I’ve found another interesting blog, by one Barry Eisler. Apparently he’s famous, or something. One of his thriller books has been made into a movie that was probably never released on this side of the Atlantic.
I will say without a shadow of a doubt that I dislike modern thrillers. I just don’t find them particularly appealing; the interplay of suspence and action that seems so widespread in them is wasted on me, probably because I find the characters to be one-dimensional. That’s my taste, of course. I’m not the target audience for such books after all.
Why subscribe to Mr. Eisler’s blog then? It’s very simple, really – he is a good writer. He writes with style, clarity, and a great deal of passion on his blog, and that is something to be appreciated and valued.
I’ll probably never be sold on thrillers in general, but if I’m in a book shop and I happen to see his work, I’ll certainly recommend it to people I know who’d like it.