The Beach

[singlemalt]

by Alex Garland.

Started out ok. Half-way through, it's kind of stuck in the mud. Hope it picks up.

[shamatha1]

The Beach is a book that impressed me less and less upon reflection than it did when I was reading it (when I thought it was great).

Though the movie spawned a review which spawned one of my favorite lines (I can't remember the reviewer):

"As Leonardo DiCaprio learns, it's not paradise if there are hippies there."

Amen.

[singlemalt]

ok, finished it. good ending. kind of saw it coming.

now, do I see the movie and see how bad they screwed it up? perhaps, perhaps.