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Lovely Bad Things
by Trisha Wolfe
So this was an NBC Hannibal fan fiction. No cannibalism here, but a similar situation.
Halen is a psychiatrist and detective who becomes involved with a series of murders called the Harbinger Killings.
In the first couple of chapters we see how Halen is instrumental in pleading to the jury that Professor Locke (hot sexy professor) is guilty for these killings, despite the only evidence being circumstantial. Despite that, Locke is given an insanity plea and is institutionalized.
(So this set up had me eating this shit up!!)
6 months later Halen is investigating the disappearance of 30 townspeople when their eyes are discovered on a ritual ground. The circumstances around this scene lead Halen to pleading for the aid of Professor Locke to hunt down the kidnapper/murderer.
Now this is where everything gets fuzzy. There’s a great premise here, but the execution wasn’t ironed out as neatly as a story based in crime and philosophy should have been. In using complex philosophical concepts, there is a responsibility for the author to make it palatable to the audience, and it was neglected. As the story goes on, nothing truly makes sense. The story becomes spotty.
When the plot twist at the end occurs, you aren’t gasping and waiting with baited breath at an explanation, you are just asking yourself “what the fuck does is all mean?!” I promise I have a really great understanding of philosophy and the storytelling isn’t even dense it’s just poorly executed.
I think if we just took a step back and made a couple of edits (especially in the middle and end of the book) this could have easily been a 5 star experience.
Halen is a psychiatrist and detective who becomes involved with a series of murders called the Harbinger Killings.
In the first couple of chapters we see how Halen is instrumental in pleading to the jury that Professor Locke (hot sexy professor) is guilty for these killings, despite the only evidence being circumstantial. Despite that, Locke is given an insanity plea and is institutionalized.
(So this set up had me eating this shit up!!)
6 months later Halen is investigating the disappearance of 30 townspeople when their eyes are discovered on a ritual ground. The circumstances around this scene lead Halen to pleading for the aid of Professor Locke to hunt down the kidnapper/murderer.
Now this is where everything gets fuzzy. There’s a great premise here, but the execution wasn’t ironed out as neatly as a story based in crime and philosophy should have been. In using complex philosophical concepts, there is a responsibility for the author to make it palatable to the audience, and it was neglected. As the story goes on, nothing truly makes sense. The story becomes spotty.
When the plot twist at the end occurs, you aren’t gasping and waiting with baited breath at an explanation, you are just asking yourself “what the fuck does is all mean?!” I promise I have a really great understanding of philosophy and the storytelling isn’t even dense it’s just poorly executed.
I think if we just took a step back and made a couple of edits (especially in the middle and end of the book) this could have easily been a 5 star experience.