“This is a good un.
It’s a little slow getting started. Probably owing to the structure, which takes place in one decade for quite a stretch, then flashes back, then flashes FURTHER back, so we have to do some resetting more than a few times, and I’d say the flash that goes furthest back was probably a little…ooh, I’m going to use a book word, “indulgent.” That’s my fancy way of saying I’d’ve appreciated some attempt to write around that, or at least its length.
But don’t let that stop you from reading this one. It’s EASILY worth it by, eh, I’d say 30-some-percent of the way through, ballpark.
Someone who’s read this, I missed something: What did Eb get from the dude? Is that a clear enough way to ask without spoiling? “