Mer Barr
Story 2 of 5 - The story does alot of jumping about, not only back and forth across time but from location to location. There are alot of gaps which, if this were a movie, would be due to cutting out sections of a movies to fit the ideal length. Unfortuntely, they've either left in pieces related to the cut topics, leaving the watcher confused by this odd bit of info, OR the editors cut out too much; removing important continuity pieces to explain other parts of the film, again leaving the watcher with something they don't understand.
Character 5 of 5 - emphasis is definitely on characters. Told from the view point of and within the mind of the heroine. A mysterious and slowly fleshed out "handler" and a child with a mysterious and slowly fleshed out history.
Setting 4 of 5 - the world building is focused on, you can feel the heat and the sun, the grit of the sand, and the sound of ?Frank Herbert's? worms moving about. Thank goodness not the stench of the train car.
Language 4 of 5 - many of you may not recognize my reference but the author writes like the writers of the old Los Angeles cop of the 50's known as Joe Friday. Very distinctive pacing and as Mr. Friday would say to a witness, "Just the facts, Mam." Mr. Friday's speech didn't get on my nerves but for reasons I can't put my finger on, I did not have the same experience with this character's.
Strangely, I couldn't get attached to any of the 3 main characters. That on top of the issues i had with the story and language leave me with a Meh rating.
Story 2 of 5 - The story does alot of jumping about, not only back and forth across time but from location to location. There are alot of gaps which, if this were a movie, would be due to cutting out sections of a movies to fit the ideal length. Unfortuntely, they've either left in pieces related to the cut topics, leaving the watcher confused by this odd bit of info, OR the editors cut out too much; removing important continuity pieces to explain other parts of the film, again leaving the watcher with something they don't understand.
Character 5 of 5 - emphasis is definitely on characters. Told from the view point of and within the mind of the heroine. A mysterious and slowly fleshed out "handler" and a child with a mysterious and slowly fleshed out history.
Setting 4 of 5 - the world building is focused on, you can feel the heat and the sun, the grit of the sand, and the sound of ?Frank Herbert's? worms moving about. Thank goodness not the stench of the train car.
Language 4 of 5 - many of you may not recognize my reference but the author writes like the writers of the old Los Angeles cop of the 50's known as Joe Friday. Very distinctive pacing and as Mr. Friday would say to a witness, "Just the facts, Mam." Mr. Friday's speech didn't get on my nerves but for reasons I can't put my finger on, I did not have the same experience with this character's.
Strangely, I couldn't get attached to any of the 3 main characters. That on top of the issues i had with the story and language leave me with a Meh rating.