Title: Nowhere characters, nowhere book
Product review: Like many others, I thought the premise of how a plane crash impacts a disparate number of characters in a small town held great promise. Of course, the problem wasn't with the premise. I think it had much to do with the characters that made up this sad group. When you center a novel on a group of characters whose common trait is the inability or unwillingness to act, you create a story that is annoying. My annoyance was replaced by irritation when each character's storyline ended with some small, lame act that, I suppose, is a sign that each is finally on his or her way. In fact, the only character that I found interesting was the kidney transplant patient befriended by one of these "nowhere" characters. Unfortunately, she was just a small part of this book. I suppose that's because she wouldn't need a plane crash to make her get a haircut, like the most annoying of the characters, Paul.
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