Gin Lane: A Novel of Southampton

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Summary: Shallow, pretentious, boring
Review: Fresh off reading A Hampton's Christmas, I wanted to like Gin Lane. I enjoy James Brady's mixing of the well-known and the fictional and have not found so likeable character as Beecher Stowe IV in a long time. And it is fun to try to place a name on the characters you should know, but their real names aren't being used. This was definitely a step above The House That Ate the Hamptons and its "credits" (including Lady Alix's nipple ring) on the inside printer's page. This book lacked the soul of the Hampoton's christmas book, and was a pleasant diversion, but not as good as I had hoped.

Rating:
Summary: All I can say is BORING
Review: My title says it all. This book was really, really boring.

Rating:
Summary: Shallow, pretentious, boring
Review: This book is as shallow, pretentious, and boring as the characters it portrays. We already know James Brady is friendly with celebrities, but who cares? This is not storytelling -- it's name dropping. I expected much more from a "best-selling" author.

Rating:
Summary: Little plot, but, after all, it is a beach read
Review: This book really doesn't have much of a plot--much less than others in Brady's Hamptons series, but it is still interesting. It is designed to be a beach read and required minimal effort to understand it. I read it with this in mind, and found it interesting. It's the story of an offensive radio personality who has come to ultra-snobby Gin Lane and the various attempts to kill him. That's it, plotwise, but the dry humor and interesting, if shallow, characters are enough to carry this lightweight novel, if you view it as such: a lightweight novel.

Rating:
Summary: Little plot, but, after all, it is a beach read
Review: This book really doesn't have much of a plot--much less than others in Brady's Hamptons series, but it is still interesting. It is designed to be a beach read and required minimal effort to understand it. I read it with this in mind, and found it interesting. It's the story of an offensive radio personality who has come to ultra-snobby Gin Lane and the various attempts to kill him. That's it, plotwise, but the dry humor and interesting, if shallow, characters are enough to carry this lightweight novel, if you view it as such: a lightweight novel.