Review: Routine effort
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 10, 2014
Pains me to say it but felt like the author did not have his heart in this one.  I love his other work and felt like this could have been so much more.  I like the concept, liked the main character (under-developed as he was) but can't forgive the overly obvious plot "twists", color-by-numbers love interest, or half-hearted attempt to connect the story to one of the best novels of the 20th century.  Seriously, if you are going to invoke Fitzgerald and Gatsby, you had better deliver the artistic goods.  Hope that the author is more engaged next time around.