Book 4: Post 3

Hello again! In my past entry, I commented on some of the main character development with the main character in my book happening only halfway through the book. I originally thought that the book might dull down later because there might not be enough development in the character later on. Well guess what? That did not happen. Instead, I found a second layer of character development in Aidy, the main character, in the rest of the story. Basically, at the end, he finds that the suspect driver is not actually the murderer. In fact, the actual murderer turns out to be the father of the killed driver’s girlfriend (yeah, I know, it was a complex storyline), who sabotaged the driver’s car before the race. Aidy goes on to find out more about his family history and his physical capabilities. Although this was interesting, I found something else that caught my eye: the author’s style. Wood sometimes wrote specific sections where he introduced a scene without giving us, the audience, much background on what was going to happen. For example, when Aidy gets into a fight with the suspect driver Derek, he states, “I shoved past him for the doors. Derek dropped the mallet and raced after me… The full shotgun crew was here” (Wood 156). Wood builds suspense by only stating the shotgun accomplices were with the suspect driver during the fight after he describes the scene. I think that this style of writing is what made the story so enjoyable. Overall, it was a great book and I would recommend it to anyone looking for an entertaining easy read. Although I would like to continue this project, this is my last post of the workshop. I hope you all have found my writing interesting and enjoyable, and I hope I have given some good synopses on the books I have read. Thank you very much, and remember: if health is wealth, then reading a healthy amount of books is also wealth!