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A Simple Plan by Scott Smith
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A Simple Plan (edition 2006)

by Scott Smith

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From the author of The Ruins comes his debut New York Times bestselling thriller

A SIMPLE PLAN

Read by Griffin Dunne

Hank Mitchell thought he lived an ordinary, ordered life. But on one chilly afternoon, Hank, his brother Jacob, and Jacob's unsavory pal Lou, make a discovery that offers a chance for a life filled with riches beyond their wildest dreams. And in a fateful moment, Hank lays a plan to claim that life . . . and the horrific crumbling of his ordered world begins . . .

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Member:Samkwrth
Title:A Simple Plan
Authors:Scott Smith
Info:Vintage (2006), Paperback, 432 pages
Collections:Your library
Rating:*****
Tags:Thriller

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A Simple Plan by Scott Smith

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    sturlington: Both are books in which found money leads to unexpected, horrific consequences.
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The theme is human greed. The main character is a married man that is willing to do anything to hold on to what he has acquired. And when I say anything, I mean ANYTHING. A good story that could have been even great, but I feel the author’s main character gotten a bit to extreme to my taste, in fact to such a degree that mid through the book what had been a tragedy changed into a parody. ( )
  nitrolpost | Mar 19, 2024 |
First edition as new
  dgmathis | Mar 15, 2023 |
Nothing is as easy as you think! ( )
  TamiWeyrick | Feb 27, 2023 |
This review contains spoilers.

This took me something like 25 days to read. I read the first 100 pages in one day. The beginning and the end were great, gripping. Middle got slightly boring. Never hard to read or anything, but didn't compel me to read on like the beginning and end did. I suppose a few things didn't seem terribly believable, like the main character and his wife's lack of shock at some of the things. I'm pretty sure I would have more than "a tight knot in my gut" if I killed six people in a couple of months. Overall though I was convinced and it was interesting seeing how it turned out. ( )
  J.E.Schier | Oct 12, 2022 |
Loved this book. I didn't get around to reading it when it first published, despite some recommendations. But found it thoroughly engaging. I try to capture this in my own writing -- depicting the slippery slope of human self-rationalization. And Smith's prose, in the body of a thriller, is just exceptional. Something to aspire to as a writer. ( )
  Mike_Trigg | Feb 10, 2022 |
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No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.
- - MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT
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For my parents, with special thanks to Alice Quinn, Gail Hochman, Victoria Wilson, and Elizabeth Hill
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My parents died in an automobile accident the year after I was married.
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Fiction. Literature. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:

From the author of The Ruins comes his debut New York Times bestselling thriller

A SIMPLE PLAN

Read by Griffin Dunne

Hank Mitchell thought he lived an ordinary, ordered life. But on one chilly afternoon, Hank, his brother Jacob, and Jacob's unsavory pal Lou, make a discovery that offers a chance for a life filled with riches beyond their wildest dreams. And in a fateful moment, Hank lays a plan to claim that life . . . and the horrific crumbling of his ordered world begins . . .

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