Comments on: The Compound – Claire Thompson

By: Michael Dunellen

Michael Dunellen — Wed, 22 May 2013 16:54:03 +0000

I actually would have liked for it be a little darker. Jane didn't mention it but this was the book that prompted her recent rant about Contracts. Forcing Alexis to meet the terms would have added a bit more drama but it didn't really play into the ending. The solution wasn't Deux Ex Machina but it was close.

By: Jane

Jane — Wed, 22 May 2013 16:30:51 +0000

Lol! The music video bonanza was a bit of an off-the-cuff thing – don’t worry, the stick figures will be back!

Re. the book itself … the writing was good but the character interactions just didn’t work for me. There was some hard action and then some very soft stuff that just didn’t seem to blend/meld together very well. And I really wanted more meaningful interaction between the hero and heroine much earlier in the story. The breast caning also had me sitting up and clamping my arms over my chest. It seemed a lot harder at times than was safe but maybe I was interpreting the scenes as more severe than they were …

By: iw

iw — Wed, 22 May 2013 08:03:27 +0000

so not a winner then?
sounds like neither of you particularly liked this and were left feeling unsatisfied?
missed the drawings Jane, sorry but there are only so many Beatles clips one can watch!