So much for Sunday morning

[pbray]

Reading: Finished Mark Del Franco's UNSHAPELY THINGS last night. It was a good first book--not outstanding, but definitely readable. The Boston setting is well done--in fact it reads a bit like Robert B. Parker does urban fantasy, and the protagonist is engaging. On the downside, there was a bit too much world building, setting up things that ultimately weren't used in this book. And the resolution felt rushed--requiring other characters to step in to explain things to the protagonist rather than him being instrumental in figuring out what was going on. Still I liked it enough to finish it, so if there's a sequel I'll give it a try.

Writing: Accomplished nothing this morning, after being derailed by two lengthy phone calls from family. Will try again this afternoon.

Comments

[libwitch.livejournal.com]

I am looking forward to the sequels - I think now that he has the groundwork laid, the other books will be much more plot driven, but I did enjoy the first one - it had soem interesting charcahter types I haven't seen in many othr books lately!

[pbray.livejournal.com]

Yes, he did a number of things right, and it's better than many a first novel out there. Will be interesting to see what he does with a sequel.