Sentences with phrase «deal of suspense»

I can see that the narrative style generates a great deal of suspense and mystery, as the reader tries to understand why Placidia is so reluctant to give details of her life on the Hockaday plantation.
But, for all of the action in the film, there isn't a great deal of suspense or excitement.
Strikingly filmed in black and white — cinematographer Robert Crasker won the Oscar for his work — The Third Man contains a great deal of suspense, several moments of dry British humor, and a fun performance from Cotten as the wide - eyed innocent.
And though it's not jump - out - of - your - seat scary either, it does squeeze a good deal of suspense from the legitimately frightening home invasion setup.

Not exact matches

With the taut suspense of a spy novel, Voigt paints a vivid world of murder, black market deals and habitat destruction surrounding a fish that's considered, ironically, to be a good - luck charm.
Doesn't always supply the smoothest ride of revelations and comeuppance, spending more time sorting out its homework than dealing with the sweet slings of sleaze and suspense that often define the genre.
The film's plot creates unceasing amounts of sheer terror and breathtaking suspense as the ship and its crew face realistic and unknown dangers when it is continually threatened by the scientist's natural defenses while dealing with the antibodies and other factors.
If the embedded trailer is any indication, The Debt looks to harbor a great deal of thrills and suspense.
We see the ripples through his home life, as his spouse (the heartbreakingly good Tuva Novotny) deals with the unruly behaviour of their youngest son; we see the legal ramifications in courtroom exchanges that crackle with quiet suspense; and we see the positive benefits it has for his squad.
The two storylines, one dealing with love and the prom and the other following the saving of the world, parallel one another and interwine in both comedy and suspense.
While her new novel deals with many of the themes typically explored in Li's writings — assimilation to American life, the lives of everyday people in China, and the damage wrought in the aftermath of China's civil war and turn to Communism — Kinder Than Solitude also contains a suspense element.
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Since I enjoy romantic suspense novels so much, it's no surprise that I spend a great deal of time both reading and writing in the genre.
- Norrkopings Tidningar (Sweden) «A carefully woven web of suspense, a sharp dialogue and a very inventive way indeed of dealing with how a tormented brain works.»
Mostly I found her useful for pace and for the suspense part of those books as I'd never written real - deal romantic suspense before.
There's tension, suspense, heartache, misery, and a good deal of dark tongue - in - cheek humor that creates a functional world of fiction that both draws you in and keeps you invested, like any good story.
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