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A review by rachhenderson
The Never Game by Jeffery Deaver
4.0
Colter Shaw is a reward hunter. He monitors rewards offered to find people and then goes looking for them. In this book, there are three kidnappings that all seem related to video gaming.
Deaver uses what I consider two 'cheap' writing tactics. It's definitely what I call "exclamation mark writing" - every chapter ends on a cliff hanger, forcing the reader to read one more chapter to find out what happens next. He also uses my least favourite way of increasing suspense - not telling the reader something that the main character knows. In this instance, there's a lot of hints about Shaw trying to solve a 15 year old mystery, but we don't find out what the mystery is until two thirds through the book.
While recognising that this isn't high literature, I still found it fun and entertaining reading.
Deaver uses what I consider two 'cheap' writing tactics. It's definitely what I call "exclamation mark writing" - every chapter ends on a cliff hanger, forcing the reader to read one more chapter to find out what happens next. He also uses my least favourite way of increasing suspense - not telling the reader something that the main character knows. In this instance, there's a lot of hints about Shaw trying to solve a 15 year old mystery, but we don't find out what the mystery is until two thirds through the book.
While recognising that this isn't high literature, I still found it fun and entertaining reading.