Do you think that this book has a plot or is it just a character study? One reviewer has said that there is no plot to the book because once Cormac is able to live forever, "he purposely avoids any drama in his life." (Book Review by W.R. Greer at
www.reviewsofbooks.com/forever/review)
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By character study do we mean this book is primarily descriptive without action? Maybe you're right there isn't a plot in the "murder mystery sense"...would we say that nonfiction books have plots? I suppose not...
As Jewell Parker Rhodes writes in "Free Within Ourselves: Fiction Lessons for Black Authors 808.02 Rho", "Plot happens; it is the action, the sequence of events in your story. Action disconnected from character is bound to fail." So, I guess, whatever action there is in the book, it is connected to the character of Cormac. But is there really much action? Is there a story you really want to read?
As I read books I see them as an organic whole; it's hard for me to seperate different aspects (plot and characters)...for me it's simply, "the book". Do you find the book too...disconnected?
I don't think the book is too "disconnected", but I don't find the plot to be compelling. I don't find myself wanting to find out what happens next.
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