Apparently Al Guthrie and I agree that first-person /
third-person points of view don't work well together, even in
alternating sections or with sections in italics.
My complaint was not so much that the points of view
alternated as the fact that in scenes where Elvis was present
and was writing first person, he hung back like a spectator
until it was time for him to "enter," and it didn't seem
natural.
Often I began reading a section of exposition or description
with no idea until a page later that it was Elvis's point of
view. In a book written all first person, there is no
problem, but it is jarring when you realize you are in the
wrong head, so-to-speak.
But I will say again that I thoroughly enjoyed the book--in
spite of the fact that I wanted PI, and got a police
procedural.
I was warned by a friend that I should read another Cole /
Pike book first.
Jack
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*The Big Switch* and *The Deal Killer* at Amazon.com and
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