a padded short story
shallow, sophomoric. the story was good, but choppily told and the sex was like sugar-water on steak: didn't belong, had no purpose, tasted wierd. the acusations that this is a money grab after the events of sept 11 are definitely misguided, this book was well in the works long before and was on bookshelves that week. it's too bad that it is less of a tribute to firefighters (as it claims to be) and more of a tribute to shallow relationships. overall it seems like it was a short story that got dragged out, stretched and padded.