Book Review | Matthew C Lamb

What you may not have noticed about The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

August 19, 2018

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I want to say a few quick words about Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy (aka The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and friends). It took me a while to figure out why I’ve been enjoying these books so much, but I think I’ve finally nailed it. It’s the characters So many novels these days are based…

An excerpt from a book review written by Lee Child

June 11, 2016

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| Categories: Book Review, language, Literary, News & Blog, Suspense, Thriller, Writing

I came across this review of Hunters in the Dark by Lawrence Osborne, written by none other than Lee Child, author of the Jack Reacher novels. I’ve pulled out his intro below, which contains an uncomplicated and practical definition of ‘literary’ as opposed to ‘suspense’ writing. A valuable distinction for genre writers wanting to move…