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The Plot

Jean Hanff Korelitz

3.68 AVERAGE

adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I like that you can see it coming, the unravel is satisfying

girl please.
dark reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

dabra's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH

Just not into for now. Very wordy.
 
slow-paced
mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Jacob Finch Bonner, once an up and coming author with his first novel being well received but with limited sales, his follow up books had been less than successful. He’s fallen on hard times, working as faculty at a run down Vermont college mentoring students on a low residency program. Most of the students have little talent and Jake is dialling it in as their teacher. One day, however, he decides to use another author’s plot to write a novel. A novel that goes on to become a talked about best seller. A novel that someone else knows is based on a stolen plot.

The narrative switches between the protagonist and excerpts of his best-selling novel. It’s a well written and well plotted novel with an original story. I enjoyed it, completing it in just a couple of days. There is a twist, although unfortunately I’d worked it out, so wasn’t much of a twist for me.

On a side note; I’m not sure the Welsh will be impressed with “…an entire English tour organised around the Hay-on-Wye festival.” though.
dark mysterious sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes