Title: tedious, repetitive, and disappointing
Product review: Living in Atlanta, I looked forward to reading this expose of my cities obsession with overdevelopment. That part, Wolfe got right, but it wasn't worth wading through a book of this length.His penchant for repeating cute phrases such as "Roger Too White" and "boys with breasts" got on my nerves. But most disappointing (and disturbing) is that all the Heros of his book are white (including the really obnoxious, despicable lead character, Charlie Croker whom he converts into a rather unbelievable hero by the end of the book) and all the black characters are either portrayed in a negative light or as rather weak in principals (such as the mayor). Why couldn't Wolfe include some good African-American role models in a book about a predominantly black city?
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