Jumat, 08 Juli 2011

The Sentry by Robert Crais



There are a LOT of good reasons to read THE SENTRY by Robert Crais.  It's a Joe Pike novel, which means there's not enough Elvis Cole (there's never enough Elvis Cole even in Elvis Cole novels, so that can't be helped) but other than that it's a terrific read.  Come for the characters, stay for the plot.

But, if you are a writer, really study the prologue. The prologue in this book is brilliant.  Utterly breathtakingly brilliant.  What it does is show character. And it shows character in a way that illuminates every chapter of the book.  It's exactly the reason you would have  a prologue. And since I hate loathe despise skip generally find prologues to be useless crap, that's saying something.

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