Mark Saha

This book is outside my normal tastes. I tend towards either historical fiction or dark, spikey noir tales of blood and chaos. I was most pleasantly surprised. It’s a buddy tale of two twentysomethings, a good guy going nowhere and his fast talking high school pal, a screwball petty hustler. It’s a silly caper that goes wrong by degrees and a tale of them both growing up a bit. The characterizations were excellent, especially the internal monologues. The pacing was fine and the writing enjoyable. It’s not complex enough to rate a five but it’s a most enjoyable four. Content is suitable for younger readers while being mature enough to hold my aged self’s interest.… (más)