I said
> And all the lame bleating about "But it happened in
real life" doesn't
> impress me. To satisfy, fiction >has to make some
sort of sense;
> real life
> doesn't. Citing "real life" to justify literary
weaknesses and
> implausibilities just doesn't cut it -- it's often
the last straw of
> writers who don't know how to craft >believable
characters.
And Chris wrote:
> The comment above gets at what often frustrates me
when reading a
> book with
> a premise or characters that I just can't buy.
But...
>
> When you take it a bit beyond the characters being
true to
> themselves and
> into discussing the action of the book itself, which
makes me
> wonder you or
> others think of so many of Bruen's books. The Taylor
books sure, but
> especially the Brant series are often, if not
resolved, then ended
> with
> events ranging from the completely random to the
viscously absurd.
>
> And I love that about them. You pay attention not to
round up a
> series of
> clues, but because anything might happen.
Yet, within the world Bruen created, those events do make a
twisted kind of sense. And his characters do remain true to
themselves, even if they occasionally do stupid things. Like
I said, a good writer
(like Bruen) can make you believe almost anything.
A bad writer makes you doubt almost everything they tell
you.
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