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benj_78 's review for:
The Godfather
by Mario Puzo
3.5 stars
It's kind of hard to rate a novel beloved and copied as much as this one has since it's release. I can definitely see why is has remained so popular over the years, but the pacing wore me down too much. The subplots and backstories inserted between major main plot moments killed the momentum for me. The movie made a very wise decision by cutting these out completely. The author could have told a linear story, dropped the Johnny Fontane and most of the Carlo Rizzo bits, and still made a 300+ page novel that would have, in my opinion, been much better! Maybe even a favorite.
As it stands, I'd definitely recommend it to any male reader I know. I'd just tell them to feel free to skim the character chapters that they don't care about.
It's kind of hard to rate a novel beloved and copied as much as this one has since it's release. I can definitely see why is has remained so popular over the years, but the pacing wore me down too much. The subplots and backstories inserted between major main plot moments killed the momentum for me. The movie made a very wise decision by cutting these out completely. The author could have told a linear story, dropped the Johnny Fontane and most of the Carlo Rizzo bits, and still made a 300+ page novel that would have, in my opinion, been much better! Maybe even a favorite.
As it stands, I'd definitely recommend it to any male reader I know. I'd just tell them to feel free to skim the character chapters that they don't care about.