I finished The Godfather some days ago and absolutely loved it. Instant 5/5. Everything was incredible, except for a few chapters tho… What was the point of the Johnny Fontane chapters? They did not contribute to the climax or the overall story for that matter. Except showing that Don Vito was looking to profit from the film business, everything else was kind of a ‘filler’ type thing. And dont get me started on the Lucy Mancini chapter, that was so vile.
Agree. Very good book overall. But the Lucy stuff is ridiculous. Even reading this when I was a pubescent 15 year old boy I was like, “ok, this is silly and gratuitous.” It was the most “men-writing-as-women” thing I’ve ever seen.