Sentences with phrase «plotted second chapter»

Star Wars: The Last Jedi unspools like a one - movie binge watch, a lively if overlong and busily plotted second chapter to the latest Star Wars trilogy that advances the story and deepens its characters with a combination of irreverent humor and worshipful love for the original text.

Not exact matches

The essential plot of the story of the lie is repeated a second time of Abraham in chapter 20 where the scene is Gerar, not Egypt, and where, with a greater show of moral sensitivity, the story attempts to mitigate the patriarch's lie (v. 12) and maintain the sexual integrity of his wife (vv.

With even a halfway compelling story, this could have actually made some modest returns, enough to have those who have seen it yearning for the second chapter to flesh out many of the scantly - developed plot threads.

Poems are intense: A novel may take chapters and hours to establish an emotional connection through the characters and plot — poetry can do so in seconds.

Early on, we realize one member of the party will disappear during this fated excursion, but the plot twists and turns before we know who turns out to be the corpse mentioned in the second chapter.

The first few chapters are a little slow because the novel is told from the perspective of seven different characters in three different persons - first, third, and the slightly awkward second - which takes a bit of getting to grips with, but once the groundwork is laid the plot moves at a fair clip, offering many reasons to keep reading, not least of which is the opportunity to experience a different side of Bolivia from what most of us imagine - suffice to say, it ain't all ponchos and alpaca!

The core plot only kicks in in the second last chapter, making the previous locations feel utterly disconnected and irrelevant.