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misstumnus 's review for:
Seventeen
by Hideo Yokoyama
First, this is not a mystery. This is not a thriller.
As a journalist I enjoyed reading about the choices made in a newsroom, the clash between advertising and circulation and editorial and why everyone thinks the other guy is an idiot. It felt pretty realistic. But as a book, I think I wanted more — the airline crash itself was very background to everything else, and I skim-read the last few chapters because it felt like I was reading the same stuff again and again. And the protagonist's self-pity felt tiresome.
As a journalist I enjoyed reading about the choices made in a newsroom, the clash between advertising and circulation and editorial and why everyone thinks the other guy is an idiot. It felt pretty realistic. But as a book, I think I wanted more — the airline crash itself was very background to everything else, and I skim-read the last few chapters because it felt like I was reading the same stuff again and again. And the protagonist's self-pity felt tiresome.