Review: The Fickled Finger of Fate
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 31, 2014
We've probably all experienced situations, movies or books like this one which have caused us to wonder whether the results might not have been made better or worse were something to have been changed. This short book explores this theme in fine fashion creating a character that I felt rather sad for in the end. Consider this passage "..to imagine himself there, in Hollywood, as part of the live audience. He would clap when they did, he would cheer when they did." This was reinforced later on with the passage "He would often practice his own acceptance speech: thanking his family (that he did not have), his agent (who had forsaken him years ago)..." I had to "harumph" with regard to the finish as you knew what was coming, but I still enjoyed the story a great deal as well as all the crisp characterizations. Very good book!