Heat Rises pgs 1 - 165

While I was thinking about what to write, I stumbled upon nothing better than the word choice that Richard Castle uses throughout the book. My favorite selection of his word choice came early in the book when Nikki Heat expresses her extreme sadness because Jameson Rook, her love interest, is off in some foreign country possibly finding other women. Castle writes, "After she locked up, she raced to her bay window and waited, there watching vapor trail from the tailpipe of his waiting town car, wanting one last glimpse of him before he dissolved" (pg 21 Heat Rises - Richard Castle). I think the word dissolved stands out right away. Rather than using "left" or "departed," Castle uses a more permanent word implying that castle may never come back. The word dissolve refers to a unitary object that falls apart into smaller pieces that are not mean to come back to together. This act that Rook dissolves from Heat foreshadows a possible falling out between the couple. As the chapter goes on, the reader discovers that Rook has been socializing with other women which confirms the suspicions of Heat as well as the foreshadowing of the word "dissolve." This small example portrays the incomprehensible use of just one word. (Maybe this is how poets like Shakespeare and Walt Whitman are so popular and effective). That power of word choice is undefinable and unimaginable if used properly and mastered. However, the difficulty of that task is almost unreachable. If I take away one thing from reading this book, it would be noticing the true talent of authors today that because of my lack of reading I have yet to realize. Authors truly possess something special that most people do not even understand (including me). That is the power of words.