Whilst on a recent vacation trip with my family, I swiped Elmore Leonard's Out of Sight from my dad once he had finished reading it. I'd seen the George Clooney/Jennifer Lopez movie quite some time ago but had never read the book - hell, I don't think I've ever read any Elmore Leonard before, although I do tend to enjoy the movie/television adaptations of his work (love Justified!!!). Someone who has read more of his stuff should tell me: how does Out of Sight stack up with his other books?
It took me a while to get into the rhythms of his writing and the dialogue, and the prose is a little too spare for my taste (I like words and lots of them, a la Stephen King, George R.R. Martin, Neil Gaiman, etc.). I also had some trouble keeping the scenes from the movie out of my head while reading and may need to see the film again to see how it compares. In a nutshell, Out of Sight is a quick read, an efficient little caper novel, but it didn't make me want to run right out and pick up another Elmore Leonard right away.
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