Nicholas Sparks is really not good at suspense.
And that’s okay by me.
I thoroughly enjoy reading books by this guy. Just now I’m
reading The Rescue and I’m enjoying
every page, sentence, stanza and turn of phrase. Even though I’ve known since
about page fifteen what’s going to happen and the twist with the title revealed
itself early on.
There is something satisfying about starting a book in the
sure and certain knowledge that good will out and the protagonist will
ultimately be okay. It’s relaxing and reassuring and, I don’t know… homey, I
suppose.
It also helps that I like characterization and this cat is a
past master at creating characters I can come to know quickly and understand
entirely. I hope the characters in my fiction are just as clearly their own
selves.
His settings aren’t bad either.
I really like Sparks, even if he doesn’t do suspense.
Suspense? No. But he does throw in surprises now and then. Kind of like when you just know the antagonist surely drives a Pontiac; you turn the page and, viola, she drives up in a Buick!
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Dost I detecteth tincture of snarkiness there?
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