Sentences with phrase «pass for suspense»

It is intelligent, intriguing, and topical, but it too often gets mired in its own good intentions, too many plot convolutions, and character ambiguities that try to pass for suspense.

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NO SIMPLE ANSWERS I have been waiting for another fine suspense novel to come out of Israel since the passing of mystery author Batya Gur in 2005, and it appears my patience has been rewarded with D.A. Mishani's electrifying police procedural, The Missing File.
Though one would think watching a man pass out on the toilet for over six minutes might get boring, the driving sound combined with Foster's divine performance play into collective expectations of thrill, suspense and even comedy.
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