Amy Gallup The Writing Class, Book 1, (Paperback)

from melaniemaksin

A fast, fun read; an enjoyable mystery, wrapped in a writing class, inside a meditation on storytelling and the oft-times frustrated storytellers who tell them. I read this after being (mostly) stood up for a first "date" with the members of my nascent writing group. I sat in the bookstore and at...

from bearette24

I thought this book was great at first. It worked well as a literary mystery, and kept me turning pages so I could find out who the "evil" member of the writing class was. However, I thought some momentum and credibility was lost once that person's identity was revealed.

from jonwwil

Reading this book really took me back to my days as an undergrad in creative writing workshops. Although the classes I took were made up of twenty-somethings (or less) and this book focuses on a group of adults, Willett really did a fantastic job of capturing the mix of personalities and the inte...

from MarthaHuntley

This book is remarkably good on a number of levels -- a good class dynamics study, well defined and interesting characterization, witty, a psychological thriller, a mystery. Great plot. Great protagonist. And some very good points about writing, critiquing, teaching, and face it, just living, thr...

from Keeline

As a wannabe author who has been in a writing class or two I found this book fascinating. It was wonderfully written and the characters were fascinating and reminded me a bit too much of some of the people I've met in writing classes and workshops. I'm not sure I will be able to return to a writi...