The Plot is sure to be a hot book of the summer! It's the perfect beach - or couch - read.
The Plot was, quite simply, un-put-down-able for me. It's not necessarily fast-paced, but I tore through it. Protagonist Jacob Finch Bonner is an unhappy instructor at a third-rate MFA program when he hears the sort of plot guaranteed to make a book a bestseller. Only problem? Jacob is a *formerly* promising young novelist - it's his student who's got the killer plot.
This is the sort of book that gives me premature wrinkles from all the times it makes me raise my eyebrows from intrigue. Author Jean Hanff Korelitz really puts the reader in Jacob's head. And then she ratchets up the suspense. Having had multiple previous novels adapted for TV/film, she wrote The Plot in a way that was easy to picture throughout. It was also well-paced.
I'd recommend this one to anyone who enjoys a mystery, and/or a book that'll keep you gripped 'til the end.
The Plot was, quite simply, un-put-down-able for me. It's not necessarily fast-paced, but I tore through it. Protagonist Jacob Finch Bonner is an unhappy instructor at a third-rate MFA program when he hears the sort of plot guaranteed to make a book a bestseller. Only problem? Jacob is a *formerly* promising young novelist - it's his student who's got the killer plot.
This is the sort of book that gives me premature wrinkles from all the times it makes me raise my eyebrows from intrigue. Author Jean Hanff Korelitz really puts the reader in Jacob's head. And then she ratchets up the suspense. Having had multiple previous novels adapted for TV/film, she wrote The Plot in a way that was easy to picture throughout. It was also well-paced.
I'd recommend this one to anyone who enjoys a mystery, and/or a book that'll keep you gripped 'til the end.