Review: A good read but could have been better and shorter.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 11, 2013
"J. Angelo Greco III, MD" is the author of "PALS: women, & grenades" novel. Although book name is little unconventional and little bit mouthful but it follows the story and thus makes sense (once you are through with the story). As the story contains some mature content, it is not advised for younger readers; and by mature content I mean explicit sex scene(s). In any case stories main focus is not romance, but to explain relationship between characters and for that details were needed.I liked the way author was able to explain whole book in single statement even before book started, In authors words: "how sex, murder, betrayal, and the pursuit of societal immortality threatens the friendship between two men whose very allegiance to one another has catapulted them to the edge of greatness".From crazy college days and their plan for moving to Atlanta and how it changed their life forever, book flashes back and forth between past and present life of main character. All the while reeling past mistakes and good deeds and weighting their impact on their today's self. The thing to look forward to in this book is its core story, that is the story of becoming mature by thoughts rather than just by age (by counting mistakes).After reading book name and some plot line, I was thinking of this one as more of a mystery thriller kind of read but as it happened, it is little bit of mystery and more of day-to-day life in fictional sense. The language used in the book is easy to read but sometimes hard to follow, there are jumps in time; and that needs some time to get used to. I really loved the Joe's witty statements and David's business logic. Here's one that I highlighted pretty early while reading, "We thought we knew what we wanted and what the world was all about. Now we are just old enough to know that we don't know s***."The critical part of me wants to say that, book has some real choppy paragraphs and story seem to be dragging but if you are the person of road and journey than destination then this could be the read for you. So on concluding notes this book deserves 3.5 out of 5. A good read but could have been better and shorter. Thanks.