Gates of Eden - Ethan Coen Reviews

It has to be said that it is no great surprise that the two other reviews of this book here on dooyoo are varying between really quite good and really poor in their verdicts. For the collection looked at is very similar, with some flashes of really great and witty writing, with a lot that rather disappoints. It is also no great ...  Read the complete review

Whilst the Coen brothers' films can, according to your fancy, be praised or damned as a triumph of style over narrative, this small, imperfectly-formed but ultimately entertaining collection of stories from Ethan Coen never overemphasises easy style and never falls into drab dusty throwback storytelling, etch-a-sketch impressionistic artiness ...  Read the complete review