Crash Barry

It seemed like a good idea at the time... [b:Sex, Drugs and Blueberries|10239749|Sex, Drugs and Blueberries|Crash Barry|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51fUWpInUhL._SL75_.jpg|15139775] by [a:Crash Barry|4586524|Crash Barry|http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg] explores how quickly things can go wrong when someone makes a series of bad decisions. Ben is starting a temporary job picking blueberries to make ends meet and falls in with some bad characters. Things quickly spiral out of control and Ben starts looking for a way out, but still keeps making bad decisions.… (més)

It seemed like a good idea at the time... [b:Sex, Drugs and Blueberries|10239749|Sex, Drugs and Blueberries|Crash Barry|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51fUWpInUhL._SL75_.jpg|15139775] by [a:Crash Barry|4586524|Crash Barry|http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg] explores how quickly things can go wrong when someone makes a series of bad decisions. Ben is starting a temporary job picking blueberries to make ends meet and falls in with some bad characters. Things quickly spiral out of control and Ben starts looking for a way out, but still keeps making bad decisions.… (més)

When I first started reading this book I quickly got bored, put it down, and forgot it existed. I found it a few days ago and read it. It wasn't worth remembering. The main character seems to think he is better than all the other drug addled nutjobs in this book but he isn't, not even a little better, in fact he may be worse. He is strung out on basically what ever drugs he can get, mostly from the people he thinks are losers, through pretty much the whole book. He cheats on his wife, cries, then after whining for a few chapters starts to do it again. If this had come with a decent ending it might have been worth the time but the ending was the worst. The ending was so predictable I knew what was coming only a chapter or two into the book. The best thing I can think of to say about this book is that the characters were fairly vibrant but not developed enough or original enough to make up for the bland events trying to be a plot.… (més)