This Week in Reading #3

The Hollow by Jessica Verday (FINISHED)

This week: 314 pages
Last week: 151 pages
Total: 672 pages

By the way, before I begin the sentences passage of this entry, let me just say one thing: The Hollow was, unfortunately, not a good read. The initial mystery that is set into place with her friend Kristen is completely overlooked when goody-goody Caspian comes into the picture, and you don't find out his secret until the very end. I understand the book was set up as a trilogy, but even when you are guaranteed a series deal, you should still make the first book a satisfying stand-alone novel. Because if you don't, the first book will mar the rest of the series, and the fans who stuck it out will say to new readers, "Just wait until the second book, it gets better." Honestly, when told that, I don't want to read the book at all. I mean, who wants to struggle through a terrible first book just to get to the good parts in the second? I would much rather read a synopsis of the first, then jump right into the second. But that's a tale for another time. Enough rambling. Check this post by another blogger if you want a better review of the novel.


Therefore, this weeks sentences will be a couple more from The Gunslinger

 Favorite Sentences and/or Passages (in no particular order):

1: "He found the irony, like his thirst, bitterly appealing."

2: "You will not see what you do not look for, maggot."

3: "The stars were as indifferent to this as they were to wars, crucifixions, resurrections."

A stark contrast to Jessica Verday's writing style, King excels in using short, simple, yet provocative sentences to deliver precise description, characterization, and themes of the novel. Definitely a radically different writing style. . . we'll see how this goes. . .