I want to begin this review with a thank you to all of the other reviewers that came before me that warned of the slow start. It took me about 60 pages in before I felt any connection to this story. I might have put this aside if I hadn't gotten that warning and that would have been a shame because this was really well done.
Who owns the plot to a story? That's the question we ponder through out.
Jacob Finch Bonner meets an aspiring writer - albeit an arrogant aspiring writer - at an MFA program he's teaching. Said writer, Evan Parker / Parker Evan, claims he has a plot like no other. One that is sure to skyrocket him to fame in the literary world. He holds the details close to his chest but lets Jacob see a small snippet. Just a few pages, really, and Jacob is gobsmacked that this idiot actually has something here. Something that could be HUGE.
Fast forward four years and Jacob is riding high on the success of his latest novel, Crib. That is until he starts receiving threatening messages accusing him of plagiarism and theft of plot.
After the slow start this turned into a heck of a fun ride. I have to admit that I did figure out the *who* early on which normally would have annoyed me but not the case here. The writing was so addictive that I didn't even care that I figured it out. To watch all the pieces come together in the end was so incredibly clever and satisfying. I am not at all surprised to see this book getting the attention that it's getting. 4 stars!
Thanks to NetGalley and BookishFirst for my copy.
Who owns the plot to a story? That's the question we ponder through out.
Jacob Finch Bonner meets an aspiring writer - albeit an arrogant aspiring writer - at an MFA program he's teaching. Said writer, Evan Parker / Parker Evan, claims he has a plot like no other. One that is sure to skyrocket him to fame in the literary world. He holds the details close to his chest but lets Jacob see a small snippet. Just a few pages, really, and Jacob is gobsmacked that this idiot actually has something here. Something that could be HUGE.
Fast forward four years and Jacob is riding high on the success of his latest novel, Crib. That is until he starts receiving threatening messages accusing him of plagiarism and theft of plot.
After the slow start this turned into a heck of a fun ride. I have to admit that I did figure out the *who* early on which normally would have annoyed me but not the case here. The writing was so addictive that I didn't even care that I figured it out. To watch all the pieces come together in the end was so incredibly clever and satisfying. I am not at all surprised to see this book getting the attention that it's getting. 4 stars!
Thanks to NetGalley and BookishFirst for my copy.