Title: Cross between Danielle Steele and Nick Hornby
Review: I could not get interested in this book. Distill this book down and it's Nick Hornby (slackers looking for meaning) meets Danielle Steele (affairs and intrigue). Boring and it doesn't bring anything new to the table.And why not just be blatant about the city? I can't grasp the point of using the skeleton of the city, yet renaming EVERYTHING...even Town Lake. I mean, it's not like the river is going to sue you for using its name. Good grief. If the goal was to make the Austin setting into Everytown, USA, why go to such efforts to describe Austin? But the great thing about Austin is precisely that it is NOT just anywhere. Go with it, girl!Regardless of any "government-industrial-media complex" this book might explore, the root of any good book is an interesting plot and compelling characters--neither of which exist in this book. This topic would be better discussed as an essay.
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