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I had no expectation
that this was going to be a great work of literature. I didn't think
it was going to change my life, make me believe in a higher power
or change the way I live. I knew it was going to be a little bit of
light reading for the summer--a small distraction between slices of
dense post-modern prose. In this way I wasn't disappointed. What was
ultimately disappointing was the empty feeling I came away with after
turning the last page, I've never read a grifter/caper book before.
I tend to like this genre of film, but reading about it is a completely
different thing. You aren't distracted by the actors and the scenery.
You have to concentrate solely on the plot, making it that much easier
to see through all the twists and turns. By page five I pretty much
knew exactly what was going on. I knew who was screwing who, who was
going to end up getting it in the end, etc. The author tried the Sopranos
approach of giving his criminal main characters some substance by
maligning them with mental issues and general "regular person"
problems. Hmmm, it's not new anymore. Despite its shortcomings, the
book was entertaining for the most part and fulfilled that bubblegum,
summer reading craving. It'll be interesting to see what they do with
the movie--the trailer actually looks pretty good.
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