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Title: I really wanted to like this book
Review: I used to live in Brooklyn, right in Carroll Gardens, where most of this book is set. I had heard such great things, and it had gotten such great reviews, but in the end it really disappointed. The main character has Tourette's as we are CONSTANTLY reminded. It seems that the author was using the Tourettes as a crutch in developing the story or even to pad the book with endless lines of drivel. Didn't add a heck of a lot to the story. Actually, nothing added a heck of a lot to the story. The story wanders, rather aimlessly, through three or four days of misadventure for some small time thugs. There were glimmers of an interesting love story, but it is abandoned. Too much, really, is wrapped up too quickly and unimpressively at the end. You're waiting for the big kick, but it never comes.I read quickly. A book this size is usually a weekend's work. Here it was three weeks. And it was work. Not recommended.
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