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Review title: Comparisons to "Bonfire" are apt
Product review: Reading these reviews, it seems to be quite a controversial book... people either love it or hate it, with little middle ground. I loved it in quite the same way I loved "Bonfire of the Vanities," as a comedy very much of the time. There were so many good ideas on almost every page, several of which would seem to be the catalyst for novels of their own. As a snapshot of our times, the novel's windows on LA, NY, Seattle, software and media were so funny and appalling. And as a guy who works peripherally in the TV business, the TV parts seemed very accurate. I had a major difficulty with the ultimate fate of a major character (and I'd appreciate an e-mail from someone who can explain this unmotivated plot development late in the book---what did I miss?) but I really enjoyed this novel. I wonder what people who complain that this book was "boring" were reading.
