The trouble is that the novel's over-the-top climax — which brings Lula and Alvo's story colliding with the story of Mister Stanley's family — is silly and contrived, and it's so implausible that the reader's trust in the author is severely dented.
There are tense moments, but they don't culminate in over-the-top climaxes.
But nothing topped the climax at No. 9, as Woods described it.
Produced by Karel Reisz, it was perhaps the last gasp of the northern kitchen-sink boomlet inaugurated by Room at the Top and climaxing with Reisz's Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, and its failure at the box-office caused producers to withdraw from the genre.
Roman Reigns' journey to the top of World Wrestling Entertainment climaxed Monday night when he defeated Sheamus to capture the World Heavyweight Championship.
In The Nation, however, he concludes his review: I could not resist the wish that Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer had topped its aquatic climax — a huge pool full of girls, fountains, and spouts of flame — by suddenly draining the tank and ending the show with the entire company writhing like goldfish on a rug.
In The Nation, however, he concludes his review: **{:.break one} ** I could not resist the wish that Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer had topped its aquatic climax — a huge pool full of girls, fountains, and spouts of flame — by suddenly draining the tank and ending the show with the entire company writhing like goldfish on a rug.
The London Jazz Festival prides itself on being up to the minute, but I couldn't help noticing that all the bands (except Rollins, who's a law unto himself) stuck to the time-honoured programme strategy of building up to hysterical climax, topped off with a spectacular, flailing drum solo.
As the soprano begins to sing, her words are supported by the orchestra until she reaches a climaxing top A. The movement is resolved when the strings hold a chord without diminuendo for nearly one and a half minutes.
It is still possible for half the teams to finish top and this weekend's climax in Rome, Paris and Cardiff makes the Tri-Nations look positively one-dimensional.
Marina Mescheriakova sang "Ernani, involami" with uneven intensity, creating the illusion of climax on top notes by swooping up to them in crescendos.
