{"id":2415,"date":"2016-01-27T16:37:56","date_gmt":"2016-01-27T16:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/journal.electric-rocket.com\/?p=2415"},"modified":"2016-01-30T19:46:53","modified_gmt":"2016-01-30T19:46:53","slug":"book-log-6-bum-rap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journal.electric-rocket.com\/?p=2415","title":{"rendered":"Book Log #6 – Bum Rap"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bum Rap<\/em> by Paul Levine [Kindle, Amazon (free)<\/em>]<\/p>\n

I have no idea how this book ended up on my Kindle. According to Amazon, it was “purchased” for $0.00 on June 15, 2015. Maybe it came up as a free book offer in an ad, and I clicked “sure”?<\/p>\n

At any rate, I didn’t research it significantly, because this book is… not… good? That seems harsh to say, since I read it anyway. But throughout the book I’m screaming in my head at the author “show don’t tell! SHOW DON’T TELL! YOU ARE BEING LAZY AND INSULTING MY INTELLIGENCE!”<\/p>\n

But I kept reading.<\/p>\n

This is a crime\/lawyer book, akin to Grisham (I’ve never read a Grisham, don’t know how well he writes, but that type of story). The writing bounces around from first to third person and back, where the first person is a ex-football player\/lawyer named Lassiter whose voice is that of a wry-humored, film-noir gumshoe. In essence, something one might make fun of in an improv scene.<\/p>\n

Even in the third person, you ran into narration like “X was the kind of character who liked to punch first and ask questions later” instead of showing us a scene where he punches first and asks questions later. The latter is certainly much harder, and I feel for an author who has to do it, but… gosh darnit, I paid $0.00 for this book! Put in some effort!<\/p>\n

But I read it anyway. All the way through. I feel like there’s a lesson I need to learn here, either I’m not as demanding of my literature as I think I should be, or I need to know when to call it quits and not hold out hope that a book is going to deliver despite evidence to the contrary.<\/p>\n

Not sure which yet.<\/p>\n

If nothing else, I’m 3.5 weeks into 2016, and 6 books under my belt. Looking good so far for 52 this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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