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kayafraser
Apr 07, 2014kayafraser rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
A good, engaging story--suspenseful and evocative. Some passages are a tad overwritten; the poeticism occasionally gets a little carried away and I wanted an editor to have used a sharper scalpel. But Moore is at her best describing the weirdness of parties and other social gatherings, with their complex, invisible filaments of relationship and communication, and that comes through several times. She has a knack for choosing when to unleash a wonderfully bizarre detail in the midst of humdrum realism. Built around these images, there are sections of this novel that feel like embedded short stories, brilliant and startling. (Not altogether surprising: Moore's short stories are excellent.) The central relationship, between the protagonist and his friend and accomplice, is fascinating, and remains a source of mystery at the end of the story. The ending felt somewhat rushed to me, but overall the pacing was not bad. Nice to see Moore try out a very different type of story with _Caught_. I look forward to what she has in store next.