pdotb reviewed How fiction works by Wood, James
Provides a somewhat academic approach to a discussion of the main elements of fiction using …
Hard going
2 stars
Admittedly I'm probably not part of the target audience for this book; it was recommended to me by someone with a BA in English Lit, though I never went past O-level, and that was quite some time ago. Still, this felt like hard work. There's a phrase in English something like "wears its learning lightly" and, to be frank, this book isn't it.