Easily about 150 pages too long, THE QUICK presents a fantastic premise... and promptly does nothing with it. Likewise the handling, and ultimate conclusion, of certain characters is mostly unfulfilled. Lauren Owen has an interesting style, jumping the narrative between multiple characters and their own voices into, and out of journal entries, which fits both the time and locale. However, this style also gives way to lengthy, and unnecessary, exposition forcing the narrative into the same shadows that many in her book inhabit, ending as a dull read in a genre that has certainly produced better efforts.
As always,
theJOE
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