Helpful Score: 1
This novel reads like a screenplay, and I don't mean that as a compliment. It is written almost entirely in the present tense, there is minimal character development and virtually no exposition. And then to thoroughly disorient the reader, two or three scenes of simultaneous action are often presented in narrow columns on the same page to ensure readers get the point that they're happening concurrently. There's a fine, nail-biting plot here, and I'm sure it will become an exciting movie; but it's not at all what I look for in a novel.
