Books I've Been Reading: The Collectibles

Details:
Type: Kindle e-book purchased here from Amazon
Price: .99 cents
Date finished: Jan 3rd, 2012
Rating (out of 5 stars):  3 stars (I liked it)
Synopsis from Goodreads:

In his debut novel, James J. Kaufman delivers a gripping and unforgettable story of two strong men from separate worlds - one touched by tragedy, the other by greed - brought together with unexpected results. In chronicling how their lives and those thy touch are dramatically changed by their encounter, Kaufman reveals the power of relationships, the nature of love, and ultimately the meaning of life.

My review: 
I bought this book because it was listed under the .99 ebooks on Amazon and it got a fairly good rating on Goodreads. If a book gets under 3.5 stars on Goodreads, I usually won't read it (that makes me sound like a book snob oh well!). The book starts off pretty good right away getting you connected to one of the main characters. Towards the middle, there came a pretty long part once things got rolling, that involved lots of legal words (probably because the writer was a judge at one point in his life) and court room related things and I admit, I skipped a bunch of it. It bored me and helped me to fall asleep for two nights in a row. But skipping it didn't seem to cause me to miss anything of importance.

Without spoiling the ending, I got chills at one part because of something that the writer mentioned earlier about what was going to happen to one of the main characters (makes no sense being that vague but I don't want to spoil anything). I nearly cried and it left me feeling sad but also happy inside. I'm not usually one to want to read mushy books like that but it had me thinking about it for a few days after I finished and that's what makes me like a book; it's aftertaste I call it. And for only .99 what have you got to lose?

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