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Erika (17789 KP) rated This Is a Robbery: The World's Greatest Art Heist in TV

May 1, 2021 (Updated May 1, 2021)

My review of this documentary may be slightly bias because I've read several books on the Gardner Heist, including the FBI Agent's memoir who nearly tracked down the missing paintings, but got stuck in a pissing contest between agencies.
First, I felt like they should have had this FBI Agent contribute more to the documentary, rather than presenting some other theories as to where the paintings ended up. I actually thought they were going to have him appear in the last ep, but he didn't. This would have bumped up the rating for me, honestly.
Second, so many conspiracy theories with the Italian mob. I just shook my head at this. Way too much focus. The police department's focus seemed half-ass, and like they took the easy way out by blaming the mob, then didn't interview actual witnesses again.
The BEST PART of this documentary series was when they interviewed a guy that is a member of the IRA. There was a theory that the IRA had lifted them. The guy basically told everyone to F-off, because the IRA wasn't involved. I cackled because it was completely hilarious.
Overall, this was just ok. It would probably be really interesting for people that don't know anything, or very little, about the Heist. Sure, this heist is interesting, but not 'The World's Greatest Heist'.

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Becs (244 KP) rated This Is The Life in Books

Oct 2, 2019

This Is The Life

Alex Shearer | 2019 | Fiction & Poetry

2.0

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I actually ended up DNF-ing (Did Not Finish) this novel because I just couldn’t get into it. I read about 50 pages and was just so bored with the story, the writing, the plot. There just wasn’t any part of the story that appealed to me, which I find so hard to believe because I can generally get into any book and love it.

I will not be trying to reread this as it’s honestly one of those books I can never see myself getting into. When I first picked it up, the synopsis gave me a hint of a memoir style of reading and I absolutely love memoirs. But as I read, I was just blown away with how boring the writing was. There was no sense of wonder and even the story was just lacking that hint of storytelling that makes a story this grand thing, that catches your attention, and leaves you wanting more.

Don’t let my opinion on this affect whether you pick This Is the Life up for yourself, because you never know, you could love it!

“When she’d gone I said to Louis, ‘How come no one here has any worries?’ He looked at me, puzzled. ‘Everyone says “No worries,” ‘ I told him. ‘I can’t believe they don’t have any.’ “