Five Stars all the way from the slow burn start to the sizzling finish, The Plot jabs relentlessly at both the writer and reader.
Meta in form, our main man Jacob "Finch" Bonner, a one-time semi-read author, has devolved into teaching a writing course at a sub-par college on the East Coast. There he works at putting an interested face on when he meets his new students. Until, that is, he meets new student, Evan Parker, the man with The Plot that cannot fail. He will be rich, famous, and in demand. He's also quite secretive about this plot but eventually divulges just enough detail for Jacob to realize that it is The Plot of the century, indeed.
Fast forward a few years and the book never comes and no one has ever heard about Evan Parker. But Jacob's career as an author is just about to skyrocket.
This book touches on many hot issues in the publishing industry today. The question is also posed: are there any new ideas under the sun? If you write the words but the ideas springs from someone else, is it plagiarism? Even more, if you tell someone else's life story, if it's not yours to tell, is that also theft? There is so much food for thought here within these pages wrapped up in an absorbing mystery/thriller. Highly recommend.
Meta in form, our main man Jacob "Finch" Bonner, a one-time semi-read author, has devolved into teaching a writing course at a sub-par college on the East Coast. There he works at putting an interested face on when he meets his new students. Until, that is, he meets new student, Evan Parker, the man with The Plot that cannot fail. He will be rich, famous, and in demand. He's also quite secretive about this plot but eventually divulges just enough detail for Jacob to realize that it is The Plot of the century, indeed.
Fast forward a few years and the book never comes and no one has ever heard about Evan Parker. But Jacob's career as an author is just about to skyrocket.
This book touches on many hot issues in the publishing industry today. The question is also posed: are there any new ideas under the sun? If you write the words but the ideas springs from someone else, is it plagiarism? Even more, if you tell someone else's life story, if it's not yours to tell, is that also theft? There is so much food for thought here within these pages wrapped up in an absorbing mystery/thriller. Highly recommend.