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Okay, here’s a
hypothetical situation… Say you’re out in the middle of nowhere, and you find a small
plane crashed in the middle of a field. You check it out, and you find that the pilot’s
dead—and he has been for a while. In the plane, you also find a duffle bag. You open
it, and out spills packets of hundred-dollar bills. Probably about four million dollars’
worth. So what do you do? Do you do the “good” thing and report the money? Or do you
take the money and run? After all, the plane has been out there for a while—no one’s out
looking for it. So no one’s looking for the money, right?
What do you
do?
When Hank Mitchell poses the question to his wife, Sarah, she tells
him that she’d return the money. But that’s when Hank realizes he’s made a mistake by
asking her about a hypothetical situation. “Hypothetically…I wouldn’t have taken
the money, either,” he says. But he did take the money. He and his brother,
Jacob, and Jacob’s friend, Lou, decided to take it. And they had the perfect plan.
They’d take the money, hide it, and tell no one. They’d wait until summer, when someone
would most likely stumble upon the plane, there in the nature preserve. If something
happened, and it looked like they were going to get caught, they’d just burn the money.
If not, they’d wait a while, split up the money, and leave town.
But the
plan doesn’t turn out to be as simple as Hank first thought. In order to cover up his
lie and protect the money he even resorts to murder. And as the weeks pass, he finds
that he’s no longer the good guy he once was.
A Simple Plan is a
chilling story about greed and fear—and about what it takes to turn a good guy into a bad
guy. At times, it was actually just too much for me—it was hard to keep reading as Hank
sunk deeper and deeper. It’s a well-written book—and it’s definitely a fascinating
read—but it’s also a tiring read. It’s not the least bit uplifting—and it’s not
something to read right before bed. Believe me. I lost a lot of sleep over it. If
you’re looking for a good yet disturbing book to read, you won’t be disappointed by A
Simple Plan. Just be prepared.
And now I think it’s best for me to
move on to something light and brainless. I need time to recover…
Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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