Title: 21: Bringing Down The House
Author: Ben Mezrich
Date of Publication: 2002
Basically, if you've seen the movie 21, you know the general idea of the book itself, however the book is almost completely different from the movie. It's about an MIT student named Kevin Lewis, and his story about his involvment in the Blackjack team at MIT.
At this point, I am 115 pages into the book, and so far I love it. The chapters jump around from being present-day (2002) Boston, and Vegas, to being 1994 at MIT, Atlantic City, and Vegas. I wasn't expecting the book to be so different from the movie, but either way it's still good. My friends seem to be under the impression I'm only reading the book because the movie had one of my favorite actors, Jim Sturgess in it, but after seeing the movie and really liking it, everyone was telling me to read the book, because it was so different.
Though I'm only 115 pages into the book, I expect to continue being just as good as it is now.
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Only 115 pages in??? That's pretty far. I hope that you're enjoying the book. It sounds like you get to explore the character's psyche. Do you feel connected with him or not? How is the author affecting your experience with the character?
i really enjoyed the book, it was amazing. i really did get to get into the main character's head, since the world of card counting can pose itself to be pretty stressful. the author is just voicing what the main character told him about his vegas experiences, so i was more or less reading a biography about 4 years of his life
Yeah I saw the movie and thought that it was awesome. Usually with books that have been turned into movies, people say that the movie was not as good as the book. However, in this case I think it will be tough competition. Through the grape vine, I heard that the book actually wasn't as good as the movie. But Im glad that you are enjoying it!
keep up the good work, dude! :)
yeah... she's REALLY connected with the character :P
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