Comments on: Finch by Jeff VanderMeer – review http://www.boomtron.com/2009/11/finch-by-jeff-vandermeer-review/ Fantasy, Mystery, Science Fiction, Comic Books, Horror Book, Television, Movie Reviews, Author Interviews Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:18:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Marvin Mann http://www.boomtron.com/2009/11/finch-by-jeff-vandermeer-review/#comment-22678 Marvin Mann Sun, 27 Jun 2010 15:31:42 +0000 http://www.bscreview.com/?p=39717#comment-22678 I've read crime fiction and fantasy, science fiction etc, and that clipped style almost got me to put the book down, it was so intrusive in the early going. He used it less or I tuned it out as the book got rolling. While I found the Gray Caps to be an intriguing idea, on the whole I thought The City & The City to be much better written. I’ve read crime fiction and fantasy, science fiction etc, and that clipped style almost got me to put the book down, it was so intrusive in the early going. He used it less or I tuned it out as the book got rolling.

While I found the Gray Caps to be an intriguing idea, on the whole I thought The City & The City to be much better written.

]]> By: Brian http://www.boomtron.com/2009/11/finch-by-jeff-vandermeer-review/#comment-7871 Brian Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:19:27 +0000 http://www.bscreview.com/?p=39717#comment-7871 The interesting thing for me to see play out across the reviews and discussions is that the readers that approach Finch from the fantasy side have a hard time with the writing style because it's not one often seen in the genre but it's not an issue at all for those readers approaching Finch from the crime side because it's a more readily available style. The interesting thing for me to see play out across the reviews and discussions is that the readers that approach Finch from the fantasy side have a hard time with the writing style because it’s not one often seen in the genre but it’s not an issue at all for those readers approaching Finch from the crime side because it’s a more readily available style.

]]> By: malrubius http://www.boomtron.com/2009/11/finch-by-jeff-vandermeer-review/#comment-7870 malrubius Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:03:56 +0000 http://www.bscreview.com/?p=39717#comment-7870 "From the fantasy perspective Jeff VanderMeer has introduced a new language into the lexicon with a clipped, telegraphic, hardboiled, James Ellroy-esque writing style that he savagely bends to his will..." Yeah, lots of subject-free sentences. Picked it up. Reads pretty fast. Enjoyed it ok. Put it down. Doesn't stick like Shriek. Would have liked some subjects in those sentences. Still, enjoyable. “From the fantasy perspective Jeff VanderMeer has introduced a new language into the lexicon with a clipped, telegraphic, hardboiled, James Ellroy-esque writing style that he savagely bends to his will…”

Yeah, lots of subject-free sentences. Picked it up. Reads pretty fast. Enjoyed it ok. Put it down. Doesn’t stick like Shriek. Would have liked some subjects in those sentences. Still, enjoyable.

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