Falsies: not mascara but hope

Honestly I usually hate books assigned for school (partially because they're assigned and also because they're usually less than exciting.) But this one is actually good. It makes me want to learn to count cards, anyone with me? Let's start a club at city shall we? I was kind of confused at first when the author was talking about getting off the plane because I wasn't sure if he was himself or Kevin but I really enjoy how he doesn't tell the story from Kevin's perspective he tells it from the outside because it makes me feel like I'm apart of their elite circle. I like how he gives us just enough information on card counting to make us feel like we could actually go out and do this without making it too "mathy" or a how-to book. It's a story, not a black jack guide which keeps the audience captive and interested. There is, however, an element of teaching. Which I like because as I said before it gives you enough information to make you think you'd understand. It's kind of like the way they describe Vegas, where the house gives you just enough to make you think you could win, but you won't. The book gives you just enough information to make you think you could count cards but you can't.
This kind of relates to the ideas of modernism because we talked a lot about false hope: people thinking they have a chance when they don't. That is the basis the casinos have, let you win just enough to make you think you can and then beat you down lower and take all your money. It's odd then that the book has the same effect, it makes you think hey maybe I could do this, I could count cards while not giving you really any useful information. I feel like the whole book is kind of a sham in this way. It's a black jack book with very little about black jack. While there wasn't all that annoying symbolism that we usually have in lit circle books I felt like a lot could be learned about human nature in this book.