Ben Mezrich's book

[freaky_nea]

The movie is based on it, right? Did any of you read it? Would you recommend it?

ETA: Thank you all for your comments! I already ordered the book and can't wait to read it!

Comments

[spillingbliss]

I'm about 50 pages in - it's pretty good so far. It's (obviously) told from Eduardo's POV, so it's Eduardo heavy, but I'm enjoying it a lot!

[hadmyheart]

OH MY GOD READ IT. SO AMAZING.

[lakeeffectgirl]

AGREED.

[xbriyeon]

^ Damn, based off of these reactions I'm definitely going to have to buy this next time I go on a Chapters spree.

[leatherteal]

It's up for free download in a lot of places, iirc! Either way, it's worth it for all the references by Eduardo to Mark's ~intriguing blue eyes and stuff like this - Eduardo grinned to himself; in a matter of a few short weeks, he and Mark had become close friends. Even though they lived in different houses and had different majors, Eduardo felt that they had a similar spirit-and he’d begun to notice an almost strange feeling that they were supposed to be friends, even before they were. In that short time, he’d grown to really like Mark, had begun to think of him like a real brother, not just someone who shared a Jewish frat, and he was pretty sure Mark felt the same way about him.

[jw4ever]

I love this part. :)
I'm still on the beginning of the book, but it's great so far. :)

[freaky_nea]

Love those lines! Can't wait for the book to arrive!

[kal_ella]

oh wow, i think i need to buy this book now

[tylesti]

The prose is okay -- wouldn't rate it above some of the more mediocre fanfic you can find out here on the internet -- and the story is coherent. You get many more details on the business end of things that TSN doesn't go into; the book is much more sympathetic to Mark's reasons and Sean's concerns and more critical of Eduardo's dickish side.

There's a greater emphasis on getting girls and getting laid than there is in the movie (it's slightly closer to Sorkin's original script that way).

On the subject of girls though, would not recommend it if you're an Asian girl... Mezrich takes TSN!Wardo's "Asian girls and Jewish guys" line and blows it out of the friggin' water -- it's kind of creepy really, and honestly seriously weirded me out at more than one occasion. It's like in Mezrich's world there are blondes who are the ideal women, but if you can't get a blonde, Asians are okay too, but other than that nothing else exists. Again, it's weird and pervasive and you can try to ignore it but you can't because he won't let it goAnyway, if

[xbriyeon]

Being an Asian girl myself (though I do find Asian jokes funny at times), is it really that offensive? though I'm kinda confused considering most if not all other Asian girls I know are generally not attracted to Jewish boys. though Jesse and Andrew are obvious exceptions xD;

[tylesti]

Lol I never did say 'offensive', just creepy like. Kind of like when you meet someone and the only thing they'll talk to you about is how cool it must be to be Asian and how Asians are sooooo coooool. You feel a bit 'okay, cool story bro (please go away, you're making me uncomfortable)'

Anyhow, this is just how I read it.

[xbriyeon]

ahh, okay I see. weird xD