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After watching the movie Shattered Glass, I picked up the book thinking that they're usually better than the movies they inspire. Right up front, Glass says that it's not a memoir, not meant to be read as anything based in reality. But truth be told, the story seems to follow his own life pretty closely. So possibly the only reason I enjoyed it so much was because I could actually see Hayden Christensen's whiny drooling mugging face mouthing lines from the book. The writing's not too bad. A little too crisp sometimes for my own taste, but we all know how much I love the ornate wordiness of eastern romantics. But it's a fair look into the devolving mind of a journalist whose desire to impress quickly overwhelms his obligation to the truth. And much like when I was reading A Million Little Pieces> I could honestly empathize with many of his sentiments. I could see myself falling into those traps. But that's why I studied literature, not journalism.

2023-01-20 02:23