![]() ![]() Plus, the crab seems to know a lot about the path and how Ben should progress.Īnd on the journey, they’ll fight giant insects, a man-eating giant who likes to make her victims fight before eating the loser, and strange demons.Īnd now, all Ben wants is to get off this path and back to his family. And this talking crab is a bit of a wise guy, but something about the crab seems familiar. He finds an old lady in a house along the path, and the only advice she gives is to stay on the path. And then a second Rottweiler-face guy joins the chase.Īfter running for what seems like miles, Ben loses the killers, but he is lost. ![]() His narrative is well crafted, linking grand odyssey with the tropes of modern cinema all the while keeping the reader engaged. Like, he cut the face off a Rottweiler and is wearing it.īen runs. Drew Magary matches characters who mirror the everymans insecurities with the self-determining hero we all aspire to (unless youre one of those wretches that ends a sentence with a preposition.). And this guy also has the face of a Rottweiler. He sees a guy with a butcher knife dragging the body of a girl out of a shed. Ben is certain he won’t get lost.īut then he sees something horrible. Surely he has enough time for a quick walk in the woods behind the inn. ![]() He has a business meeting in a few hours. He has just arrived at a quaint little inn somewhere in rural Pennsylvania. AFTER RUNNING FOR WHAT SEEMS LIKE MILES, BEN LOSES THE KILLERS, BUT HE IS LOST.ĭid you ever have one of those days where you just should have stayed in bed? ![]()
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Wow, I never thought of myself as a great writer, so I thank you. Upon reading your work, you are a terrific writer! In your opinion, what makes a writer a great writer that is set apart from the rest? It was not a well written book at all, and needed a lot of edits, but I fell in love with the idea of finally putting all my crazy thoughts down on paper. When I hit my twenties, I had this idea for a fantasy novel and figured, “Oh, why not” and just started writing. And in a teeny front window would be a steering wheel and a chair for the dad to drive everyone around. The car would have levels, with one level for a zoo, another for a carnival, an entire area for the kids to sleep. 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