The Dead Of Night
"The Dead of Night" by John Marsden possessed very few errors in capturing the reader's attention. Between lacking grammatical error, never "playing a subject out", and keeping the reader attached, this books rating had at least a 7. Although, the story kept me very interested, certain styles the author chose made the events dramatically jump up and down. This was very disturbing, well picked climactic points in the story were uninteresting
Once this took place, "The Dead of Night" took a hard fall as far as interest is concerned. All of these factors remained until entering the transitional phase of the book. For example, an individual reading might say, "Could this actually happen?". Although, concocting a well planned and thought out fiction/non- fiction story/novel involves limitless devotion. Questions such as those develop a sense of realism in reading the story aside from thinking "It's just a story". John Marsdens style has noticeable similarities in a variety of his books. Carefully choosing turning points between events in the end, might have improved and given the reader a better understanding of the book overall. From my perspective, being the fair reader I am, my direct quote would have to be, "A very catchy beginning, but a shaky ending". In this particular one, he used a more serious, first person war type novel. Many factors are involved when writing a story, not understanding this is unforgivable. Not being an author personally, It's very hard understanding a writers mentality and or point of view. Sometimes "playing the subject out", creates a better affect then constant fluctuation of turning points in the book. Considering it's a fictional war, John was able to create certain questions in the readers mind.
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