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Title: Better As a Movie Than a Book
Review: I read this book for two reasons. First, I read Keanu Reeves was negotiating to play the lead in the film version. Then I came across the book again. Two times in one week; so I decided I should read it. Having just finished the lyrical descriptive style in "Cold Mountain," going to Thayer's minimalist sentences was like shock therapy, food without spice. As a tale teller, Thayer's constructed a tight suspenseful plot. As a novelist, his style is bare bones. I think White Star could make an excellent screenplay. The love interest seems more obligatory than inspired and it's action-packed. As a novel, it's okay.
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