The prose is riveting, but it is also difficult to read.
Stevenson took up some pages he had been writing and began to read aloud the first chapter of a riveting story of adventure.
The main reason for a person to read Genre Fiction is for entertainment, for a riveting story, an escape from reality.
The thrills may be low-key, but the time-slips, shifting points of view and delicately drawn details add up to a riveting read.
Even a chapter on provisioning the navy at Portsmouth makes for a riveting read thanks to these anecdotal and accidental illuminations.
"Imagine going to a bookstore or the library to pick up a riveting read, and all they have is thousands of copies of 'The Da Vinci Code,' " writes Frank Jacobs, speaking our language in the introduction to his "Strange Maps: An Atlas of Cartographic Curiosities," due out later this month from Viking Studio (you can pre-order it now).
By Jenna Krajeski September 30, 2009 "Imagine going to a bookstore or the library to pick up a riveting read, and all they have is thousands of copies of 'The Da Vinci Code,' " writes Frank Jacobs, speaking our language in the introduction to his "Strange Maps: An Atlas of Cartographic Curiosities," due out later this month from Viking Studio (you can pre-order it now).
Spies, treachery, ambushes, venomous snakes, poisoned cheese and bloody battles all mix together to make for a riveting read.
The Bottom Line: In an extended metaphor for the anguish felt when identity is lost -- an unfortunately common experience for women finding their way -- Vida manages to also craft a riveting read about the ups, downs, and self-discovery of travel.
