I couldn't finish Mystic River. Too many details, not enough
substance, quite average writing. Haven't seen the movie yet,
though I bought it on DVD. Haven't read anything else by
Lehane. So many better writers to read.
Tapani Bagge
DJ-Anonyme@webtv.net kirjoitti 14.3.2007 kello
0.03:
> I'm with you Mario. I read Mystic River after having
greatly enjoyed
> his series books. Not to say it can't be done well,
but I'm
> immediately
> skeptical of any book that starts with a prologue
set decades earlier.
> So I was quickly on my guard. Still, I was surprised
how quickly it
> read. I enjoyed it well enough while I was reading
it, but as it
> settled in, things started nagging at me. The
whodunnit was not that
> surprising, with some of the red herrings depending
upon highly
> contrived coincidences. As many specific details as
the characters
> were
> given, they remained far more "types" than
individuals. And some of
> the
> gimmicks (like the runaway wife's hang-up calls)
were gratutitous and
> annoying. I haven't read another by Lehane since.
Still, it was a lot
> better than the movie, which stripped it to its
contrivances and
> cliches
> and (unlike most Eastwood-directed movies) allowed
its stars to
> chew the
> scenery, especially Award winner Sean Penn -- Bill
Murray got robbed
> that year.
>
> Mark
>
>
>
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