![]() The book is written in first person, from the viewpoint of Jimmy Tock. ![]() The blurb’s hook leaves us asking several questions that we want answers to, for instance What are the five predictions? Where do these predictions occur? Why does it happen, and why does it happen to Jimmy Tock? And ultimately, will Jimmy survive these five terrible predictions? The main reason for a hook is to raise questions inside a readers mind (the what, where, why) and to push them on to read further. When we discover that there are five predictions but not what they are, our curiosity is sparked and we are held in a grip wanting to know more. This is a perfect example of ‘the power of a hook in a blurb’. When we read the blurb on the back of the book, we are told that there will be five predictions, but not what they are. In his dying words (over a thunder and lightning storm) the Grandfather leaves his own son (Jimmy’s Father) five bad predictions that will occur on particular dates in Jimmy’s life. Please note that there will be spoilers.Ī brief blurb of the book goes something like this Jimmy Tock is born on the same night (in the same hospital) that his Grandfather dies. ![]() ![]() Rather than describe the plot-line in detail, I will be highlighting key areas of the book that particularly drew my attention as a writer. ![]() The following review is written from a writing perspective. This week, I finished reading the suspense-thriller/horror novel, ‘Life Expectancy’, by Dean Koontz. ![]()
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