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Skinny Dip (Skink, #5; Mick Stranahan #2)
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This book was recommended as great light, pulpy reading by two of the people I love and respect most in this world. And it is with all respect to those two people that I say here, I just don't get it.
The first chapter was good enough to grab my attention, but by the time I was 1/3 the way through I just kept thinking it's got to get better , its got to get better. Turns out, the third act just gets worse. I mean I know its supposed to be pulpy, but the dialogue in this book reminded me of a Michael Bay screenplay. People don't talk like this. They just don't. It also didn't help that I didn't find many of the characters sympathetic. If Joey is the cream of the crop, this is one sorry lot. And the end was so perplexing. I mean he managed to tie up all the plot points in as contrived a way as possible, while at the same time completely managing to miss anything that resembles a satisfying ending.
Maybe I'm just not cut out for pulp. Excuse me, I need to go find some Sylvia Plath to cleanse with.
The first chapter was good enough to grab my attention, but by the time I was 1/3 the way through I just kept thinking it's got to get better , its got to get better. Turns out, the third act just gets worse. I mean I know its supposed to be pulpy, but the dialogue in this book reminded me of a Michael Bay screenplay. People don't talk like this. They just don't. It also didn't help that I didn't find many of the characters sympathetic. If Joey is the cream of the crop, this is one sorry lot. And the end was so perplexing. I mean he managed to tie up all the plot points in as contrived a way as possible, while at the same time completely managing to miss anything that resembles a satisfying ending.
Maybe I'm just not cut out for pulp. Excuse me, I need to go find some Sylvia Plath to cleanse with.
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June 6, 2008
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June 29, 2008
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Jul 27, 2019 09:12AM
I respectfully disagree about tying up the plot points. I felt that each bow was "earned," and the fact that it all came together perfectly only made the whole story more humorous.
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I take that back... (SPOILERS): The couples that got together at the end were a stretch (Karl and the friend, the brother and Ricca)
I also had a dear friend who loved the book recommend it to me, but I agree with your opinions. The style irritated me, the characters were unsympathetic, and the plot was too far fetched. I gave up on page 54.
So much patching bits together. I've challenged myself to get the halfway point and re-assess. Why keep reading a book that annoys me?
