A review by susannes_pagesofcrime
Chicago by David Mamet
1.0
I started reading this last year, got to about 85 pages done and put it down, it was annoying me. It has been sitting on my shelf ever since and I just had to be done with it so I picked it up again and ploughed through it.....I shouldn't have bothered.
A lot of reviewers say it is dialogue heavy, which is true, what a lot of them don't say is that the dialogue is so unrealistic it is ridiculous, confusing and frustrating. It is also pretty repetitive and doesn't live up to the expectation of being a great gangster tale full of jazz.
A lot of reviewers say it is dialogue heavy, which is true, what a lot of them don't say is that the dialogue is so unrealistic it is ridiculous, confusing and frustrating. It is also pretty repetitive and doesn't live up to the expectation of being a great gangster tale full of jazz.