written by the actor ethan hawke this is a semi-autobiographical novel about a young star and a love affair. written in a vewry modern and very good prose style.

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Don't dismiss this book because it was written by the actor Ethan Hawke. It is well thought out and engaging. I couldn't stop reading it. Really spoke to me.

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Ethan Hawke is one of those gorgeous people that, having read several of his books and seen many of his films, I have managed to convince myself that we're the same kind of people. He tends to write characters similar to some of the ones he plays in the movies - the tragically brilliant, bohemian, unwashed, hyper-dramatic poet/musician/writer/actor types. This one is no exception, and follows 20-year old William as he falls in love and gets his heart broken. At first, I wished that we had gotten to know Sarah (the girl) better, so that we could have fallen in love with her too, but then I realized that she's more or less incidental to the story. It's less about William falling in love with a particular person than it is him maybe learning HOW to love. Anyway, I'm well past twenty (as is Mr. Hawke), but I love his novels because they vividly return the exquisite tragedy of being twenty. One review of the novel read "It pleased me." That's an apt review. It pleased me too.

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I liked this book. It was if one was watching a friend in a realationship that made no sense to anyone but the couple and then watching it deteriorate as you thought it would. William nearly loses his mind when he is shunned by Sarah and nearly loses himself. But he survives as he takes another step on his journey toward adulthood.

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I was surprised at how well written this book once as it was written by the actor Ethan Hawke. Pretty good reading, fairly short too.

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Well! I was expecting a little more romance out of this book, but I honestly could not put this book down. I read it in 3 hours. I thought, maybe a chapter or 2 before bed, it kept me up until 2am. Oops. It is an easy, smooth read. I really felt that Ethan used a lot of his own personal experiences to fill the book. His colorful words were refreshing. In my own opinion, I wished the ending would have turned out differently.....Read it, and make your own opinion. It make you think and wonder about the story, after you put it down. I'm still thinking about it today, (I read it last night), and I still wish it ended differently. I give it a 5 stars for it's smoothness. Good airport, vacation, or traveling book.

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