karin61 (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} karin61) wrote,@ 2007-01-28 21:38:00 |
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Southern Comfort
This Week’s Read
When you read a book jacket and see a lot of screaming praise like “Amazon’s Book of Decade!” or NY Times Editor’s Choice, certain expectations are created.
And in this case they were woefully unfulfilled (although you should read the link page because the publication story is fascinating as well as very revealing. This is definitely an instance of extreme luck for the author.)
Anyhoo, here is a novel with a plodding start (50 pages could have been cut, easy) and unexceptional prose. But the author did create a couple of heart-stopping sections.
The main complaint of most reviewers(which I heartily agree with) was the ho-hum nature of the main character. She didn’t warrant the obsessive attention from the love interest. (A hot, hot vampire) All in all, only a mildly entertaining read.
New in Paperback
Kindness of Strangers by Katrina Kittle has a lovely excerpt.
