Originally posted by MistaMista_Tom_Hagen:
Not sure if most are familiar with Puzo's use of Godfather characters in The Sicilian, where Michael and Vito are just minor characters, background characters, that only come into the story once and a while.
A thought crossed my mind...
What if GFR had been done this way, focusing more on the rise of Geraci rather than skipping around to the multiple different storylines? I thought some may favor it, but I personally wouldn't. I enjoyed parts of Michael's story, and I definetly enjoyed Tom and Fredo's stories. Geraci, in the end, comes off as an underdeveloped and two-dimensional character, in my mind.
Do you think the book would have been better if it focused more directly on Geraci with the rest of the known Corleone family characters as simple background elements?
I just didn't find this guy's character that compelling. It seems like a waste of creativity to have this guy complete law school training and be relegated to "working the docks," so to speak.
