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A review by jacob_s
Appointment in Samarra by John O'Hara
4.0
This book feels like a precursor to the kind of high-stress story telling experience perfected by the Safdie Brothers in "Uncut Gems." There's a twisted pleasure in watching from a remove as someone spirals, making bad decision after bad decision. You know it will all end badly for Julian from the beginning, and yet you can't look away.
O'Hara is a talented writer with a wry humor, though I'm not sure the title he's chosen was the best fit for the tale he set out to tell: Julian's demise doesn't feel inevitable so much as inscrutable - some of his decisions simply didn't gel with who he seemed to be as a character.
O'Hara is a talented writer with a wry humor, though I'm not sure the title he's chosen was the best fit for the tale he set out to tell: Julian's demise doesn't feel inevitable so much as inscrutable - some of his decisions simply didn't gel with who he seemed to be as a character.