The House of Sand and Fog... the book...

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It is ot a bad book, but it really peaked in the middle, where it started taking very strong American Hollywood flavor. The characters that showed plenty of promise up to that point, started getting flatter all of a sudden.
I guess the author had his plan, with the ending defined, and he rather suddenly started forcing things towards that predetermined ending. And therefore lied his weakness - as the ending was not really psychologically called for.
This is too bad, as really I was beginning to love the characters, and I think a more talented writer would be able to do something less trivial with them. Simply put, there was very little real foundation for Les's actions, and it was downhill from there. His boneheaded actions actions in the end were not consistent with the character as defined in the first half of the book... it felt like he had some breakdown, but that was not presented in the book, and his thinking during the ordeal do not hint at any psychological problems... just dumbness and perhaps pressure to oblige the author.
I still would like to see the movie, as I have no idea how closely it followed the book

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Topic - The House of Sand and Fog... the book... - Victor Khomenko 14:56:40 06/20/04 (6)

Didn't read the book yet... - Alex Yakovlev 06:10:00 06/21/04 (0)

In the bonus material it was brought out . . . - albee33 17:02:50 06/20/04 (3)

Re: In the bonus material it was brought out . . . - Victor Khomenko 17:16:11 06/20/04 (2)

I don't recall the movie going into his finances . . . - albee33 17:39:31 06/20/04 (1)

Interesting... - Victor Khomenko 18:20:31 06/20/04 (0)

Haven't read the book, but that's pretty much my opinion of the movie.(nt) - Ears 15:03:51 06/20/04 (0)

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