Graeme distancing himself from prize ringpiece David Platt earlier this month was an important, albeit subtle, plot juncture.
(Daniel M. Gold) ★ 'rogerandtom' From a conventional start — Penny waits in her apartment for Roger to arrive so they can go see the new play by their brother Tom Julien Schwabab's witty absurdist comedy quickly gets surreal, with a subtle plot that twists and folds back on itself.
(Isherwood) ★ 'rogerandtom' (closes on Saturday) From a conventional start — Penny waits in her apartment for Roger to arrive so they can go see the new play by their brother Tom Julien Schwabab's witty absurdist comedy quickly gets surreal, with a subtle plot that twists and folds back on itself.
The writing, subtle plotting and, most of all, the strong portrayal of characters really should have made Masters of Sex one of the most-watched dramas of last year.
Amid all of this winking, nodding and subtle plotting, James found time to rout the Knicks and Nets, presumably his two greatest suitors in July.
After praising Faletti's elegant and subtle plotting, Beha turns his review into a jeremiad: It's time for writers of genre fiction to learn how to write, he says.
Bainbridge lays out a subtle, oblique plot involving a mysterious older man named Scurra, who is at once a father figure and a rival to Morgan, and an unattainable young society girl, of whom Morgan observes, "Dancing with her was like holding cut glass".
The political thriller, however gnarled, calls for an agile energy of maneuver and a sharp if subtle definition of plot and character.
Canning had hoped that Tracy's storyline would be a "subtle, fairly straightforward plot", in contrast to the wackiness the series had a reputation for, but found it unfunny.
There are layers of subtle meaning and plotting here; the work not only stands up to rereading but rewards the effort.
The New Yorker's Briefly Noted review called it "a fine, strong novel....The plot's subtle pattern is the attentive reader's ample reward".
