Paranormal Elements
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Re: Paranormal Elements
Haha, so true! Maybe we'll also get a better villain in book #2. Did you think Scordato read like a common movie criminal? Whenever his name came up in this story, I pictured him sitting behind a large desk in a dingy room, hands clasped, cackling maniacally at his own evil genius.bookowlie wrote: ↑28 Jun 2018, 13:05What a great way to describe their roles in the story! The more we have been discussed the duo, I wonder if their respective roles will stay the same in Book #2. It would be nice to see more actual detective work as well as Angela being able to stand on her own two feet - I mean that figuratively and literally since she was lying unconscious half the time.greenstripedgiraffe wrote: ↑28 Jun 2018, 06:34HA! you're right, actually... I hadn't thought of that yet. So, Angela needed Alex to protect her, but Alex, the famed art detective, needed Angela to solve the mystery. hmm.Bonnie Shelby wrote: ↑19 Jun 2018, 09:17 I was fine with the paranormal elements, I just wished it wasn't used to solve the mystery. Alex was supposed to be an art detective, yet he didn't seem to do any detecting. There could've been more suspense and intrigue if the whole plot didn't rely on Angela's visions alone.
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Haha, I kept thinking of a mob boss. Everything stays in the family and the cousins always get stuck doing the dirty work. He wasn't a very well-developed bad guy. He also bought into all the paranormal stuff way too quickly and easily. Geez if he wanted to undermine Angela and any claims she might make against him, all he had to do was show the board videos of her talking to herself and say she's nuts.Bonnie Shelby wrote: ↑28 Jun 2018, 13:55
Haha, so true! Maybe we'll also get a better villain in book #2. Did you think Scordato read like a common movie criminal? Whenever his name came up in this story, I pictured him sitting behind a large desk in a dingy room, hands clasped, cackling maniacally at his own evil genius.
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Scordato seemed too bumbling to be a mob boss. I agree he wasn't well developed. In fact, he wasn't even mentioned for long stretches of the story. As a result, there wasn't much suspense without that sense of danger from someone being on their tail.kfwilson6 wrote: ↑28 Jun 2018, 14:31Haha, I kept thinking of a mob boss. Everything stays in the family and the cousins always get stuck doing the dirty work. He wasn't a very well-developed bad guy. He also bought into all the paranormal stuff way too quickly and easily. Geez if he wanted to undermine Angela and any claims she might make against him, all he had to do was show the board videos of her talking to herself and say she's nuts.Bonnie Shelby wrote: ↑28 Jun 2018, 13:55
Haha, so true! Maybe we'll also get a better villain in book #2. Did you think Scordato read like a common movie criminal? Whenever his name came up in this story, I pictured him sitting behind a large desk in a dingy room, hands clasped, cackling maniacally at his own evil genius.
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Until they all of a sudden started trying to kill people! Scordato really got in the game at the end.bookowlie wrote: ↑28 Jun 2018, 14:49Scordato seemed too bumbling to be a mob boss. I agree he wasn't well developed. In fact, he wasn't even mentioned for long stretches of the story. As a result, there wasn't much suspense without that sense of danger from someone being on their tail.kfwilson6 wrote: ↑28 Jun 2018, 14:31Haha, I kept thinking of a mob boss. Everything stays in the family and the cousins always get stuck doing the dirty work. He wasn't a very well-developed bad guy. He also bought into all the paranormal stuff way too quickly and easily. Geez if he wanted to undermine Angela and any claims she might make against him, all he had to do was show the board videos of her talking to herself and say she's nuts.Bonnie Shelby wrote: ↑28 Jun 2018, 13:55
Haha, so true! Maybe we'll also get a better villain in book #2. Did you think Scordato read like a common movie criminal? Whenever his name came up in this story, I pictured him sitting behind a large desk in a dingy room, hands clasped, cackling maniacally at his own evil genius.
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I think it would certainly be fascinating as wellgreenstripedgiraffe wrote: ↑27 Jun 2018, 14:33More about Leonardo da Vinci would have been great! I agree with that whole-heartedly! Be fascinating to know more of the relationship with him and Fioretti, also. I wonder if that part was true, historically...kfwilson6 wrote: ↑27 Jun 2018, 13:54Except we already know their ending and it wasn't a happy oneBookmermaid wrote: ↑14 Jun 2018, 12:12 I understand your desire for more of Fioretta and Giuliano, they need a novel of their own.
Other than that, I would have liked to have read so much more about them. Especially if Ami could have delved more into Leonardo da Vinci.
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I'm starting to wish I'd taken an art history class at some point. Might be time to do some googling.Bookmermaid wrote: ↑28 Jun 2018, 16:08I think it would certainly be fascinating as wellgreenstripedgiraffe wrote: ↑27 Jun 2018, 14:33More about Leonardo da Vinci would have been great! I agree with that whole-heartedly! Be fascinating to know more of the relationship with him and Fioretti, also. I wonder if that part was true, historically...
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Although the plot could have been structured to do without the paranormal, the writing doesn't suffer for it either.
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