Off Track - Clare Curzon Reviews
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Newest Review: ... how they met. The plot is very much like the game "Six Degrees of Separation", in that everything and everyone is ... more
... linked to everything else in some way. It makes things rather confusing and just a little too coincidental for my taste. I accept that some suspension of disbelief is required whenever you're reading fiction, but this seems to require a little too much of it. It's made worse by being set in real towns and there are references to actual events to help act as a comparison and set a time frame.
Many of the individual plot points share this lack of realism as well. Lee's actions in this first instance and his re...more
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Off Track - Clare Curzon: A Little Off (884 words)by - written on 10/11/08 (Very useful, 92 readings)
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Apparently, Clare Curzon has been writing for many years and has published more than 40 books, but "Off Track" was the first time I had come across her work. Unfortunately, the experience hasn't really encouraged me to read any of her other books. Lee Barber is a train driver who has plans until one night he overshoots a station and is reported by a passenger. A few nights later, Lee comes across the man he believes reported him and, his mind muddled by drink, attacks him. It soon transpires, however, that the man he has attacked was instead a disgruntled biological scientist, who is on his way to meet a newspaper reporter to tell the world what ... Read the complete review
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