Yes, that’s from Lobo’s ‘I’d love you to want me’. If you’ve been here a while then you know it’s a very special song for me and my Knight.
We have a countdown and it is a long one but it is getting shorter every day, as they do. 🙂
in other news, I’m writing. But you knew that, right?
I’m also reading. Yeah, I am. That’s right I have comments.
I’m reading a crime novel that started with promise but then devolved into more MC drama than crime but the thing with that is … time is marching on in the story and there is a missing kid and the detective is side tracked by everything she comes across and this kid has now been missing for four days. FOUR days!
(If you love crime fiction as much as I do then you know that time has probably run out for that kid.)
I almost forgot the missing kid was important because there is nothing going on to find her. It’s bewildering how the “crimes” have been lost in the blah blah.
I think the author wandered off the road and someone erected fences so she couldn’t get back to it.
Seriously, there is a lot of blah blah – pages of it at times and the story grinds to a halt every single time. I am still reading though.
Will it become another teaching tool?
Probably.
I want to know how the author is going to get back on track. I will keep reading until I find out.
The last two chapters didn’t even mention the kid. The kid’s mother doesn’t seem overly bothered nor does the grandmother or grandfather (and he’s the sheriff). The main character is the sister of the kid’s mother. She clearly has issues (so many that they weigh the story down) but I couldn’t tell ya much about the missing kid or the father, even though he was ‘murdered’ prior to the kid going missing. There are crimes but they’re not the story as far as I can tell. The story is blah blah blah main character blah blah blah.
I’m leaning towards, the writer wanted to jam a bunch of shit into the main character to bring the character to life and make readers care about her.
*Shakes head* nope. It had the opposite effect.
Less is more.
Cat Connor 
Wait, what? The story is about a missing kid, and there’s no massive effort (frantic, even) to find the kid? No. Does not compute. In any realistic situation, that’s a top priority, all staff involved, the whole thing, especially in the first 48 hours or less. Just no.
OK, enough about that. I’ve always loved that Lobo song, so thanks for reminding me of it. A long countdown, but at least you have a countdown.
I know, right? Top priority – it’s a missing kid. I guess this author has zero clue? Or maybe she thinks her MC is that compelling a person that readers won’t notice?
It’s a great Lobo song. 🙂 10 weeks 5 days … 🙂