Review: Could be a movie
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 22, 2014
I quite enjoyed reading Fountain, although it could have been a bit shorter. The bit about the US going to war against Boyuca was rather over the top.  I suppose it was meant to be funny?  This part might as well have been left out  And I agree with one reviewer, the end is a bit childish.  Plus how could sweetwater snakes survive in salt seawater???I did not bother to check whether the author got all the data right regarding Mayan mythology and historical events.  Off the cuff however, I did spot some errors that the author might want to correct.  A married woman is addressed as Frau in German, not Fraulein, which means miss.  Seville does not have a port, as it is quite far from the sea.  There is no death penalty in Brazil, the last person was executed somewhere around 1876 if I am not mistaken.  So threatening someone with the "needle" doesn't make sense.  How could Skip send some water bottles to Los Angeles from Mexico while the US borders were closed to all traffic???  And why were outgoing flights allowed, even though the government knew that not all infected people had been quarantined?  Since I didn't take notes, I can't remember the rest of my objections and questions!In spite of all this it was quite an enjoyable read and I do not regret reading the book.  Only towards the end did I start skipping.  Plus it could become  a nice adventure movie in the hands of the right screenwriter and director.