![]() ![]() The killer’s point of view comes in the second person present tense as he goes through his final day. No way I’m reading 300 pages of second person present tense. I admit, I skipped ahead to make sure this wasn’t going to last the entire novel. I’m not a fan of the present tense or of the second person. You are in a cell, convicted of multiple murders, awaiting your execution. The trouble starts with the opening scene told in the second person present. ![]() You won’t find that kind of comfort in Danya Kukafka’s Notes on an Execution. A plot that moves to the comfort a solved puzzle brings. Readers of crime fiction don’t necessarily want to be challenged with experimentation or troublesome themes. Much of the time the formula is part of the fun. Someone I know, not a fan, described it as too “rat-a-tat-tat” for his taste. I am a fan of crime fiction, but I’ll admit the genre can be a bit stale at times. ![]()
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