Well boys and girls.
I just finished The Prometheus Deception by Robert Ludlum.
I have no idea if that book is representative of his writing ability, but it read like a second draft. Felt like it needed another draft/editing pass.
The story was a good story, the writing was abysmal. Mountain sized infodumps right in the MIDDLE of the action, as you know bob info dumps, plot holes the size Jupiter, and the ending was one giant plot hole that almost made me threw the book.
It has a Scooby Doo type ending that was just fucking stupid.
Been a while since I struggled through a book this bad. I mostly did it as a learning experience just to see if bad writing could carry a good story.
It did for the first half. After that, I had to 'force' myself to continue.
Mel...
I just finished The Prometheus Deception by Robert Ludlum.
I have no idea if that book is representative of his writing ability, but it read like a second draft. Felt like it needed another draft/editing pass.
The story was a good story, the writing was abysmal. Mountain sized infodumps right in the MIDDLE of the action, as you know bob info dumps, plot holes the size Jupiter, and the ending was one giant plot hole that almost made me threw the book.
It has a Scooby Doo type ending that was just fucking stupid.
Been a while since I struggled through a book this bad. I mostly did it as a learning experience just to see if bad writing could carry a good story.
It did for the first half. After that, I had to 'force' myself to continue.
Mel...