Thursday, May 29, 2014
May 27th Post
Dear Thomas Harris,
Meh. Red Dragon was good but could have been much better. You didn't include any background information on Francis Dolarhyde until the second half of the book. I'm assuming you were going for suspense here but it didn't really work out. It was more irritating than anything. If you had fed the reader more information earlier on in the book, you would have been able to engage the reader throughout the book.
On the plus side, I liked how much you included about the FBI investigation.
Much love,
Emily Miller
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This is a creative idea for a blog post. I really like your criticism in the letter. Very straightforward. I used the same format for my blog post on the book Say Cheese and Die by R.L. Stine
ReplyDeleteI like how you got right to the point to the author. You didn't soften the blow at all, and I think it's great that you were this honest about how you felt. I can tell you really took the time to analyze this book because you included what you thought the author was going for. Nice job!
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