.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nIn the actual finished product, I felt like the flawed (for the reasons mentioned above) first visitation being the longest made the first half drag a lot. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The second half went by too quickly for me, because those stories were less flawed and more interesting. They were also how the main theme was developed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
You could still have some decrease in length of the visitations as you get later in the book to create that sense of driving towards the end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The sudden pacing shift made the first and second half seem like totally disjoint and unrelated works. My proposal wouldn’t change any content but would make the whole thing feel more balanced and would have prevented me from almost giving up several times in the first half.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I’m sorry to be down on a book I actually ended up enjoying. It was fun and had me laughing out loud at times, and the lesson to take away was excellent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
My wrath would have come down on basically whatever book I had most recently read.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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