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Title: Ok, but not great...
Review: I would prefer to give it two and a half stars, but I'll have to stick with two. Perhaps I criticize the book unfairly -- I saw "Jackie Brown" before reading the novel. I have read several other Leonard books, and this was just not my favorite. He has a fantastic ear for dialogue, but here I often found that it overshadowed the plot, storyline and characters. Although I enjoyed Max Cherry's more substantial role, I found it hard to care about Jackie Burke, Louis, Melanie or Ordell. The over attention to dialogue also led to lags in the story. This is ok for a plane ride, but for a better taste of Elmore Leonard (in this reader's humble opinion)read "Get Shorty" instead.
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