Fade was recommended for the World Fantasy Award in 1989. Awards or even award nominations impress older readers, but young adult readers are often even more discriminating, requiring that a novel grasp their attention and keep it: Fade is such a novel. The word riveting is constantly used by Cormier's readers and critics to describe the fast-paced, suspenseful, action-packed books he writes. The other word frequently appearing in Cormier criticism is craftsman. This author carefully selects his words, rewrites sentences many times to achieve the desired effect, and reduces what could be long and boring descriptive passages to brief, sparkling similes and metaphors.
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