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A review by norrin2
Swimming with Bridgeport Girls by Anthony Tambakis
2.0
This book was well-written and very funny in spots but ultimately a disappointment for several reasons.
1. The main character was thoroughly unlikable and impossible after a point to pull for. Yeah, I know he was a gambling addict, but his constant lies, his lack of empathy and remorse made him seem like a borderline sociopath.
2. Somebody winning more than a million dollars in Las Vegas TWICE in as many days stretches credibility way past the breaking point. We're now in some gambling addict's wet dream and way far removed from the realm of possibility.
3. The pointlessly depressing ending. It was obvious that Ray Parisi was not going to win his wife back but he still had plenty of reasons to live and for him to wander off to die like a Russian space dog left a bad taste in my mouth. I know I said I didn't like the main character much but I didn't want him to die.
1. The main character was thoroughly unlikable and impossible after a point to pull for. Yeah, I know he was a gambling addict, but his constant lies, his lack of empathy and remorse made him seem like a borderline sociopath.
2. Somebody winning more than a million dollars in Las Vegas TWICE in as many days stretches credibility way past the breaking point. We're now in some gambling addict's wet dream and way far removed from the realm of possibility.
3. The pointlessly depressing ending. It was obvious that Ray Parisi was not going to win his wife back but he still had plenty of reasons to live and for him to wander off to die like a Russian space dog left a bad taste in my mouth. I know I said I didn't like the main character much but I didn't want him to die.