I actually thought some of what he wrote was pretty funny--some intentionally, some unintentionally. At least he had the decency to admit he up front he didn't read the book. I wish the reviewer who raked Bad Thought over the coals for not being up to snuff with crime novels written by the likes of Lehane and Parker had that decency--anyone who read more than 40 pages of that book would know it was as much a horror novel as a crime novel. Anyway, this kid also had the decency to post a mea culpa.
--- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "James Michael Rogers" <jeddak5@...> wrote:
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> At least he got a good drubbing on his comment section. Not that this seems to have recommended the course of wisdom to him.
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> ----- Original Message -----
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> Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: In New York again
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> Mark, good point. There's not much Boston about The Departed outside of it being filmed in town and the bad Boston accents (especially Alec Baldwin's!)
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> Sonny, you know, it's actually not that unusual to see reviews where the reviewer didn't read the book first--this guy was just one of the first to admit it. Usually you can tell when this is done since these reviews sound like they're written from the jacket copy.
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> --Dave
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> --- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, Mark Sullivan <DJ-Anonyme@> wrote:
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> > The thing I love about the blog is how he says The Departed offers a more accurate version of the Bulger story. The Departed is a pretty straight adaptation of a Hong Kong movie, Infernal Affairs (with part of Infernal Affairs 2), not a "based on a true story" version of a Boston gangster.
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> > > Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2010 15:52:44 +0000
> > > Subject: RARA-AVIS: In New York again
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> > > Paul Tremblay and I are going to be in NY Tuesday night at the Mysterious Bookshop from 6:30-8:00, with Paul reading from No Sleep Till Wonderland (terrific book--I read an advanced copy, and I think I commented here already about it) while I'll be reading from Pariah, maybe a bit from Killer. If people can show up, it will be great to meet you.
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> > > Also, I stumbled on this the other day, thought it was kind of funny--a blogger in South Boston commenting/critiquing on Pariah not from reading it but from thoughts about what it might be about after reading a Boston Globe review for it.
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> > > http://sugarshacksouthie.com/?p=6
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> > > --Dave
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