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amysbrittain 's review for:
The Four Corners of the Sky
by Michael Malone
After 330 pages, I just couldn't take anymore and couldn't see it through to 500+. I didn't care what was going to happen to the characters, and while there was occasionally funny dialogue, the small moments in this book meant to make the story feel real didn't work for me at all. The chase-and-find plot was meant to intrigue, but was just plain irritating. I felt like maybe Malone was writing this in order to have it made into a movie where some of the reader's banging-head-against-the-wall frustrations could be glossed over...or maybe I just hoped so.
The meathead the main protagonist (a strong-willed military pilot) married--why? She rubs his hand lovingly even as he's being a thickheaded, chauvinistic fool--why? Her loving, wise, strong mother figure loves him and keeps undermining the protagonists's efforts to break free of him--why? The protagonist's father is meant to be interesting but his constant, teasing elusiveness and outrageous past make him come off as a caricature. Even his best buddy is ridiculous. Enough already.
The meathead the main protagonist (a strong-willed military pilot) married--why? She rubs his hand lovingly even as he's being a thickheaded, chauvinistic fool--why? Her loving, wise, strong mother figure loves him and keeps undermining the protagonists's efforts to break free of him--why? The protagonist's father is meant to be interesting but his constant, teasing elusiveness and outrageous past make him come off as a caricature. Even his best buddy is ridiculous. Enough already.