[Renaissance Man for the New Millenium] Review: "The 39 Steps"
treehead
The 39 Steps by John Buchan
My rating: 2 of 5 stars
While interesting, and taking into account the difference in both time and distance between me and the authoring of this book, it was only so-so. It had a very abrupt ending, with no real resolution.
I found myself at times reading with the bewildered confusion in my mind's eye that I recall from my attempts at reading Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings", and had to make large gesture drawings in my imagination because the narrative read in many places like a veritable lexicon of topographical attributes.
Add to this that the story was mostly plot, and I found it wanting. There was very little character development and, if anything, stories are expressions of the human experience--things happen to our characters or in our characters. <-- this is the abrupt end to my review
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Posted By treehead to Renaissance Man for the New Millenium at 11/13/2009 01:13:00 PM