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 Derailed - James Siegel
 Derailed - James Siegel ... 2004-07-15 by Time Warner PaperbacksNewest Review: ... ends up in you can understand why he has arrived there. Almost every decision he makes is logical, at the time, and mostly ... more ... is the only decision available to him. In fact in an entire book full of twists I would say there was only one pivotal incident which I thought was out of place in the real world, the rest of the story you could see happening quite easily.
The characters are well developed, even the ones which only have a small part to play. Charles is neither heroic nor strong in a lot of ways. Although in essence he is the hero of the story he falls down a lot of times throughout the book. Indeed, even the villains in the book ha...more |
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Derailed - James Siegel: Completely Derailed. (826 words)
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"Derailed" by James Siegel was a story I first came across when I watched the movie starring Clive Owen and Jennifer Aniston. Sometime later I was given the book by a friend who highly recommended it. Despite this recommendation it has taken me some time to read it due to other books being higher up my priority list. However, I caught the movie again last week and it prompted me to dig out the book. It is the story of an advertising executive, Charles Shine, who encounters a fellow commuter on the train. Instantly attracted to each other they start an affair. It's at this point that Charles's life begins to fall apart on almost every ... Read the complete review
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