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The Millionaires was Meltzer's third or fourth book that he had published. It's not a bad effort in any respect. However, it's really not all that memorable. For example, I read the book a little over a month ago. I had wanted to get a few books under my belt before I hit the Stale Review blog here and busted out a bunch of content at one time. This happens sometimes. Anyway, what I remember about The Millionaires is minuscule.
Jeebus, I don't even remember the two protagonists names. I know they are brothers but the names escape me. That's pretty bad. Is one named Jeebus, by any chance?
So, I will write this with little memory of exact details. Shit, this should be fun. Well, at least for me. You poor readers will just kind of be left in the dark.
Anyway, these two brothers are working at a bank. One's a hotshot, up-and-coming account manager destined to do great things. The other is a fuck-up. Even though the two bro's have a slightly contentious relationship, they seem to get it together long enough to swipe hundreds of millions of dollars from the bank's "dead letter file". People that die, no heirs, money has to go somewhere...etc. The brother's say "hey, we should take this cash...it's like 3 million bucks". It turns out to be 300 million and the then a whole bunch of idiots get involved. This means the government.
By the way, the let's steal a little bit of money and it turns out to actually be a whole lot was a giant premise of the movie Office Space.
So, the government starts on the trail of the thieves. The brother's are, shockingly (emits sarcasm), double-crossed and end up being exonerated for their crimes because the theft turns out to be part of a much bigger conspiracy.
Actually, I don't quite remember the end of the book. See? Not memorable. I know the brothers don't go to jail. I also know they don't become stinking rich, either. So, let's run off the assumption that they get away but have to give the money back.
Seriously, folks, just skip The Millionaires. You won't remember what you read a month later. Skip it. Sorry, Meltzer, this wasn't one of your best.
The Millionaires was Meltzer's third or fourth book that he had published. It's not a bad effort in any respect. However, it's really not all that memorable. For example, I read the book a little over a month ago. I had wanted to get a few books under my belt before I hit the Stale Review blog here and busted out a bunch of content at one time. This happens sometimes. Anyway, what I remember about The Millionaires is minuscule.
Jeebus, I don't even remember the two protagonists names. I know they are brothers but the names escape me. That's pretty bad. Is one named Jeebus, by any chance?So, I will write this with little memory of exact details. Shit, this should be fun. Well, at least for me. You poor readers will just kind of be left in the dark.
Anyway, these two brothers are working at a bank. One's a hotshot, up-and-coming account manager destined to do great things. The other is a fuck-up. Even though the two bro's have a slightly contentious relationship, they seem to get it together long enough to swipe hundreds of millions of dollars from the bank's "dead letter file". People that die, no heirs, money has to go somewhere...etc. The brother's say "hey, we should take this cash...it's like 3 million bucks". It turns out to be 300 million and the then a whole bunch of idiots get involved. This means the government.
By the way, the let's steal a little bit of money and it turns out to actually be a whole lot was a giant premise of the movie Office Space.
So, the government starts on the trail of the thieves. The brother's are, shockingly (emits sarcasm), double-crossed and end up being exonerated for their crimes because the theft turns out to be part of a much bigger conspiracy.
Actually, I don't quite remember the end of the book. See? Not memorable. I know the brothers don't go to jail. I also know they don't become stinking rich, either. So, let's run off the assumption that they get away but have to give the money back.
Seriously, folks, just skip The Millionaires. You won't remember what you read a month later. Skip it. Sorry, Meltzer, this wasn't one of your best.
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