Janet B. (OkieGirl) reviewed on 11/28/2011 + 8 more book reviews

Selfish, shallow, ugly, unlikeable, disengaged characters doing selfish, shallow, ugly, unlikeable, disengaged things in an endless, lost drunken haze. Losers all! I hated this book. It was so unmemorable that I believe I read it 25 yrs ago in school and didn't remember I read it until a specific scene later in the book. Maybe I just can't relate. Thankfully, it was only 200 pages long. Thompson was a capable writer but these characters are just so undigestable. One word - pointless! Was there a point? Little if any moral lessons learned or won. If you want a good book, read The Kite Runner. Find some characters worth caring about and cheering for - not this useless lot.

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