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It's been six months since my last review and I've been reading all the while. However, rather than start with the oldest, I'll start with the newest. This one is Oil!, which was purported to be the basis of the movie There Will Be Blood. The movie felt like a good but inadequate effort to capture a long novel with intense conflict and interesting characters, and I wanted to see more of what seemed to be a lifelong rivalry between the two lead characters, J Ross and the preacher Eli.
( Something Completely Different (with spoilers for the book AND the movie) )
It's not a great novel, but it has made me think, and that's what I'm sure Sinclair wanted me to do. I still wish I could read the non-existent novel behind There Will Be Blood but I suppose if I wish that, I should write it myself. Instead of fascinating characterizations, I'm left with a little nausea at the immutable nature of the political machine.
( Something Completely Different (with spoilers for the book AND the movie) )
It's not a great novel, but it has made me think, and that's what I'm sure Sinclair wanted me to do. I still wish I could read the non-existent novel behind There Will Be Blood but I suppose if I wish that, I should write it myself. Instead of fascinating characterizations, I'm left with a little nausea at the immutable nature of the political machine.