In a message dated 8/18/03 4:09:48 PM,
matrxtech@yahoo.com writes:
<< As always with Block, descriptions of New York are
accurate and evocative, but that isn't enough to save this
book.
>>
I see this one differently. Block has chosen a sociopath
hit-man as a protagonist, and he manages to make the story
interesting, the dialogue funny
(PoohBear is cutesy. I don't see this as cutesy), and the
characters suffiently compelling that readers will come along
and care what happens. It took great skill to carry this off,
and I believe Block did just that.
Jim
Blue
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