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Flash Mob
You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. You’ll dance. You’ll die!
Home from graduate school for Christmas, Tommasina “Tommy” Pastor is filled with the holiday spirit—of dread. The thought of quality time with her overbearing and mob-connected North Jersey family drives Tommy to seek escape in Montclair's New Year's Eve Flash Mob, organized by Scotty, a local schoolteacher. Tommy’s grandfather, an aging mob legend, has something very incriminating to him sitting in a safety deposit box in the Montclair town center bank, to be opened by the FBI when the new year starts. While Scotty's two best friends try to prevent him from screwing up yet another romance, Tommy's brother concocts a scheme to use the flash mob as a diversion to protect the family secret. As the countdown to the New Year begins, everyone is in for a hilarious and romantic adventure where the only thing for certain is that family will always be there for you—like it or not.
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Home from graduate school for Christmas, Tommasina “Tommy” Pastor is filled with the holiday spirit—of dread. The thought of quality time with her overbearing and mob-connected North Jersey family drives Tommy to seek escape in Montclair's New Year's Eve Flash Mob, organized by Scotty, a local schoolteacher. Tommy’s grandfather, an aging mob legend, has something very incriminating to him sitting in a safety deposit box in the Montclair town center bank, to be opened by the FBI when the new year starts. While Scotty's two best friends try to prevent him from screwing up yet another romance, Tommy's brother concocts a scheme to use the flash mob as a diversion to protect the family secret. As the countdown to the New Year begins, everyone is in for a hilarious and romantic adventure where the only thing for certain is that family will always be there for you—like it or not.
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385 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 30, 2013
About the author
Robert O'Connell
12 books2 followersRobert O’Connell is a career educator and humorist. He and his family spent many years in Montclair, New Jersey. He has three children and currently lives with his wife in South Florida.
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August 15, 2019
This is a fun and funny look at people, personalities, and problems. Did the author enjoy pouring this story out of his witty brain as it seems he must?
My ADDENDUM to the back cover teaser:
"You'll laugh, You'll cry, You'll dance,
You'll die"-ALOGUE YOUR WAY THROUGH ...
... "FLASH MOB" by Robert O'Connell
One hears how writers struggle to craft their work; this book comes across as the exception. One hears that dialogue is difficult to construct, but this novel is ninety-nine percent snappy, fluid banter. Character development is excellent and remains consistent throughout. Personalities grow as the story builds, and none are superfluous.
There could be a sitcom made from this. There should at least be a movie. Mix one part "Being There" with many doses of Mel Brooks and parodies of New Jersey and "The Godfather."
My typical reading style is one that examines the content for nuance, clever wording, and a well-tracked storyline. This work drew me through the very short chapters to savor scene after scene, providing a departure from my analytical nature.
Yet most content I desire is here. When Carter suffers a painful lesson after pursuing the wrong girl, he entertains a crisp analogy, "I recently went fishing in a smaller bear's stream. It seems that the smaller bear had four rather large friends who he got to suggest that I fish elsewhere."
Feelings are expressed and sometimes satirized. Relationships are characterized and sometimes charicaturized ... touching a broad landscape:
-Parent-child. Husband-wife.
-Brother-sister. Brother-brother.
-Boy-girl. Men-women.
-Friend-friend. Black-white.
-Mob-mob! ...
"Flash Mob" is something quick. While the term refers to dance, I predict you will finish this novel in a flash. Your pearly whites will flash from the smiles it brings to your face. Enjoy your experience with author O'Connell's "Flash Mob."
My ADDENDUM to the back cover teaser:
"You'll laugh, You'll cry, You'll dance,
You'll die"-ALOGUE YOUR WAY THROUGH ...
... "FLASH MOB" by Robert O'Connell
One hears how writers struggle to craft their work; this book comes across as the exception. One hears that dialogue is difficult to construct, but this novel is ninety-nine percent snappy, fluid banter. Character development is excellent and remains consistent throughout. Personalities grow as the story builds, and none are superfluous.
There could be a sitcom made from this. There should at least be a movie. Mix one part "Being There" with many doses of Mel Brooks and parodies of New Jersey and "The Godfather."
My typical reading style is one that examines the content for nuance, clever wording, and a well-tracked storyline. This work drew me through the very short chapters to savor scene after scene, providing a departure from my analytical nature.
Yet most content I desire is here. When Carter suffers a painful lesson after pursuing the wrong girl, he entertains a crisp analogy, "I recently went fishing in a smaller bear's stream. It seems that the smaller bear had four rather large friends who he got to suggest that I fish elsewhere."
Feelings are expressed and sometimes satirized. Relationships are characterized and sometimes charicaturized ... touching a broad landscape:
-Parent-child. Husband-wife.
-Brother-sister. Brother-brother.
-Boy-girl. Men-women.
-Friend-friend. Black-white.
-Mob-mob! ...
"Flash Mob" is something quick. While the term refers to dance, I predict you will finish this novel in a flash. Your pearly whites will flash from the smiles it brings to your face. Enjoy your experience with author O'Connell's "Flash Mob."
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February 10, 2018could not read this book. language uncalled for. too many good books to read to spend time on this book.
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