A review by sarkiste
Gone, Baby, Gone by Dennis Lehane

4.0

I liked this book. First of all reason for me to read this book was because I wanted to watch movie. I didn’t plan to read it just happens that I’ve got couple of Dennis Lehane’s books and even though I never got chance to read any of his books I love movie based on his book –Mystic River. So because I wanted to watch movie directed by Ben Affleck and I had this book (plus when it’s director’s favorite book you should read it) i decide to go for this one. It was fine. I like how concept of book was and the fact that this is mystery –crime book (first contemporary I’ve ever read) and that made to keep me up until very end was good job done. It’s written very real (missing better word here) but still kept nice writing style. I wanted change I go change you know. I liked his mane character Patrick Kenzie I find him very charismatic character. Not just him but also the author himself trough the words gives me feeling of charismatic person. IMO is 3,5 but between 3 and 4 I’ll give 4 because it’s very quality written.
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Svidela mi se ova knjiga. Pre svega razlog za čitanje ove knjige je bio jer sam želela da gledam film. Da sam planirala da je ničam ali se desilo da sam slučajno nabavila set knjiga Denisa Lehana i mada nikada nisam čitala ni jednu njegovu knjigu, obožavam film baziran na njegovoj knjizi Mistična Reka. Pa zbog svega toga (plus činjenice da je ovo omiljena knjiga reditelja filma Bena Afleka, a kada reditelj uradi adaptaciju svog omiljenog dela želiš da je pročitaš pre nego što gledaš) rešila sam da je pročitam. Fina knjiga. Svideo mi se koncept knjige i činjenica da kao misterija –krimi žanr (prvi savremeni koji sam ikada čitala) je uspela da me do kraja drži u neizvesnosti –do bukvalno pretposlednje glave ne znaš ko je oteo devojčicu, odlično odrađen posao. Napisana je jako realno (nemam bolju reč) a opet je uprkos psovkama i realnom govoru je uspela da zadrži lep stil. Svideo mi se glavni lik Patrik Kenzi, veoma harizmatičan lik. Ne samo da je on harizmatičan, već sam autor je kroz svoje reči meni stvorio sliku harizmatične osobe. Lično smatrm da je realna ocena 3,5 ali između 3 i 4 radije biram da dam 4 zbog lepog stila pisanja.