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They reminded me a lot of a sci-fi version of the classic action hero airport novel stuff like Jack Reacher or the Bourne books. Just a super competent hero who
by noirbot 2y ago
They reminded me a lot of a sci-fi version of the classic action hero airport novel stuff like Jack Reacher or the Bourne books. Just a super competent hero who generally succeeds despite things being messy and chaotic.
- adamgordonbell 2y agoYeah, I think it's actually hard to write something that quick moving and action packed. It's perhaps a different skill then character development or world building or prose polishing, but it's how you get these books people blaze through. ( Now sometimes I blaze thru something and hate it at the end, but thats a different problem ... )
- noirbot 2y agoYea! I don't mean it to be dismissive at all. It's part of what I love about them. There's good character and world building, but a lot of the book is just well-crafted puzzle boxes of "how do you get out of this", where at the end, it's just that the characters are competent and skilled, but the exact _how_ is fun.