His carefully honed syntax gives the narrative energy and a whirlwind pace.

Pohl's best fiction has always combined bracing intellectual curiosity with contagious narrative energy.

Not one to husband his narrative energies, McCammon writes here as if he had several lives to squander, weaving together.

It lacks the bright narrative energy of the latter's stories, in vivid contrast with their dreamlike lament.

This left him an enormous amount of scope for demonstrating the kind of narrative energy that most English fiction-writers would have given a great deal to acquire.

The novel loses narrative energy just as the events that take place become most crucial.

Such a strong opening presents Egan with a problem: how can he sustain the narrative energy?

As a display of narrative energy and wealth of invention, "The Satanic Verses" is impressive.

Arana's fascination with the turbulent marriage of her parents generates the book's restless narrative energy.

Although the film has plenty of narrative energy, what is glaringly missing in the film is a compelling central performance.