I'm usually a huge fan of Mr. Starr. I consider him to be the Jim Thompson of Generation X. His plots are always noir-ishly dark and you often can't tell much of a difference between his heroes and his villains.His latest book starts with a house robbery gone bad. And the rest of the book deals with the consequence of that robbery. Unfortunately, I just couldn't seem to get into the main protagonist or his family. They were just too unlikeable and I didn't want to root for any of them to succeed. The main antagonist's main motivation behind his actions also did not seem plausible enough for him to justify his actions.Definitely worth waiting for a user paperback edition. This book had it's high points and low points for me. The characters flaws seems to be a bit overwritten and magnified beyond what was necessary. I normally like a book with a clear protagonist and a clear antagonist. The lines blurred in this one, which was probably intentional.Overall I enjoyed it, but would have really liked to learn more about Johnny's background and hear less about Dad.It was the first book I read by this author and something tells me I will be checking out his others.
I thought that the style the story was written was different.It was kind of slow and boring.
—Anna
Good book, some parts were predictable but quick read, twists and turns all over the place.
—Shosho
This is great: thriller and psychological comedy
—Shawj4
a little too real....freakily possible
—robbiegt13
