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A review by almostokay
Blown by Mark Haskell Smith
4.0
Bryan LeBlanc decided to trade a life as a lackey to a Wall Street bank for sailing, beautiful women, great food and a somewhat-endless paradise. However, he decides the best way to do that is to embezzle money from some of the bank's clients (~ $15 million). All he has to do is get away with it. Knowing the ins and out of how banks should make this easy, right?
This book was a quick, fun read if you don't mind lots of sex and... lots of mentioning of sex. Many may think this book is nonsensical but entertainment is entertainment and I was definitely entertained!
I did appreciate how the story was presented by different characters and how diverse they were - a Korean-American woman, a gay man, a Black man from Curaçao. Even despite the chase to catch Bryan and/or the money, it was surprisingly an interesting commentary on the lengths people would go to for money.
There's no real way to explain my experience with this book but it was a refreshing change of pace and content that I didn't realize I needed. It was a matter-of-fact situation with characters making impromptu decisions for their own happiness which seems fine by me. Money, crime, betrayal, sex positivity (surprisingly), no drugs (also surprisingly) and a common quest to find something greater in life than just the mundane.
This book was a quick, fun read if you don't mind lots of sex and... lots of mentioning of sex. Many may think this book is nonsensical but entertainment is entertainment and I was definitely entertained!
I did appreciate how the story was presented by different characters and how diverse they were - a Korean-American woman, a gay man, a Black man from Curaçao. Even despite the chase to catch Bryan and/or the money, it was surprisingly an interesting commentary on the lengths people would go to for money.
There's no real way to explain my experience with this book but it was a refreshing change of pace and content that I didn't realize I needed. It was a matter-of-fact situation with characters making impromptu decisions for their own happiness which seems fine by me. Money, crime, betrayal, sex positivity (surprisingly), no drugs (also surprisingly) and a common quest to find something greater in life than just the mundane.