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A review by lilias
Gone, Baby, Gone by Dennis Lehane
3.0
Thank you to William Morrow for the copy!
It goes without saying, but the book is better than the movie.
I know movie makers have to make certain choices that whittle away some details of a book to make the story fit a feature length movie, but most of those choices for this film were centered around Angie’s character. They all but whittled her away for the movie. She’s just as much a private investigator as Patrick in the book, and when I watched the movie again just before finishing this book, I thought to myself, I swear, “Harvey Weinstein probably had something to do with this movie.” And lo, there on the Wikipedia page: Miramax. Gross. No wonder the strong and capable Angela from the book is a weepy second thought in B.Affleck’s directorial debut.
Anyway. This review is for the book, not the movie, right?
I liked this book a lot more than I thought I would. This is a solid pager turner of a thriller. I’ve never read anything by Lehane before this, but I respect the choices he makes in this book, keeping the reader in a gray area under the gray sky of Boston. Plus I like wallowing in despair, and this was chock full of it.
I waffled between giving this three stars (solid and enjoyable) and four star (really gd good), and what it comes down to is I don’t need to read another of his books. I think I got it? And it was good.
It goes without saying, but the book is better than the movie.
I know movie makers have to make certain choices that whittle away some details of a book to make the story fit a feature length movie, but most of those choices for this film were centered around Angie’s character. They all but whittled her away for the movie. She’s just as much a private investigator as Patrick in the book, and when I watched the movie again just before finishing this book, I thought to myself, I swear, “Harvey Weinstein probably had something to do with this movie.” And lo, there on the Wikipedia page: Miramax. Gross. No wonder the strong and capable Angela from the book is a weepy second thought in B.Affleck’s directorial debut.
Anyway. This review is for the book, not the movie, right?
I liked this book a lot more than I thought I would. This is a solid pager turner of a thriller. I’ve never read anything by Lehane before this, but I respect the choices he makes in this book, keeping the reader in a gray area under the gray sky of Boston. Plus I like wallowing in despair, and this was chock full of it.
I waffled between giving this three stars (solid and enjoyable) and four star (really gd good), and what it comes down to is I don’t need to read another of his books. I think I got it? And it was good.