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i know i've been neglecting my little robots, but this book deserved all five, so i brought them back. i read this in anticipation of smith's new book, the ruins, which comes out next tuesday. i've never seen this movie or anything, so i had no idea what to expect, but this book is IN-TENSE! basically: three guys find a wrecked plane with 4.4 million dollars in it. they take the money and come up with "a simple plan" (get it??) to keep the money for six months to make sure no one claims it, and then to split it three ways. but things go horribly, horribly wrong. smith's writing is really amazing, clean and well-paced and very tight. and i was really creeped out by how easy it was for this completely normal-seeming narrator to rationalize the horrifying things he does during the course of this story. CHILLING. now i really can't wait for the ruins!
i also can't wait for the keep, jennifer egan's newest, which amazon says will come out august 1! bookslut gave it a good review and it seems to align quite nicely with my current taste for books that thrill and chill.
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