Hiaasen seems to be doing things by numbers now: characterisation is generally a means to a cheap laugh, which means his protagonists are easy to get a handle on and hard to like – and that goes for the righteous good guys, too.
It's fairly clear what's going to happen from the off, but Staincliffe is a sensitive and humane writer whose talent for characterisation is such that our investment in Naz, Holly, Jeff and the rest of the potentially doomed passengers is the fuel for real suspense.
Throughout, it reveals Tejpal's eye for characterisation and description.
Member, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research For characterisation of human cancer genes.
But stardom unquestionably supplied Everett with people to observe, and his chief gift is for characterisation.
His vivid descriptive powers, his talent for characterisation... Realist (Lostwithiel) writes: Has Smallweed taken leave of his senses?
It contained enough paint for characterisation by XRD.
Conditions for characterisation of such properties are given.
However, she considered Rowling's gift "not so much for language as for characterisation and plotting".
HK performed immunohistochemistry. TA helped for characterisation of antibody.
