![]() ![]() ![]() It is a technical choice that, unfortunately, tends to create the impression of an author who, deep down, would rather be a screenwriter than a novelist – whether that’s actually the case or not. Granted, third-person, present-tense is not “wrong” in the sense that it’s wrong to perform with a badly tuned musical instrument. Regardless of how brilliantly he may play, that flat note is always there poking at me like a stray whisker in my t-shirt collar. ![]() To me, it’s like listening to a guitarist playing with his B string tuned just ever so slightly flat. Yes, Wendig is still sticking with his third-person, present-tense style, and no, I still don’t like it. While I personally enjoyed Aftermath for what it was, doing so required that I make an extra effort to filter out numerous problems related to Wendig’s stylistic and storytelling choices.įortunately, Wendig’s latest effort, Star Wars: Aftermath: Life Debt, is much better and, in my opinion, infinitely more enjoyable. The more critical ones highlighted a variety of flaws, including the novel’s wandering plotline and halfhearted attempt at resolution, as well as Wendig’s choppy writing style and insistence on telling his tale in third-person, present-tense. As many of you will no doubt recall, last year’s Star Wars: Aftermath by Chuck Wendig was met with mixed reviews. ![]()
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