I’ve averagely enjoyed reading thriller stories so I’ve decided to try The Fast Buck, which I randomly found in my university’s library. Funny how the author is unknown to me because apparently, he is dubbed as the King of Thriller Writers. Given that it was the first book to make me witness Chase’s writing style, my impression would be that he mastered in bringing out the characters’ personalities without being straightforward in revealing it. It’s as if the audience would decide whether to take pity on Baird and Rico or remain bitter to them as the story went on. This actually helped in changing the way I want the events to happen. Although the plot is somehow predictable, Chase had this unique idea of inserting circumstances that would deeply focus the situation in two or more perspectives. I think this gave color to the story because it didn’t just focus on cruelness, as typical thriller stories would be. The only thing I didn’t want was the way he wiped out the characters. It was understandable that death would always occur but I couldn’t understand why Chase had to draw them out in a fast and similar way: targeting the head. From Bruce to Gillis, and even factored in Hater’s. The ending absolutely shocked me, especially when Anita Jackson’s confession came. But it was still a hanging one, and not that type of “hanging” that would leave you wanting some more adventures, but rather in need of a clear ending. All in all, this book reveals much of what the real world is experiencing today; greed is everywhere and we continue to dismiss everything to achieve that personal desire, only to realize that we end up not wanting it at all.
Rating: 3.5/5
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