Originally posted by Struck By the Thunderbolt:
I finally watched the original film on AMC; then I read the book in two days and I'm halfway through the second film. Next up after I finish watching the trilogy is reading The Sicilian, and then The Godfather Returns....
....Just thought I'd let you all know that the appeal of the Godfather lives on, and not just in wannabe gangsters...
It's nice to know that a good read lives on. On the novel side of the board, we have an 8th grader chiming in. This is something you should both know:
The Godfather is a trash novel. It's a great trash novel, but it's trash novel, nonetheless. At your ages, you should be reading great books by people like Joseph Conrad, Alexandre Dumas, and Jack London. Once you read all of those, you can move on to Jane Austen and the Bronte sisters.
Once you have all of that background, then you will be able to find something useful in trash novels like The Godfather and the Da Vinci Code.
And whoever placed Romeo and Juliet in a 60's mafia setting is an idiot.
