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orchidcactus) wrote2011-07-23 11:53 am
orchidcactus) wrote2011-07-23 11:53 am
Mo Hayder
Downloaded and read Ritual: A Novel last night.
Ms. Hayder's writing style reminds me of something I've read in a fanfiction, somewhere. Couldn't tell you which author, couldn't even nail down which fandom. I'm not saying I think she's a fanfiction writer, although that wouldn't surprise me, just that when I read her novels... they have a quality about them which makes me think I've come across something similar online.
The style she uses and character interactions are atypical of the 'crime/horror' genre, which is the main reason I keep reading her books. The plots aren't really that clever (standard misdirection) and she always has a predictable 'ew' factor (mangled body parts and/or bizarre imagery)... but I dig her writing style.
Good Times Gone, the DA2 fic, had another bobble. The things I thought I had nailed down? More like screwed up. Another 3am chapter enema. Ah, well.
Ms. Hayder's writing style reminds me of something I've read in a fanfiction, somewhere. Couldn't tell you which author, couldn't even nail down which fandom. I'm not saying I think she's a fanfiction writer, although that wouldn't surprise me, just that when I read her novels... they have a quality about them which makes me think I've come across something similar online.
The style she uses and character interactions are atypical of the 'crime/horror' genre, which is the main reason I keep reading her books. The plots aren't really that clever (standard misdirection) and she always has a predictable 'ew' factor (mangled body parts and/or bizarre imagery)... but I dig her writing style.
Good Times Gone, the DA2 fic, had another bobble. The things I thought I had nailed down? More like screwed up. Another 3am chapter enema. Ah, well.