The novel does not strive for realism; Ross is not trying to construct a seamless, plot-driven narrative or a sympathetic, three-dimensional main character.
A seamless combination of plot, character, theme and style.
Cross, who has won both the Carnegie and the Whitbread, is an expert storyteller: her plotting is seamless; her prose is supple and economical; she creates characters you care for, and depicts a world so plausible you can smell it.
Entertainment Weekly: "One of her great feats is that the story feels spun rather than plotted, with seamless shifts in time and characters".
In particular, Curtiz's integration of musical numbers with the plot was more seamless than in the usual Elvis vehicle.
Lars and the Real Girl, in which Ryan Gosling's family learn to accept his chaste fondness for a sex doll, handles a similar plot with one seamless tone; Foster can't repeat the trick, or even decide quite what sort of ship she's steering.
The sci-fi shooter Half-Life introduced the concept of seamless in-game narrative, with plot points delivered via dialogue rather than obtrusive cut-scenes – this urgent new style would reach its commercial zenith with the rip-roaring Halo and Call of Duty combat series.
His plotting here is seamless; his descriptions of the murky world of intelligence, its moral compromises, its back-stabbing and careerism, are authoritative.
Mr. Karam's play, which runs a little less than two hours and is performed in one seamless act, may sound top-heavy with plot and character.
"This has all been plotted out as part of a seamless transition program," said Mr. Geier, who is 65.
