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Jump

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After being mildly entertained by Lupica's novel Bump and Run, I decided to read his first novel, Jump. I was very disappointed. It is a very poorly written book with week characters, a shakey plot at best, and terrible dialogue. This was his first novel and he did seem to get better with Bump and Run, so I will probably take a look at his future offerings. I suggest skipping this one and picking up one of his newer books.

Dialogue is jumpy.....story is old....everything in the world revolves around New York to him, no wonder he doesn't actually watch games that he comments on. Thought he would be much better....very disappointed.

It is an interesting story, the problem is that it's too much like reading the sports section in the newspaper these days. When I pick up the sports section I like to read about sports, but it's sometimes hard to find in all of the financial and crime news. If you like Mike Lupica, you'll probably enjoy this book, but if you want to read a much better Lupica novel, try to get your hands on the Peter Finley novels (Extra Credits, Limited Partner and Dead Air).

Look, we're not expecting Conan Doyle or even Agatha Christie here. This is first and foremost a New York and more specifically Knick fan's read, with a passable story holding it together. Sort of like reading Kinky Friedman with a Knicks-theme bonus. Give it a try and enjoy.