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Killing Custer (Wind River Reservation, #17)
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3.5 The story is a solid 4, but the beginning is rocky and similes are over-used.
Reenactments play a big part in this story, making this explanation key to the plot:
p 124: The difference between outsiders and reenactors is that we can move back and forth. In and out of characters, if you like, or historical persons. We can come back any time we like, or we can stay where we feel the most comfortable. Where we belong. It's as if we were born in the wrong time. As if some cosmic catastrophe occurred that kept us away from our own, natural time and thrust us here.
For me, the simile problem is distracting. Each time I ran into one of these awkward spots, it would stop me cold and I'd find myself wondering why I didn't like it -- usually the reason being that it didn't add anything to the story. Here's an example from the very first page, actually it's the fourth sentence:
The sun blazed like a hot poker.
I'd say that all readers can appreciate blazing hot sunlight, so no simile is necessary, especially a reference to a 'hot poker.' That usually is a focused heat, not generalized, and ... Yep, each time I encountered one of the similes, I'd end up analyzing it.
Reenactments play a big part in this story, making this explanation key to the plot:
p 124: The difference between outsiders and reenactors is that we can move back and forth. In and out of characters, if you like, or historical persons. We can come back any time we like, or we can stay where we feel the most comfortable. Where we belong. It's as if we were born in the wrong time. As if some cosmic catastrophe occurred that kept us away from our own, natural time and thrust us here.
For me, the simile problem is distracting. Each time I ran into one of these awkward spots, it would stop me cold and I'd find myself wondering why I didn't like it -- usually the reason being that it didn't add anything to the story. Here's an example from the very first page, actually it's the fourth sentence:
The sun blazed like a hot poker.
I'd say that all readers can appreciate blazing hot sunlight, so no simile is necessary, especially a reference to a 'hot poker.' That usually is a focused heat, not generalized, and ... Yep, each time I encountered one of the similes, I'd end up analyzing it.
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Reading Progress
June 16, 2020
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Started Reading
June 20, 2020
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Finished Reading