Independent Post - Overall plot of book

The House of The Scorpion has its good moments and it bad moments. Things that I really enjoyed throughout the book were how detailed Farmer was in describing Matt’s feelings, the setting, and the overall event. Matt’s feelings were always described with adjectives that were helpful in showing how he felt instead of telling. It really drew a picture in your mind on how he looked based on his feelings. One of my favorite characters that Farmer developed was Tam Lin. His overall character really sounds awesome. The things he does throughout the book really are interesting. The way that Farmer developed Tam Lin was something I was really looking forward too while reading the book. She didn’t explain everything about the character all at once, but rather she explained in detail for every moment she exposed something about the character. Tam Lin was mysterious because Farmer showed the personality, past, and expressions of Tam Lin with a slow pace, but every single thing she talked about him was with detail. For example, when she talked about the looks of Tam Lin she really described his hair, his body, his face, etc. These were the things that I really liked about the book.

As for the bad moments about this book was how Farmer really kept a slow pace to get to the plot. She took a really long time just to get too the very suspenseful moment of the book. I know that she had to explain in detail for the climax to really make sense, but I feel that it did drag on for a while throughout the book. Once you get to around chapter 25 that’s when it really gets interesting. But for a couple of the events after chapter 25 she really kept a slow steady pace until she got to the end. The slow pace climbed to the climax in a very suspenseful way, but right when it hit the point where it was getting interesting, the book just ended. I was a little bit disappointed in how she developed that because I was expecting something more for the ending. In the end, I think that overall, The House of The Scorpion was really interesting. At parts it got a little bit boring but at the same time it made me want to continue reading to find out what happens to Matt in the future.