{"id":28814,"date":"2022-01-21T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-21T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=28814"},"modified":"2022-01-17T17:34:35","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T22:34:35","slug":"bullet-train-by-kotaro-isaka-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=28814","title":{"rendered":"Bullet Train by Kotaro Isaka \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1419756338?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=craizabls&amp;camp=1789&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;creativeASIN=1419756338\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2022\/z012122bullettrain_zview.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"744\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1419756338?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=craizabls&amp;camp=1789&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;creativeASIN=1419756338\"><strong>Bullet Train<\/strong><\/a> by <strong>Kotaro Isaka<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hardcover: 432 pages<br \/>\nPublisher: Harry N. Abrams<\/p>\n<p>First sentence&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tokyo station is packed.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Overview:\u00a0 Beware of Spoilers\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><u>Bullet<\/u> <u>Train<\/u> is an international best seller about five assassins on a Japanese bullet train trying to retrieve a mysterious suitcase before one of the others can get to it.\u00a0 Descriptions of the book that compared it to a stylish modern day yakuza film directed by Quentin Tarantino got my interest.\u00a0 When I learned that <u>Bullet<\/u> <u>Train<\/u> was being made into a action thriller directed by\u00a0 David (<em>John Wick<\/em> franchise) Leitch starring Sandra Bullock, Brad Pitt and Zazie Beetz.\u00a0 I was sold.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I went into <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Bullet<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Train<\/span> with high expectations for a fast moving, exciting tale with interesting characters and action.\u00a0 What I got was far from that.\u00a0 The assassins are on the train.\u00a0 They have names like The Prince, Tangerine and Lemon.\u00a0 There&#8217;s a subplot about a hospitalized boy in danger.\u00a0 Instead of action we get tons and tons of talk.\u00a0 Some of the assassins (and the main psychopath) are school children.\u00a0 Two that work together (Tangerine and Lemon) spend pages and pages talking about Thomas the Train.\u00a0 The dialogue often seemed forced at best.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I seldom quit a book before finishing it.\u00a0 I&#8217;m usually a pretty good judge of what I&#8217;ll like.\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Bullet<\/span> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Train<\/span> sounded like exactly the type of story I&#8217;d love.\u00a0 Sadly it wasn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rating:<br \/>\n<\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/logo\/zview_f.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bullet Train by Kotaro Isaka Hardcover: 432 pages Publisher: Harry N. 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