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Title: Great story, poorly done
Review: After reading an excerpt in Wired magazine, I excitedly ordered "Bringing Down the House". Overall, it's a great story: supergenius kids living a rockstar lifestyle in Vegas, but unfortunately Ben Mezrich (author) comes up short. This is his first attempt at non-fiction, and it shows. Some flashes of actual interviews and unfabricated dialogues appear throughout the work, but it left me disappointed in the end. This work should have let the facts, and the people behind them, speak for themselves, instead of relying on an unnecessary fiction-like framework.
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