The Liar
Nora Roberts, an American bestselling author, is considered “the queen of romance”. Her novel The Liar was released on April 14, 2015 and has a four out of five star rating. In this novel, Nora showcases her ability for unique word usage and her ability to use intense descriptions; however, while the novel had many twists and turns that were suspenseful the ending was foreseeable.
Nora Roberts was born Eleanor Marie Robertson on October 10, 1950, in Silver Springs, Maryland, the youngest of five children. She married her first husband after high school and began writing in 1979, while stuck in her home during a snowstorm with her two sons, although she claims no real ambition to become a writer. Her first attempts of having her novels published …show more content…
I chugged it down as fast as I could because the taste was so hard and sour to me, then I sicked it all back up again. I never did acquire a genuine taste for beer”. (Roberts 128) In this passage the word sicked is a very unique way to describe becoming ill. Again it fits with the story line of being from the south and how they would speak throughout the story. However, it is not something a reader would likely hear someone say. A person is more likely to say “I threw it back up.” In reference to being ill over alcohol then they are to say “I sicked it back …show more content…
She uses stars of color in contrast to the wildflowers allowing readers to picture many different colors almost sparkling as they sprout up from the ground. Roberts also uses fresh butter in contrast to the daffodils which allows readers to picture the perfect color of them as if they were taking the walk themselves.
A second example of Roberts’ intense descriptions is in passage: “She’d known places to sit and look out at forever. How the whipper-will sounded when dusk fell in clouds of soft, soft gray after the sun died red behind the peaks”. (Roberts 57) This passage allows for the picture of a beautiful sunset. You can almost see the reddening sun setting behind the mountain tops with the clouds changing from their snowy white to the soft gray color as night begins to fall and almost hear the whipper-will in the distance making the infamous “whipper-will, whipper-will” whistling
Nora Roberts was born Eleanor Marie Robertson on October 10, 1950, in Silver Springs, Maryland, the youngest of five children. She married her first husband after high school and began writing in 1979, while stuck in her home during a snowstorm with her two sons, although she claims no real ambition to become a writer. Her first attempts of having her novels published …show more content…
I chugged it down as fast as I could because the taste was so hard and sour to me, then I sicked it all back up again. I never did acquire a genuine taste for beer”. (Roberts 128) In this passage the word sicked is a very unique way to describe becoming ill. Again it fits with the story line of being from the south and how they would speak throughout the story. However, it is not something a reader would likely hear someone say. A person is more likely to say “I threw it back up.” In reference to being ill over alcohol then they are to say “I sicked it back …show more content…
She uses stars of color in contrast to the wildflowers allowing readers to picture many different colors almost sparkling as they sprout up from the ground. Roberts also uses fresh butter in contrast to the daffodils which allows readers to picture the perfect color of them as if they were taking the walk themselves.
A second example of Roberts’ intense descriptions is in passage: “She’d known places to sit and look out at forever. How the whipper-will sounded when dusk fell in clouds of soft, soft gray after the sun died red behind the peaks”. (Roberts 57) This passage allows for the picture of a beautiful sunset. You can almost see the reddening sun setting behind the mountain tops with the clouds changing from their snowy white to the soft gray color as night begins to fall and almost hear the whipper-will in the distance making the infamous “whipper-will, whipper-will” whistling