Max's adventures are far from the violent, carnal world of "The Hunger Games," but also far from that trilogy's sharp-edged social lessons or even from the steady excitements of the Percy Jackson series.
Edwards is Mr. Obvious, lacking the steady simmer of excitement that Univision announcers bring to their telecasts.
The steady build of excitement and dread emblematic of our modern age is likely how our forebears felt at the turn of the 20th century, which is why now is the perfect time to revisit 1900, a similar age of ingenuity overdrive.
Edited by Richard K. Fox, it offered a steady dose of sporting excitement, along with articles on crime, scandal, and gossip.
Mr. Luhrmann has made the first musical that trumps the achievement of MTV, producing whirlwind excitement on a steady schedule.
As Mostow proved in "Breakdown" and "U-571," he can churn out excitement at a steady pace; whether he can handle dread — altogether a more unstable material — is another matter.
But these thoughts are delusional, because real life brings us (and even celebrities!) only fleeting excitement, not a steady string of amazing events keeping us in a forever-heightened state.
A steady stream of research has fueled excitement in the field of synthetic biology.
"There is slow, steady growth, and then you see the excitement around M.L.S.'s teams.
After a while, or a few seasons, something seems different and it is difficult not to wonder and fret: it could be that the first flush of excitement is settling into a steady, lasting relationship.
