Get Shorty by Elmore Leonard

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Get Shorty

Elmore Leonard

3.76 AVERAGE

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daniel1501's review against another edition

4.25
adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

oviedorose's review against another edition

3.0
adventurous dark tense

sheamussweeney's review against another edition

4.5
funny lighthearted tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

liamkeith's review against another edition

4.0
lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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sdl010's review against another edition

4.0
adventurous funny fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Loveable characters: Yes

harbo101's review against another edition

4.0
A clever novel, with great dialogue. Not sure how I've managed to not read Elmore Leonard previously, but I plan to read more from him--very entertaining!
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noonjinx's review against another edition

4.0
funny lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
This was a fun read. Leonard makes his gangsters (even the bad guys) engaging and human and he clearly loves movies but is happy to send up the movie industry.
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youjely's review against another edition

4.0
The characters were great and the action was cool. I thought it was going to be a cliche mob book, but it was way more than that. The story was very self-aware especially the ending. Will read moe Elmore Leonard novels.

jackdoodle's review against another edition

4.0
funny lighthearted tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

doctortdm's review against another edition

2.0
Similar to others who rated this book poorly, the story started out great but then all of the dialogue got in the way. I read Elmore was unhappy with Dustin Hoffman and this book was his revenge.

I didn't like the movie either.

This won't dissuade me from continuing though all of his writing.