Thursday, February 6, 2014

Ranger's Apprentice 12- Building Suspense

The author builds suspense in this book through ways that most people do; through unexpected events and lots of detail. Throughout this book, there are many surprises, instead of just one or two. I will name a few, trying to be vague so I don't spoil anything. But this is still a MINOR SPOILER ALERT. The reason that Will became so mad and unhappy was a huge surprise. The fact that he was willing to get kicked off of the Ranger Corpse in order to get revenge was another. It was also surprising who Will's apprentice was. Finally, Will was captured in the end and almost killed. END. There were also a few other smaller surprises, but those were some of the main ones.

The way that the author is able to stretch out a story without making it boring is also a big reason why this story has a lot of suspense. It's like those times in other books and movies when you know what's going to happen in general, and you think you know how, but whether or not it actually happens, you never would have guessed how it did.

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