I purchased this book on tape from the All-a-Dollar Store near my house, desperate to have something to listen to during the commute and was pleasantly surprised. Granted, there is language and if you have an issue with the "f-bomb" you should NOT read this book. If you don't have a problem with it, hold your horses before you think I'm recommending this read.
You see, the first four chapters were intriguing and full of thought provoking quotes I just had to share with friends. Each of these sparked fantastic conversations on the social media wall (don't we all wish we could be using spray paint to grafiti a wall?!) However, several chapters later I realized that, while all of these interesting plot twists were occurring, the depth had gone right out of the novel and been replaced with a Shock and Awe Campaign to rival President Bush's onslaught on Iraq.
Let's just say there will be a movie and the movie will not have a hard time squeezing one breathing-taking conundrum in next to every other one. I'm pretty sure the part that will get lost will be the search for the perfect location for the doughnut shop. Horses rescued by helicopter, massages in places you dont' want to know about, surprise famous writers and musicians next door, and don't forget about the homosexual son coming out of the closet by getting drunk and telling dad he wants to %$*& him -- oh! or the Los Angeles earthquake that let's loose a flood of ground water and the hero of the book riding the wave out to the sea by floating on a dining room table made of styrofoam (hollywood movie set furniture).
Did I spoil it for you with the spoilers?
The only thing that held my interest in this book was the narrative point of view. It was completely limited to the main character. People were "the guy", "the woman", etc. until he knew their names. It was like having this man's life unfold in front of my eyes. Too bad it wasn't worth the view after the author gave up depth for gimics.
You see, the first four chapters were intriguing and full of thought provoking quotes I just had to share with friends. Each of these sparked fantastic conversations on the social media wall (don't we all wish we could be using spray paint to grafiti a wall?!) However, several chapters later I realized that, while all of these interesting plot twists were occurring, the depth had gone right out of the novel and been replaced with a Shock and Awe Campaign to rival President Bush's onslaught on Iraq.
Let's just say there will be a movie and the movie will not have a hard time squeezing one breathing-taking conundrum in next to every other one. I'm pretty sure the part that will get lost will be the search for the perfect location for the doughnut shop. Horses rescued by helicopter, massages in places you dont' want to know about, surprise famous writers and musicians next door, and don't forget about the homosexual son coming out of the closet by getting drunk and telling dad he wants to %$*& him -- oh! or the Los Angeles earthquake that let's loose a flood of ground water and the hero of the book riding the wave out to the sea by floating on a dining room table made of styrofoam (hollywood movie set furniture).
Did I spoil it for you with the spoilers?
The only thing that held my interest in this book was the narrative point of view. It was completely limited to the main character. People were "the guy", "the woman", etc. until he knew their names. It was like having this man's life unfold in front of my eyes. Too bad it wasn't worth the view after the author gave up depth for gimics.
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