etc etc. And I almost felt like a cartoon character running into a wall with the ending, the epilogue that is, as it was so incredibly abrupt. Agree about plotting ,characters drop in and go, and there are too many threads from his own about his father, the musician, the drug dealer, and on and on. Too bad as there are also some powerful and vivid moments as well. Monica Edingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03924540264341924291noreply@blogger.com