Friday, September 18, 2009

One thing that really bothers me about Tucker Max's writing is how he constantly uses and then. He actually explains entire scenes using and then. this really gets boring and repetitive and is hard to pay attention to for to long. Listing events is not a very good way to tell a story it blurs things together and makes the purpose of writing unclear. a good analogy to describe this would be like building a tower by just nailing a long chain of wood together; very weak. I'm definitely going to make a conscientious effort to keep this out of my writing in the future.
Today i found a huge loop hole in "I hope they serve beer in hell" Tucker is telling a story about going to Vegas (blech) with his friend junior. They stop half way through their drive at a fast food restaurant called "in n' out" where they each eat two hamburgers. Later once they've arrived in Vegas they pick up their friend "slingblade." Once they start drinking he tells you that the alcohol and "in n' out" didn't sit well in "slingblade's" stomach. if you pay attention you'll realize that slingblade was in fact not with them when they ate at the restaurant so he couldn't have been sick from the burger that he did not eat. This might not be obvious to a less critical reader but it stuck out like a sore thumb to me.

I've decided that I can no longer force myself to read this book. It may be funny at times but the stories are too unbelievable for me to take seriously.

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