Boomtown
Nowen N. Particular
- Reading
- Try reading the opening together, then check in after the factory incident: is the story feeling funny, tense, or a mixture? Continue independently or together according to that response.
- Themes
- Risk and adventure: Jonny and his friends encounter an explosion and are described as having death-defying adventures. The premise signals danger and excitement, but does not show whether the story treats risk lightly, seriously or in another way.
- Worth knowing
- An explosion, a curse, a threatened rescue and “death-defying” adventures feature in the premise. Consider whether that kind of fictional peril is a comfortable fit for your reader.