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A review by lagerlout
Stone Junction by Jim Dodge
3.0
This book is daunting, ambitious, overly long, prone to tangents and full of sex. It's so much fun.
There is a lot to unpack in [b:Stone Junction|526652|Stone Junction|Jim Dodge|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1348416386l/526652._SX50_.jpg|3294819] and you can tell author [a:Jim Dodge|158844|Jim Dodge|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1285967635p2/158844.jpg] has lived many, many lives. He crams so much into this book it made me stop and put it down several times just to wrap my head around what was going on.
High stakes gambling, lock and safe cracking, mastering disguises, alchemy, drugs, meditation, whores - our hero Daniel learns about life at breakneck speed and has a host of colourful teachers along the way. The way to what isn't particularly clear but the journey there is a hell of a ride.
I did feel the first half of the book was exceptionally better than the second half. Daniel's mother is one dynamite character and I wish we had of followed her story more. As my friend who recommended it to me said: "Kid Daniel was ace but adult Daniel is a little bitch."
Apart from the brat Daniel turns into, this book is very different and worth the time. It's a world of violence, drugs and strangely promiscuous women. It's a TRIP.
There is a lot to unpack in [b:Stone Junction|526652|Stone Junction|Jim Dodge|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1348416386l/526652._SX50_.jpg|3294819] and you can tell author [a:Jim Dodge|158844|Jim Dodge|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1285967635p2/158844.jpg] has lived many, many lives. He crams so much into this book it made me stop and put it down several times just to wrap my head around what was going on.
High stakes gambling, lock and safe cracking, mastering disguises, alchemy, drugs, meditation, whores - our hero Daniel learns about life at breakneck speed and has a host of colourful teachers along the way. The way to what isn't particularly clear but the journey there is a hell of a ride.
I did feel the first half of the book was exceptionally better than the second half. Daniel's mother is one dynamite character and I wish we had of followed her story more. As my friend who recommended it to me said: "Kid Daniel was ace but adult Daniel is a little bitch."
Apart from the brat Daniel turns into, this book is very different and worth the time. It's a world of violence, drugs and strangely promiscuous women. It's a TRIP.