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adrinthesky 's review for:
The Godfather
by Mario Puzo
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is an eminently readable book, and I’ll always have a fond spot for it because it gave me two of my all-time favorite movies. But Puzo clearly shines more as a script writer than a novelist, and so much of this book is bloated by secondary plots that are at best kinda useless, and at worst… well, you can’t really beat “I’m surgically making your vagina smaller so that I can fuck you better” on misogyny and pointlessness.
Overall though, Puzo created a cast of compelling characters that shine on the page and even more onscreen, so I’ll forgive The Godfather’s less appealing traits and close this by saying that overall, it was a very good time.
Overall though, Puzo created a cast of compelling characters that shine on the page and even more onscreen, so I’ll forgive The Godfather’s less appealing traits and close this by saying that overall, it was a very good time.